silverspoon
Assistant Cook
Hi everyone.
I'm trying to find a great vegan GF waffles recipe. Does anyone have one? Or maybe someone can help me troubleshoot.
I first tried making waffles using Bob's Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour. Originally I added xanthan gum, per directions on the bag (in addition to the flax egg in the recipe), and they turned out gooey. So I omitted the xanthan gum. Without the gum they are much better, but they seem to lack "body."
Anyway I'd really prefer to find my own blend to use rather than buying a prepackaged one.
So next I tried to make them with a flour blend I mixed myself. This blend contains: brown rice flour, sorghum flour, tapioca flour and potato starch.
This blend seems to work fine for me for pancakes. If I cook them in a cast iron pan they turn out great.
But when I use it for waffles, they are always gooey inside. I have tried experimenting with different heat settings on the waffle maker. Doesn't seem to make a difference.
I'm guessing it's the tapioca flour that is making them gooey? But I don't know for sure. And I also don't know enough about the magic of GF flour mixing to know what I could substitute for it that would fix the problem if that's the case.
Is there another blend I could use, or an adjustment I could make to this one, that would have better results for waffles specifically?
Thanks for your help!
I'm trying to find a great vegan GF waffles recipe. Does anyone have one? Or maybe someone can help me troubleshoot.
I first tried making waffles using Bob's Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour. Originally I added xanthan gum, per directions on the bag (in addition to the flax egg in the recipe), and they turned out gooey. So I omitted the xanthan gum. Without the gum they are much better, but they seem to lack "body."
Anyway I'd really prefer to find my own blend to use rather than buying a prepackaged one.
So next I tried to make them with a flour blend I mixed myself. This blend contains: brown rice flour, sorghum flour, tapioca flour and potato starch.
This blend seems to work fine for me for pancakes. If I cook them in a cast iron pan they turn out great.
But when I use it for waffles, they are always gooey inside. I have tried experimenting with different heat settings on the waffle maker. Doesn't seem to make a difference.
I'm guessing it's the tapioca flour that is making them gooey? But I don't know for sure. And I also don't know enough about the magic of GF flour mixing to know what I could substitute for it that would fix the problem if that's the case.
Is there another blend I could use, or an adjustment I could make to this one, that would have better results for waffles specifically?
Thanks for your help!
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