Gluten-free bread

[Kate1990]

Hi,

I've tried many brands of gluten-free bread and even tried making some at home, but they always give me severe stomach pain and other digestive symptoms. Can anyone help me understand why, and provide suggestions for what I could try? I've been completely gluten-free for 8 years and other gluten-free products don't cause me issues. 

[Scott Adams]

Many gluten-free foods and baking mixes contain xanthan gum or other gums like guar gum. Although they are both gluten-free, they may cause IBS-type issues in some people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity:

 

 

[CatherineWang]

It's challenging to find a truly gluten-free bread. I've also tried many of them, but nothing has worked. But I'm trying to experiment in my kitchen and make something similar to bread.

[Bev in Milw]

Checkouts gluten-free recipes at twww.redstaryeast.com

We tried a bread machine years ago and weren’t happy with results. Bread machines have pre-set rise & bake times.  Unfortunately, the program doesn’t adjust to slight differences when measuring, relative humidity or temperature of ingredients & in kitchens.  Lots of efforts for ONE odd- sized loaf that hard to cut into useable slices. 

College-aged son found best use for bread machine was as heavy duty mixer that ‘kept dust in the box.’
 He would pre-measure ingredients for 2-3 loaves & use machine mix up individual batches.  
   Since gluten-free bread needs  to rise only once, each recipe of dough went into a loaf pan. Pans sat counter to rise—time dependent of temp in kitchen. Then, baked in oven until he, not machine, decided it was done.  
  Took ~10 min extra up front to measure & mix additions but adds nothing to rise & bake times.  
  Loaves are great for slicing (Slice extra before freezing!). One mess to clean up, saves time & energy since you need to bake  as is half as often

(If  you plan to bake lots more than bread, opt for KitchenAid/ heavy duty mixer instead.  Cover with dish towel to capture dust!)  

  Personally, I’m sure I had as a kid since I’ve never been a fan  of bread. .  Have been wrapping corn tortillas around things for 40+ years.  Can still get a dozen 12-pks of tortillas for same or less than price as 1 load of gluten-free bread. PLUS. the tortillas have more nutrients!