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Vital Wheat Gluten? Recipes?

AwesomeGuy37
AwesomeGuy37 Posts: 436 Member
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How do you guys use vital wheat gluten? Any good recipes?

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  • AwesomeGuy37
    AwesomeGuy37 Posts: 436 Member
    I made a pizza crust with it. It turned out pretty good. I'm going to have to perfect the recipe.
  • kristafb
    kristafb Posts: 770 Member
    I had a brief stint as a vegan & used to make Seitan with gluten flour, its like a fake meat. I've never tried to make anything else with it though. I never thought of using it in a high carb diet but it would definitely fit as its very high in protein. I'll have to check into this and try some recipes :)
  • GabyBaby916
    GabyBaby916 Posts: 385 Member
    I've used it to make low carb bread feel/chew more like regular bread. Here's one of the recipes:

    Ingredients:
    1 1/2 cup blanched almond flour
    1 1/2 cup organic soy flour
    2 Tbsp coconut flour
    1/4 cup vital wheat gluten
    1 teaspoon seat salt
    1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
    4 eggs
    1 tablespoon sweetener
    1 ½ teaspoon apple cider vinegar

    Directions:
    1. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients.
    2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients.
    3. Stir wet ingredients into dry.
    4. Scoop batter into a well greased 8 x 4 inch loaf pan
    5. Bake at 300° for 45-55 minutes on bottom rack of oven; until a knife comes out clean
    6. Cool and serve

    I will say that the bread is pretty good, but low carb crepes (ricotta cheese and egg) work better for my bread needs and can be used for sweet or savory applications.

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