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As a person who enjoyed baking before diagnosis with CD, I also enjoy
the challenge of g-f baking. Thus, I would much rather bake from a
recipe than take a chance on an expensive mix that may or may not
work in my location. I have bought every g-f cookbook I've seen,
including all of Bette Hagman's (hardbacks and revised editions,
even!).

Her books give me some really good ideas, but I don't seem to be as
successful with her recipes as I'd like to be. Tonight as I was
trying yet another recipe, I wondered if it's because of differences
in flour moisture content. I know she has testers located in several
different areas, but I'm sure her cups of flour in Seattle contain
much more moisture and probably is less dense than one from here in
southern NM where it rains only 9" a year! Yes, I do try to fluff the
flour before measuring very carefully, but I'm sure there are
probably still significant differences.

Anyway, I'm wondering if someone from Ener-G or a Seattle celiac
group could give us the weights of one cup of each of the
flours/mixtures listed in her books. I'll flip through the bread book
and try to make a list:

rice flour (white/brown/sweet)
tapioca starch
potato starch
cornstarch
garfava flour
sorghum flour
almond flour
soy flour
original g-f flour mix
light bean flour mix
four flour bean mix
featherlight rice flour mix
French bread/pizza mix
          (and any others I've left out or forgotten about)

If we could convert the measurements of these ingredients to weight,
maybe we could avoid making as many bricks as well as items that are
so terribly crumbly. The price of a small food scale isn't much
compared to the ingredients that wouldn't be wasted.

Thanks for the help,

Sue

WAHOO! My cakes from her cake mix in the dessert book just came out
of the pans perfectly. Now to the freezer in preparation for frosting
to ultimately become my lemon/coconut birthday cake.
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                     Emily Dickinson

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