No. The corn starch is added to make a finer, lighter crumb, which cannot be achieved with flour alone.
yes,corn startch is a compound
No, plain cornmeal is just ground corn, while cornbread mix contains flour leavening.
Sure, just subsitute same amount rice flour for corn flour. You can also use corn startch (aka 'corn flour' in europe) to make a lighter textured short bread - sub 1/4 corn startch for regular flour used. You might also try using straight Maseca (mexican corn meal) to make the short bread, it comes out very sweet and tender.
Yes, but the filling needs some sort of thickener. Flour or tapioca are common alternatives to corn starch.
Corn syrup It is made from corn, just not from corn starch.
The starch obtained form the endosperm of corn kernel is known as corn starch.
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corn startch works better but it also depends on what you are cooking
Corn flour is corn. It's just ground very finely.
Ground yellow corn is yellow corn that has been ground into meal or flour.
I assume you mean corn flour. No, corn flour and rice flour have radically different textures, especially after being cooked. If this is not a concern then you might try it. *note: corn flour in the US is masa harina (powdered corn meal), whereas, in the UK corn flour is corn starch, actually a sugar rather than a grain flour.