What type of flour contains no gluten?

Answer 1

Yes. If you are using for baking cookies, muffins, cakes, quickbreads (like banana) and such, you can use Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Flour*. Substitute into the recipe cup for cup. You'll also need to add about 1 teaspoon for xanthan gum for every cup of flour.

You can't do this with a traditional kneaded bread recipe. The gluten in wheat flour is what makes the dough 'stretchy'. You can make bread with gluten free flour, but you need a completely different recipe. And the final 'dough' will be more of a batter.

I think you also won't be able to sub cup for cup with any pasta you are trying to run through a sheeter, because, again, you need the strength of the gluten to hold the dough together. But something like gnocchi or speztle might work.

*I am not affiliated with Bob's in anyway, I've just used it and know that it works great and is MUCH easier than mixing a bunch of sorghum/tapioca/fava/rice etc flours together yourself.

Answer 2

Barley, Brown rice flour, buckwheat flour, cornmeal, maize, Potatoe, rye flour to name a few.

Answer 3

Some of the flours that do not contain gluten are rice, potato, corn and tapioca flours.

Answer 4

Rice, Potato, Corn to name a couple. Their starch flour is safe as well - corn starch, potato starch etc

Answer 5

It depends, you can use corn flour, rice flour, or even vanilla cake mix as a flour if you are making cookies :)