Something else I love about this recipe is that it has substitutions for corn derived products. It is nearly impossible to find foods that have no corn in them, and 95% of today's corn products are from genetically modified corn. I know that one person can't make a difference, but if more of us will start avoiding genetically modified corn in our lives, maybe eventually the trend will start reversing. Vote with your dollar! It's the most powerful voting tool.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Gluten-Free Bread Flour Mix (recipe follows)
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum*
- ¾ teaspoon double-acting baking powder**
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt
- ¼ cup plus 2 Tablespoons rice milk
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- Measure out flour mix by spooning flour into a dry measuring cup, then leveling it off with a straightedge, or the back of a knife. (Do not scoop the flour directly with the measuring cup or you’ll wind up with too much flour for the recipe). Combine flour mix with xanthan gum, baking powder, and salt, whisking well.
- Heat rice milk until warm (not hot). Make a well in the center of your dry ingredients, pour in rice milk and canola oil, and mix with a wooden spoon until combined. The dough will be sticky.
- Turn out dough onto a board or work surface, lightly floured with some Gluten-Free Bread Flour Mix. Sprinkle a little more flour mix onto dough and onto your hands.
- Knead the dough about 30 seconds, until smooth and no longer sticky, then mold into a ball. Place ball into bowl, and cover bowl with a damp kitchen towel. Let rest 20 minutes. Remove dough from bowl, and cut into four pieces. Roll into four balls.
- Transfer balls to a dry plate, cover with damp towel and let rest another 10 minutes. Working with one ball at a time, sprinkle a little more flour mix on the work surface. Using the palm of your hand, press ball into a disk about 4-inches in diameter.
- Sprinkle a little more flour mix on dough; flip and roll out into about a 9-inch circle with a floured rolling pin. I usually like the heavy old-fashioned rolling pins, but for this recipe I prefer the lighter French dowels.
- Using an offset spatula, loosen dough from board all the way around, flip, and give it one more roll over. Don’t worry that it’s not a perfect circle. We’re about to fix that. Place an 8-inch bowl over the tortilla, and trim the edges.
- Remove bowl, and use the offset spatula to separate the tortilla from the board.
- Transfer tortilla to a plate and cover with the damp towel while you roll out the rest. Repeat steps to roll out the remaining three, remembering to add more flour mix to your work surface and rolling pin.
- Heat a 10-inch cast iron skillet over high heat until starting to smoke. You want that puppy really hot.
- Add a tortilla, cook 30 seconds, flip with a spatula and cook 30 seconds more until there are a few brown spots on surface. Do not overcook, or the tortillas will become brittle. Transfer to a plate, and keep covered with a dry cloth while you finish cooking the rest. Eat warm or at room temperature. To store any that don’t get eaten right away, wait until cool, then seal in a zip lock freezer bag and place in freezer
**Hain Featheweight Baking Powder is corn-free, and can be used in place of double-acting baking powder.
Gluten-Free Bread Flour MixMakes six cups
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups millet flour
- 1 1/2 cups sorghum flour
- 2 cups tapioca starch
- 1 cup potato starch
1. Measure out flour by spooning flour into a dry measuring cup, then leveling it off with a straightedge, or the back of a knife. (Do not scoop the flour directly with the measuring cup or you’ll wind up with too much flour). Combine all ingredients in a gallon-size Ziploc bag. Shake until well blended. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
The above recipes came from: http://wholelivingdaily.wholeliving.com/2010/05/gluten-free-flour-tortillas-food-allergy-recipe-challenge-2.html
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