Best Rice Flour Pastry Recipes

RICE FLOUR PASTRY

Steps:

• From the rice flour box: "rice flour pastry is very delicate and may break in handling, however it does repair readily and there is no worry of toughening the pastry from overhandling; Some cracks may appear in baked product".
• Combine rice flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
• Cut in shortening until mixture is crumbly.
• Combine water and vanilla.
• Stir into flour mixture just until moistened.
• With floured hands, press into 9 inch pie plate.
• OR form dough into ball and roll between two sheets of waxed paper to about 1/8 inch thickness.
• Remove top paper.
• Turn into pie plate.
• Remove remaining paper.
• Carefully fit into pie plate.
• Flute edges.
• For filled pies, bake crust at 375°F for 5 minutes.
• Then fill and bake pie according to recipe.
• For baked pie shell, line with aluminum foil and sprinkle with dried beans, bake at 425°F for 12 minutes.
• Remove foil and beans.
• Bake 5 minutes longer or until lightly browned.

GLUTEN FREE PASTRY

Steps:

• Whisk the rice flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl. Work in the shortening until the mixture resembles sand. Stir in the water and vanilla extract.
• Bake as directed in your recipe, or at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 5 minutes until golden.

RICE FLOUR EASY PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Put flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
• Add cold butter pieces and use a fork or pastry knife.
• Mix them into the dry ingredients.
• Add cold butter pieces and use a fork or pastry knife.
• Add the egg and water and stir til sticky.
• Use a piece of waxed paper with rice flour on it to roll dough out on.
• Turn the piece of waxed paper upside down into pie pan.
• Dough will not stick together like a gluten dough.
• Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.