Baking with Otto's Cassava Flour

Thank you for your purchase of Otto’s Cassava Flour. We know you are going to love this product.

Our recommendation is to follow one of the many recipes online (Pinterest is a great place) to familiarize yourself with how Otto’s Cassava Flour works before jumping in and straight swapping with other flours. We have found that you actually use less Ottos Cassava Flour than wheat flour. If just using any recipe we always start with half the amount stated on the recipe and slowly increase until desired consistency is achieved, generally its 3/4 cup of Otto’s to 1 cup wheat flour.

To get you started on your baking journey with Otto’s Cassava flour we have gathered some tips.
“This one is from food blogger ‘The Urban Poser’

A. Cassava flour weighs more than  traditional wheat flour. It does sub 1:1 well in many cases, IF you are talking in terms of weight. But when using  measuring cups (by volume instead of weight)  there can be a significant weight difference from 1 cup of wheat flour to 1 cup of  cassava flour.  It is always my  preference to  weigh my  ingredients when  working  with flour  substitutions for this reason. 

1 cup of wheat flour weighs about 120 grams, while 1 cup of cassava flour weighs about 140 grams.  This variation can make a big  difference in a recipe. If you  choose not to weigh your  ingredients I  recommend  using about 3/4 cup plus 1  tablespoon of cassava flour in  place of 1 cup of wheat flour when converting recipes.

B. When  measuring by volume,  don't pack the flour in. Use the scoop and sweep method for best results. Simply scoop up a rounded cup of loose flour, then sweep over the top with a  butter knife or a flat edge.  But really....just weigh it, it's so easy!

C.  Because cassava flour doesn't  contain gluten, just like other gluten free flours such as rice, millet, buckwheat etc...it lacks "stretchability", which can make it delicate to work with (though I find it much easier to work  with than rice flour"). This  isn't  really a  problem per-se, but something to be aware of if using it in a roll out  dough, like the  tortillas. So take extra care when  working  with it in this way.
See more at: http://urbanposer.blogspot.com.au”

Other useful websites include:
Otto’s Cassava Flour on Pinterest has many recipes
healthstartsinthekitchen.com
cookituppaleo.com
forkandbeans.com
predominantlypaleo.com

The recipes list is expanding all the time for this wonderful product. If you create a recipe we would love you to share with us and with your permission we will upload to our site so everyone can enjoy your creation!

Email recipes to jennie@pantryinnovations.com.au

We look forward to many successful years of baking together.


Jen and Steve