Annalise Roberts In The Bread Machine!

[Truleesmom]

I purchased Annalise Roberts' Gluten-Free Baking Classics a while back and have loved everything that I've made from it -- but I have stuck to the cakes and cookies becasue I am intimidated by baking bread without using my bread machine. Well last night I thought I'd just try her Basic Sandwich Bread recipe in my Zojirushi. I didn't have high expectations because in A.R.'s new cookbook that is specifically for bread machines -- she said that even she didn't have any luck in using her basic recipes in the machine. (I peeked inside the book at Amazon!) But low and behold -- it turned out amazingly good! It is a very small, short loaf -- only about 2 inches tall -- but the texture and consistency throughout was perfect! Don't get me wrong -- it definitely rose to the level it should have -- it's just that the quantity of ingredients used was not enough to fill my bread pan. I was so shocked -- it was so airy and soft, and the flavor is unbelievable! It reminds me so much of the homemade yeast bread my grandmother used to make. Soooooo delicious! I am ordering her new Gluten-Free Baking Classics for the Bread Machine from Amazon now!

For anyone that wants to try this that has the Zoji -- I just used the basic cycle with the medium crust (it's the default). I let it do it's entire thing -- second rise and all. I followed her recipe as close as possible -- I put the room temperature eggs mixed with the canola oil in the machine while it did it's 20 minute preheat -- right before the preheat cycle was complete, I heated the milk to 110 degrees just as she says to -- then added it to eggs in oil already in machine. I had already had all the dry ingredients (minus the yeast) mixed together in a separate bowl then added it right after adding the heated milk -- made the little ditch for the yeast, poured it in then the machine started kneading. I did scrape the pan down a few times, but after that -- I left it alone completely until it was done! So yummy!!!

[MaryJones2]

Thanks for posting this. I've been making gluten-free bread in the old fashioned way (in the oven) for several years and decided to get the Zojirushi a few months ago and have really been struggling to get the settings just right for the bread mixes. I finally decided that I needed to start from scratch.

[Truleesmom]

Thanks for posting this. I've been making gluten-free bread in the old fashioned way (in the oven) for several years and decided to get the Zojirushi a few months ago and have really been struggling to get the settings just right for the bread mixes. I finally decided that I needed to start from scratch.

The only packaged mix that I've used in my machine is the Pamela's -- my favorite until I tasted this "from scratch" one!!! I always use the basic regular cycle on the Zoji for Pamela's too. Like I said -- I was truly shocked that A.R. recipe came out so well on the basic preset cycle -- I am so excited to get her new cookbook and be able to get a regular size loaf that tastes this good! Also read in the sneak peek -- that she tested all of those recipes in the exact Zojirushi that I have!