Breadpan In The Bread Machine

[ive]

Hello,

I have been reading this board for the last month or so, this is a geat resource and has been a tremendous help to me.

I have been following gluten-free diet for the last 3 weeks and waiting for the results from Enterolab, but I am sure that I have an issue with gluten. I was accidentally glutened couple of times already and it is not fun to look for sources of hidden gluten. The most frustrating experience for me so far was to buy Van's gluten-free waffles only to have stomach pain after eating them. After that I am trying to be extremely carefull and would like to try and avoid glutening again. I am avoiding any bread that wasn't baked in a gluten-free dedicated bakery.

Today I was planning to make a bread from Gluten Free Pantry French Bread and Pizza Crust Mix. However, my bread machine is not new; I used it for baking wheat bread before. I did not make bread every day, but I am sure I baked about 30-40 loaves. This is a nice bread machine from Kenmore. So my question is this: do I really need to buy a new bread pan and kneading blade? Or will it be enough if I wash it really thoroughly and soak it for couple of hours? It will probably be expensive and will take some time to order a new breadpan and blade.

[Lisa]

Hello,

I have been reading this board for the last month or so, this is a geat resource and has been a tremendous help to me.

I have been following gluten-free diet for the last 3 weeks and waiting for the results from Enterolab, but I am sure that I have an issue with gluten. I was accidentally glutened couple of times already and it is not fun to look for sources of hidden gluten. The most frustrating experience for me so far was to buy Van's gluten-free waffles only to have stomach pain after eating them. After that I am trying to be extremely carefull and would like to try and avoid glutening again. I am avoiding any bread that wasn't baked in a gluten-free dedicated bakery.

Today I was planning to make a bread from Gluten Free Pantry French Bread and Pizza Crust Mix. However, my bread machine is not new; I used it for baking wheat bread before. I did not make bread every day, but I am sure I baked about 30-40 loaves. This is a nice bread machine from Kenmore. So my question is this: do I really need to buy a new bread pan and kneading blade? Or will it be enough if I wash it really thoroughly and soak it for couple of hours? It will probably be expensive and will take some time to order a new breadpan and blade.

Welcome and glad you "de-lurked"

I eat Van's every morning toasted with peanut butter and marmalade and I have my own (new) toaster. A previously used toaster can easily cross contaminate anything.

I haven't used a bread machine in years, but it is often recommended that a new one is necessary. I am not sure if you can wash the components.