Nov 8, 2010
I’m kind of obsessed with finding the best gluten free casein free pancake mix out there. So when I found King Arthur Gluten Free Pancake Mix at my local grocery store I HAD to buy it. I checked the ingredients and it didn’t contain any milk products so I figured I could give it a shot. We had it for a few weeks when this past weekend the boys started clambering for some homemade pancakes. I decided to give it a whirl. You have the option of making the full box or half, I wasn’t in the mood to have to measure the flour blend so I opted to make the full batch. You have to add eggs, “butter” or oil – I chose to use melted Earth Balance, and “milk” – I used West Soy Rice Milk. I also added a little GFCF Vanilla Extract because I love vanilla pancakes. Once you mix everything up you are supposed to let it stand for 10 minutes, so I pre-heated the stainless steel frying pans with coconut oil during that time.
I used my pancake pen I got from my review of Bisquick’s Gluten Free Mix, and made some really lovely pancakes. I think the King Arthur Gluten Free Pancake Mix makes up really tasty, light pancakes that the whole family loved (even my gluten eating husband). I couldn’t use all the batter up in one sitting so I stored some of it in the refrigerator and ended up using it this morning. It turned out perfect, so I would assume you could make the batter the night before and store it in the fridge for use the next morning. This would be great when you want to give your kids a nice hot, fresh breakfast on school mornings but don’t have time to let the mix stand for 10 minutes (or even mix it if you are really pressed for time in the mornings). I actually just filled up my pancake pen and kept that in the fridge at the ready.
I went to the King Arthur Flour website and was really surprised, and happy, to learn that in addition to the pancake mix they have also carry cake mix, muffin mix, pizza crust mix, bread mix, brownie mix, and a multi-purpose flour blend. There is also a link to their Gluten Free recipes and you can purchase other gluten free products right from their site. The website even offers tips and FAQs about gluten free baking. I’m pretty impressed that a well know wheat flour company has so many Gluten Free products and is so well versed on gluten free baking.
Lastly, I really like the fact that their product doesn’t appear to contain anything with aluminum leavening agents. I do say “appears”, because I’m not a chemist so I don’t know for sure. But overall I give their pancake mix a big thumbs up. If I could know for sure that they don’t use GMO’s I would have absolutely no questions about King Arthur Flour. Still, I will probably buy it again.
I would make pancakes because they are my favorite thing to have for breakfast.
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