Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

EDIT: It never occurred to me to look at the ingredients list and just discovered there is powdered milk in this product, which is on the list of restricted foods. However, Cup4Cup also offers a "wholesome" flour in a green bag, which does not contain milk powder. I've just ordered that and will provide a review of that product after I've used it. If dairy isn't a problem for you, you'll love this one! ************************************************************************************************************************************************************ I'm sold! I was dreading my holiday baking this year as we recently learned our daughter needed to avoid gluten. I had purchased another brand of gluten-free flour, and while it came with some of its own recipes, it had no suggestions or formulas for how to convert my own traditional favorite recipes. I emailed that company a few times and was basically told there was no formula and that I'd have to experiment. *Sigh. Who has time and who wants to waste ingredients playing Hit or Miss? Then I discovered Cup4Cup on Amazon. I played with it a bit before the holidays (gravy, pumpkin bread) with very good results. Now I am baking traditional holiday favorites (cookies, Dutch cookie bars) and WOW. I am SO happy to have discovered this product line! With some recipes we notice a slight textural difference from traditional flour; with other recipes it is barely perceptible. But even when it is noticeable it is still a huge plus to even be able to make these recipes so our daughter can enjoy them and not feel left out! Try it -- you'll be sold, too. Update 7.7.16. I set out to make a dessert that requires baking only the crust -- the rest is added after the crust cools and is refrigerated. The crust wouldn't solidify, making a runny sludge. I was so impressed that Cup4Cup's website invites questions about specific recipes, so I sent the recipe for the crust and asked for their advice. This was their response: "Thank you for your email and recipe. We are very sorry that your experience with Cup4Cup in your dessert crust recipes has been less than ideal. In these types of crust recipes, gluten or another type of binder is essential to keep the butter and the flour from separating. Unfortunately, this is an area where using our Cup4Cup Multipurpose Flour falls short, because of the lack of gluten there is not enough protein or binder to prevent the butter from separating. We would recommend that you add an egg yolk or an egg to your recipes as this will help bind the flour and butter together so that they do not separate. For the recipe you provided below we would recommend that you add in 2 egg yolks to the recipe and keep all the other amounts the same, then bake as directed." I also told them that I had a similarly bad experience trying to make crust/first layer for pecan bars. They recommended I use the recipe for pecan bar crust on their website or add an extra egg to my existing recipe. I am very impressed with their customer service....and I'm picky about customer service! Other than these two recipes, I am still having quite a bit of success with Cup4Cup.