There's an abundance of suggestions for substitutions, some I remember from the old days (ten years ago) of gluten, dairy, and egg-free baking. Many are new, however, and novel ideas. I'm pretty pumped to try them out.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, I'm sure, but it's a start.
Gluten Free Flours
Here's the skinny on gluten-free (GF) flours: they work best in creative combinations as a replacement for wheat. I'm hardly an expert yet, but here are a heap of posts that I've found very helpful in my quest to become a better baker.
About.com provides the basics regarding the role of gluten in baking as well as tips on how to bake with GF flours. It's geared toward Celiac's disease, but most resources tailored for those afflicted with Celiac's are currency for GF bakers.
TACA (Talk About Curing Autism) has many wonderful resources for starting the diet, including their GFCF Articles page, which points to even more fabulous links on everything from food allergy testing, how to read labels, and a flour substitution page. This, in turn, points to a ton of other baking subs as well as a variety of flour blends. Since many people who access this site also are soy-free, a lot of these links are very helpful. You won't get bored here.
One of my favorite blogs is the aptly titled Gluten-Free Goddess. Karina Allrich is truly that, a goddess, for creating a blog that is a must-see for allergy sufferers desperate for information and baking tips. Her link describing GF flours also provides one of her GF flour blends, a self-rising blend recipe, and a word of advice when using brown rice flour. Her GF cheat sheet gives a quick and dirty explanation of what flours are - and are not - GF, including a comprehensive list of GF flours and starches. She also has a page explaining how to begin your GF life, which isn't as hard as you think. Her wonderful baking tips are here. You can spend all day perusing this site, it is filled with that much information. Her substitution page includes subs for all items: flour, starch, eggs, dairy, sugar, yeast, peanuts. Check it out.
Cybele Pascal is an experienced cook and award-winning author with a terrific ingredient smarts page. It is all inclusive, but a great resource for all kinds of substitutions. Page down to get to the GF flours and flour blend.
Gluten free Mommy has a GF Grains 101 page that talks about subbing GF flours and points out these substitutions vary depending upon the baked product. She also gives a run-down on her favorite GF flours.
The Daily Dietribe - love the title of this blog - has a handy page describing textures and tastes of the various GF flours.
Simply Sugar and Gluten-Free has an all-inclusive substitution page as well as an extensive recipe index.
Gluten-Free By the Bay has several different flour blends at the bottom of this link page. Page down to find them.
She Let Them Eat Cake is a wonderful site filled with delectable GF recipes. She doesn't have a specific page set aside for subs, but just pointing to this site is help enough for people with a sweet tooth. :) Her own personal flour blend is here.
Ginger Lemon Girl has a nice GF Baking 101 page on her website. Plus a bunch of recipes.
Ricki Heller's Diet, Dessert, and Dogs is a neat little spot that contains sugar-free, vegan, and GF recipes. Her substitution page is small - eggs, binders, milk, and oil - but helpful. She wasn't specifically GF when she started, but her page contains a link to her GF blend.
Six Food Intolerance Living has a great explanation of the role of gluten in baking and how GF flour blends can be substituted for wheat flour in recipes. Her site points to a link for GF blends on the Celiac Sprue Association website.
Chef Jamie Oliver has a page on all types of flours, but gives some details on GF flours; how to combine them and how to make some (specifically nut flours).
Living Without is a magazine for people with allergies and food sensitivities. Their substitution page includes subs for multiple allergies, including some GF flour blends.
Gluten Free Cooking School has a link page to a couple of GF flour blends. They contain soy and corn, but also provide substitutions for both.
Just found this neat little gem called The Dusty Baker. Her page on gluten free flours has some unique flours I've never heard of plus a couple of gluten free flour blends. Not to mention some neat recipes.
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