Why is gluten-free so tricky?

On Sunday for breakfast, had a craving for quiche. It had been a while since I made quiche so to get a jump on it I made the crust the day before and did what I would have done with a wheat pastry crust (put it in the fridge to rippen for an hour before rolling). Big mistake. Needless to say it had solidified into a cracker type (yes there must be another recipe there - as you say "crackers?" where they good?) hard bite that was to me just bad. I had used part white rice flour, part brown rice flour.

The pastry the next morning was a delight - light, flakey, tender and delicious. I omited the brown rice flour and used only the white rice flour as the rice portion of my flour mix. I did not put the dough in the fridge to ripen, nor did I let it ripen at all. I rolled it and baked it. Just lovely. Look for the recipe in the up and coming cookbook.