Whole Grain Biscuits

This morning we had biscuits with Jim Mogridge's Mom's homemade blackberry jelly. YUM!

Ingredients:
5 cups freshly ground hard red wheat
2 T baking powder
1 t. salt
2 cups almond milk
1/2 cup canola oil
3 t. Xanthan Gum

Mix dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Combine almond milk and oil in an enclosed container and shake. Pour liquid mixture into the dry ingredients. Stir just until combined. Fold onto a floured surface and roll to a 1/2 inch thickness. Cut with a round glass or cookie cutter.

Place biscuits (touching each other) on a greased pan or on a pan lined with baking paper. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Makes about 2 dozen 2 1/2 inch biscuits.

*Xanthan gum is made from the outer layer of a tiny inactive bacterium called xanthomonas campestris. It is a great all purpose thickener. It holds small particles of food together. It is an ideal substitute for gluten.

Whole grain flour has a much lower content of gluten. It actually contains all the nutrient rich parts of the grain whereas white flour is basically the gluten left after the "good stuff" is sifted out.

PS- White flour (and white sugar) depresses the immune system.  It actually sends out a trigger that your body has something in it that needs to be fought.  I cannot stress enough to make the things you eat with white flour an occasional treat (and one your REALLY enjoy) and not a daily or weekly occurrence.  70% of your immune system is locate in your "gut", so you want the things you eat to promote life and health in your body and not trigger your immune system to fight.  When this happens your body has less energy to fight the real invaders that come.