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07-21-2008, 02:20 PM
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Are the 2 always interchangeable? I see a lot of recipes call for xanthan gum and than see a few say xanthan gum or guar gum. Well I can get guar gum easier than xanthan gum.
Is one better than the other, or is there something else that's better? I have made bread before but doing wheat free is new to me.
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07-22-2008, 11:58 AM
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 No one knows?Are there sites that have good wheat free/gluten free baking info? I can't seam to find any.
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07-22-2008, 12:07 PM
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Gee, I'm surprised no one jumped in here with an answer.
 Let me pull out all my GF books and magazines and see what I can find for you. Seems like I read something about it recently. I do know I just about fainted when I saw the price of xanthan gum. I want to know which will be cheaper for me to use.
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07-22-2008, 01:09 PM
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Okay here is what I learned. In short they are interchangeable.
One book I have says guar gum is usually cheaper but can also have more of a laxative effect than xanthan gum. That said I think I'll just stick with xanthan gum. Another book I have states that she uses xanthan gum in virtually all baked goods except cakes that don't use much fat. For those recipes she uses guar gum.
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| "Thanks for this!" says: | momXseven (07-22-2008) |
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07-22-2008, 01:18 PM
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Thanks WeaveHerr, that helped a lot. My bread machine will be here today and the flours and mixes Thursday but I'm going to the health store tonight to pick up the xanthan gum and maybe a wheat free bread mix so I can go ahead and test the bread machine in the morning.
 I miss real bread SO much
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