RYZE Gluten Free Flour - Natural, No Fillers, 4lbs

I DID NOT get a free bag in return for a review. A friend told me about this and being gluten free for 7 yrs., I'd given up on cooking/eating some things, so I was somewhat skeptical to their claims.I first made some gingersnaps using my OLD fav recipe to see if it was truly cup for cup. Because I'm terribly sensitive to xanthan gum, which is in everything that is gluten free it seems and all recipes require it for rising qualities. I was most interested in this product's claims that it isn't needed!!!Today I decided to try the biscuit recipe on their website (with some changes, I can't ever leave anything alone), whichwas different from the recipe on the bag by 1/2 c. of flour!!I cannot believe how easy the dough was to handle. I'm not kidding, it was too good to be true. I'm a Southern girl and I've been known in the "old days" to make mean biscuits, so think I'm a practiced hand. Although, it has been a long time since making them and I'd long since given up the idea of EVER having a descent one again. These nearly made me cry. Too good- I may eat the whole tray!!! They are so pretty, too.So let me tell you what I did to "mess with the recipe a bit", first I ditched the sugar. With my menu I wanted a more substantial taste, so I added 1/8 tsp. cayenne and 3 Tbs. of grated hard Gouda cheese. I reduced the butter by 1 Tbs. (I was using cheese which is fatty). Since my old biscuits were always made with buttermilk, I substituted that and added 1/2 tsp. soda that one must when using buttermilk. They are over 1 1/2 inches high!!Fabulous.I can't wait to make something else now.

This arrived today, and as soon as I told my adult daughter (who is visiting me with her children) it had arrived she said are you going to bake cookies tonight? She was diagnosed with a wheat allergy about 2 years ago and it has been a challenge to find a flour product that will actually work. I've use all sorts of flours, including those where you have to mix several types of flours, then add gum and other things, as well as those that are supposed to be one to one replacement for wheat flour and NOTHING has been even close to satisfying. The texture is either grainy or dry; tasteless or nearly causing a gag reflex. I followed the recipe for chocolate chip cookies that was printed on the blue bag, except, I added my additional signature spices, pecans and oatmeal, to half the dough I added dried blueberries. The cookie dough tasted "normal" and formed cookies as wheat flour did. I baked them for 11 minutes in a convection oven and immediately moved the parchment paper to the cooling rack upon taking them from the oven. These cookies passed the taste test of my daughter and her 3 little ones (ages 20 months and 6 years). I will definitely continue to buy this flour, it is no less than amazing. Finally a wheat free substitute that actually tastes good. Thank you so much. It is so much better than anything I've tried ... and I'm considered to be a better than average baker.

Every gluten-free flour is different. I've altered all of my recipes for Bob's Red Mill All Purpose Gluten Free mix. I accidentally ordered Ryze blue bag when I clicked Buy It Now. Didn't realize it until the package shipped.It was a happy accident. This blue bag is amazing in my chocolate chip cookies and for homemade tortillas. I am still trying to make it work for biscuits. It does not work in my three ingredient biscuits with parmesan and ricotta cheeses. The biscuits come out too doughy.For the chocolate chip cookies... this flour makes them taste like regular cookies! They are moist and chewy and not as tough. I could not believe the flavor! These were a huge hit when I had people try them. They were used to the previous flour mix and thought these were not gluten free.It makes a pretty good crust as well.I cannot wait to try the yellow bag to see the difference in how the flours bake.

I just received this product a couple of weeks ago, but I have made the cinnamon sugar donut recipe on the RYZE website, and then two other of my normal gluten free recipes (banana bars & banana walnut pancakes). Everything has come out perfectly and there is no gritty taste at all, which you sometimes get with gluten free flours. Over all I am very pleased with this product so far. UPDATE 4/15 - I am now on my second bag of this flour. We absolutely love it!UPDATE: 6/6/18 - I know I already gave this product 5 stars, but I just wanted to add that I have made the gluten free pancakes (recipe on the RYZE website) twice, and they are by far the best gluten free pancakes we have made/eaten. They are not grainy at all, and the texture, look and taste are extremely close to gluten pancakes. I am ordering this flour again, we love it!

One of the hardest things about having to go gluten free was how it affected my baking. I purchased both the blue and yellow bags of RYZE Gluten Free Flour, and so far, I've been mostly pleased with the results. I tried the biscuit recipe on the blue bag, and they are quite good. They come out soft and fluffy, and you don't need to toast the heck out of them to make them palatable, as is the case for most gluten free breads. I made lemon bars with the blue bag flour, and they were delicious! Not "delicious for gluten-free" but unconditionally, just as good as "regular" lemon bars. My whole family enjoyed them. I'm still looking for a good recipe to make pasta sheets so I can make a ravioli-like family recipe--I tried one recipe using the yellow bag flour, but the dough was very hard to work with, and I wasn't thrilled with the result, especially in the leftover lasagna. I'm looking forward to more baking experiments!