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10 minute All-Purpose Paleo Flour Blend

4.21 from 24 votes

What’s Inside: Whether you’re on a gluten-free, Paleo, or AIP diet…finding a way to recreate our old favorites can be a challenge when it comes to baking. By making your own homemade Paleo all-purpose flour blend, you’ll be able to swap this as a 1:1 in place of traditional wheat or all-purpose flour in most recipes without the mental gymnastics of figuring it out on your own. Easy to make Nut-free and AIP-friendly as well!


After trial and error, I’ve done the research and testing and found an easy Paleo Flour Blend to use 1:1 in place of traditional/wheat flour in: cakes, cookies, and MUFFINS! I’ve also tried out a tree nut-free option that works amazingly well too. Check out this simple blend I love by A Calculated Whisk, what adaptations can be made, and the classic (made paleo) Blueberry Muffins I made! I’ve got all the directions below.

I am the substitution queen – you don’t really have a choice when you have allergies, limitations and are as stubborn as I am to have my cake and eat it too. I can be found testing the limits of how little sweetener to put into a recipe without it being un-edible, making a total catastrophe in my kitchen, flour-stained keyboards, and an ever-growing Amazon wish list of completely random products you never knew existed.

I do this all for the BLOG, GUYS!

Using various flours is always fun for me, sure it can result in a hot mess sometimes… but I’m pretty persistent and am always down to experiment. I love cooking with almond flour/meal as well as seed flour/meal (my favorite here) as it makes for such a delicious crumb… however the drawback can sometimes be too dense so you need to pick your recipes/ratios, etc. – SCIENCE!!

Then we have coconut flour… oh coconut flour, you can be so good to me and not so good either. Without eggs, it’s tough to really achieve a moist product with coconut flour. And then some recipes require upwards of 5 or 6 eggs just to get it to work… I’ll pass!! I stick to coconut flour recipes that don’t require too much of the flour or the eggs and that’s how it works best for me. I’ve found in the recipes where it’s too much of both… it’s just too eggy, dense and hits my stomach like a BRICK.

Arrowroot flour/starch is a staple in my fridge for sure… I use it to “flour” chicken, thicken up sauces and gravy, and to lighten up my baked goods using the other flours I mentioned. It makes for a more airy baked good. Potato starch is also very similar if that’s easier to find.

So all that aside, there have been so many times when a traditional recipe comes up (usually during the holidays) when I really am just longing for an all-purpose flour blend that I can easily swap into one of my family favorite recipes. And when you’re messing with sugar substitutes AND flour subs, plus dealing with several allergies — it’s a headache. So I started tinkering with various blend recipes I scoured the interwebs for. And this one is by far my favorite!! It works the best, the consistency and texture is so close to “the real thing” and no one will know it’s not “the real thing”.

tip!
Learn more about these and other favorite gluten-free flours in this guide. Including how to use each flour and my favorite recipes to get started with!

You can imagine since I’ve tried so many flours through the years, I’ve also tried several brands. My absolute favorite right now is Anthony’s. I mentioned sometimes coconut flour can hit me like a brick, well NOT THIS ONE. It’s much lighter, smells like a Hawaiian breeze, and has made for some incredible dishes if I say so myself 🙂 Thanks to them, we are giving away some big ol’ bags of flour to a lucky winner – read below to find out more! XO



10 minute Paleo All-Purpose Flour Blend

4.21 from 24 votes
This blend of 3 flours makes for a perfect 1:1 substitute in place of wheat flour in your favorite recipes! Easy to make Nut-free and AIP-friendly as well!
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 4 cups

Ingredients

Instructions:

  • Mix all ingredients and sift well in a large container.
  • Store in the fridge and use in your favorite recipes as a 1:1 replacement for wheat/traditional flour.

Notes:

Yield: 4 cups flour
Recipe learned & adapted from A Calculated Whisk
Diet: American
Keywords: AIP, gluten-free, nut-free, paleo
Course: Dessert

AND NOW FOR THE BLUEBERRY MUFFIN RECIPE!


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13 comments

  1. I haven’t had the chance to use the flour in a recipe yet, but I’m so excited to try it! I used tigernut flour for a grain free version.

  2. What tree nut free flour do you recommend subbing for the almond flour. Is Tigernut flour an option. I can’t have seeds either at this point. 

  3. wow, it looks like you are the real deal.  I SERIOUSLY appreciate you explaining the properties of the individual flours, what works best with each of them, etc.  (I could use a few more blog posts on the same subject!)   I just came from a troll blog who did nothing but push a commercial brand of paelo flour which was $20 bucks per pound!!  Who can afford that, it’s crazy!!  Anyway, I super appreciate YOU!!  
    runs off to make a pizza crust…  😛  (btw, it took me a minute to notice what to click in order to post…  I’m guessing others are equally confused by the cursive)

    • haha I’ve definitely been experimenting for all too long with these flours, so I’m happy to have clarified for you! Thanks for the feedback!

  4. THANK YOU!! This is exactly what I need right now, I have been doing tons of experimenting with paleo baking and funky flours lately–definitely not all successful. It’s so different than the oat flour I am used to working with. And I am the same way with egg, a little bit is okay but too much and my stomach says NO. Ahh I can’t wait to try your mix, and I think I have everything on hand already yay! Also these muffins look marvelous!!

    • YAY!! Sometimes you just need to replace regular flour, am I right?? Yeah, too much coconut flour is like too much of a good thing. I used to use oat flour before going grain-free and it was a very easy texture to work with – nothing like coconut.

      My hubby scarfed down these muffins haha, they were so good – couldn’t tell a difference. And seriously, that monk fruit sweetener is amazing. I’m looking forward to playing with it a bit more when you just need a little boost with that fresh fruit sweetness 🙂

  5. Definitely making these muffins! Thanks for doing all the heavy lifting ( baking ratios, etc) for us!

    • YAY! So happy you like the recipes. You will LOVE these muffins, they’re just a simple recipe I used to always make growing up so having them again (in a way I can tolerate them) was a real treat… and using that new monk fruit sweetener to give a little boost to the sweet berries was amazing!

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