Rice flour and crumbly biscuits

fmgirl, Mar 17, 8:18pm
Made cookies with rice flour for the first time and they've come out very crumbly, not sure what went wrong.
Can I use rice flour in the same way as normal flour?

davidt4, Mar 17, 8:20pm
No you can't.Rice flour has no gluten and therefore will not hold together in a dough.

fmgirl, Mar 18, 8:18pm
Made cookies with rice flour for the first time and they've come out very crumbly, not sure what went wrong.
Can I use rice flour in the same way as normal flour!

davidt4, Mar 18, 8:20pm
No you can't.Rice flour has no gluten and therefore will not hold together in a dough.

fmgirl, Mar 20, 8:33pm
that explains why the recipe failed, how can I use rice flour in baking?

davidt4, Mar 20, 9:28pm
Rice flour is not often used in Western baking.Some shortbread recipes include a small quantity.

If you want to use up rice flour I suggest that you research Asian dumplings, pancakes and desserts.

fmgirl, Jul 1, 7:56am
that explains why the recipe failed, how can I use rice flour in baking!