Are arrowroot powder and flour the same thing?

[leighcat]

I am wanting to try a recipe I found online for homemade deodorant. It calls for arrowroot powder. That stuff is expensive unless I order it online but then I would have to pay shipping. Can I use arrowroot flour instead or are they different?

[nancycg56]

I can't find anything that says for sure that it is

[andrew's mom]

I found arrowroot powder at my grocery store in the spice rack area and it was not expensive at all. You can use it for cooking and it acts as a thickening agent. I can't say it's the same as flour but try your grocery store.
Can you share the deodorant recipe?

[Judi Dial]

Acc. to this it's the same:
Cook's Thesaurus: Thickeners

Judi

[mom2three]

It's the same. You can sub cornstarch or potato starch if tolerated. Of the three, we can only eat arrowroot!

[leighcat]

Okay, thanks. I picked up a bag at the hf store. Now I need to finish up my old stuff so I will have some empty containers. I am going to go search for a link.

[leighcat]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_gMrVzxZ_4]YouTube - DIY Episode #15- Natural Deodorant[/ame]

edited to add that I am going to try to use the recipe that someone left the comment section using beeswax.

[frugalfranny]

Thanks for the link JD...........much appreciated. Always like reading about kitchen/cooking things.