I ran across this "flour" addition, passed on by a good friend, which apparently can be used to replace up to third (1/3) of the flour in the mix without affecting the results. it is Zucchini, which as any gardener knows, is very plentiful at certain thymes of the year!
Flour Sources for Baking & Alternative Thickeners
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March 12 edited March 23
With rising prices and shipping issues that seem to be occurring more often I saw this Zucchini flour recipe and want to give it a try. Zucchini tends to take over gardens so what a great use. It made me think, what other veggies could be turned into flour or added to a mix to extend flour?
What other plant could we grow top use on our property?
Zucchini flour
You let your zucchini grow, oversized is actually better. Large to extra large. Marrow sized. I peel mine with a carrot peeler, into thin even strips for less drying time. Or slide it through a mandolin for speed of prep.
Run it through the electronic dehydrator or just thread it. . No large seeds if possible for finer texture. Everything else is fine. It must be absolutely dry. It’s essential. If in doubt always dry it more, any moisture will ruin it during storage
Then run it through a food processor or hand grinder until you have a powdered consistency. It will be a marbled green looking powder. Texture is similar to a good quality whole wheat flour. That is zucchini flour. Three large zucchini is about four or five cups for me finished.
It can be used to replace 1/3 of flour in most recipes without any change to the finished products, acts as a thickening agent for gravies, great for breading fish but we really tend use ours for tortillas and bannock since those are our quick go to breads. It also makes great dumplings and brownies.
Store in air tight jars , or we often vac pac ours
This was a link posted a bit ago here and I am adding it as it has great info
https://morningchores.com/wild-flours/