(OT) Baking with health in mind

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Melody, You may realize you opened a " can of worms " when you asked me about my

baking. I started having severe skin rashes over 10 yrs. ago. After 4 doctors,

2-3 different diagnoses, skin tests, blood tests for allergies, injections for

over a year and on and on and on, I discovered that if I ate food that contained

yeast (like bread), I got a rash. If I didn't eat breads, I didn't get a rash.

My latest doctor wants me to believe I have a gluten allergy. I told him that I

can eat cornbread, muffins, biscuits and cakes without a rash. He still thinks

I have a gluten allergy.

So --- I start with a whole-grain flour mixture: Flax seeds I grind in my

coffee grinder, other grains I grind in my Vita-Mix or buy as flour. Remember

that ground whole grains and flours must be kept in the refrigerator or freezer.

I put 1 cup of each item into a zipper gallon plastic food bag. (This lasts me

for 1 to 2 months in the refrigerator.) Flax seed-ground, garbanzo flour, kamut

flour, millet flour, oat bran, oat flour, rice bran, rice flour, soy flour,

spelt flour, wheat bran, wheat flour, wheat germ. I use 6 to 8 of these, but

always use the whole-wheat flour and oat flour in each batch. Seal the plastic

bag and turn it around and around until everything is mixed. (For recipes that

call for all-purpose flour, I do 1/2 of the above mixture, 1/2 all-purpose

flour). If the recipe call for 2 cups all-purpose flour, I would use 1 cup of

Lucy's whole-grain flour mix , 1 cup all-purpose flour. You may want to use a

" pinch " more baking powder or baking soda. If your mixture contains flax seed,

you can use a little less oil, shortening or butter (flax seed contains oil). I

also substitute applesauce for some of the oil in a recipe. When egg yolks were

thought to be bad I used egg whites (if a recipe calls for 2 eggs, I would use 4

egg whites). Now that you have the history and the recipe for Lucy's

whole-grain flour mix, do you still want recipes? Lucy

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> Oh Lucy, can you PLEASE share some of your muffin, and cake recipes with me. I

would VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

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> I bet others would too.

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> thanks much

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> Melody