So it may seem like I am on a gluten free kick. Well I guess so. My husband has become more open minded to going gluten free and I have stopped buying him ezekiel bread. He is also eating alot more raw food. Since doing this he has become exceptionally hungry and goes from cupboard to fridge searching for something to eat. I had to slowly transition away from certain foods and I need to help him do the same, but everything I've ever bought at Whole Foods that is gluten free has been horrible and I'd rather go hungry. I know that making things homemade can produce a much tastier result so I have been experimenting to find a good bread for him. My first couple tries were less than desirable, so I was so elated when this recipe worked. I almost did cartwheels! Soft, fluffy, yummy bread! I got it off of Gluten Free Mommy's blog, and altered it slightly to what I had on hand. I have since made almond butter, jelly sandwiches, garlic bread, and honey bread with it! Sooo yummy!
Here's her site, she has lots of gluten free recipes but this is the only one I've tried:
http://glutenfreemommy.com/baking-gluten-free-bread-millet-oatmeal-bread/
GLUTEN FREE MILLET OATMEAL BREAD RECIPE
1 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup certified gluten free oat flour (you can pulverize oats in a food processor to make oat flour) *If you are sensitive to oat flour, try quinoa flour
3/4 cup millet flour
1/2 cup tapioca flour
1/3 cup arrowroot starch* you can substitute cornstarch if you need to (I used cornstarch)
1/3 cup sweet rice flour (I just used buckwheat flour here)
1/4 flax seed meal (you can’t taste it and it adds fiber)
1 Tablespoon xanthan gum
3 eggs
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 packet active dry yeast+ 1 tsp granulated sugar for proofing yeast
1 Tablespoon molasses
3 Tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
4 Tablespoons butter or butter substitute, melted
1/4 cup plus 1 cup heated water (I heated my water to 120 degrees to proof the yeast)
Here's her directions:
DIRECTIONS:
Make sure all your dry ingredients (and eggs!) are at room temperature. Grease the bottom of a 10 inch loaf pan or two 8 inch pans. Heat the oven to 200 degrees and then turn off. In the bowl of your stand mixer (I used my paddle not my dough hook for this recipe), sift together the dry ingredients. In a separate medium bowl, mix eggs, molasses, vinegar, and melted butter together. Heat your water for proofing the yeast. I recommend 120 degrees. In a small prep bowl, stir together your active dry yeast and one teaspoon of sugar. Add 1/4 cup of the heated water to the yeast mixture. Let the yeast sit for 10 minutes. It should be foamy and active! If not, start over with another packet of yeast. Once your yeast is ready, add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients. Then add the yeast mixture. Then slowly add your water (should still be warm) to achieve the right consistency in your batter. Since different brands, flours, measuring techniques act different I do not recommend just blindly dumping in the rest of the water but adding gradually instead. The dough should be like very stiff cake batter. I beat my dough on high for about 15 minutes in my stand mixer. If you accidentally add too much water simply add a little rice flour until you achieve the dough consistency you are after. Put the dough in your prepared pan and place in oven to rise for about 1 - 1 1/2 hours. You can put plastic wrap or a towel over the pan. My house is much too cold right now so I put mine in the oven so that the dough can rise. Once the dough has risen to the top of the pan, bake the bread for 40 minutes at 350 degrees or until internal temperature reaches 190 degrees. As you can tell, I am big on thermometers.
