Baking Gluten Free Bread In A Regular Bread Machine

[daphniela]

I don't have one of those special bread machines with a gluten free setting. I have tried baking on basic setting and on wheat setting. Both settings cause my bread to fall flat. Any suggestions? My bread machine is an older model and is no longer available.

[Emily C]

I don't have one of those special bread machines with a gluten free setting. I have tried baking on basic setting and on wheat setting. Both settings cause my bread to fall flat. Any suggestions? My bread machine is an older model and is no longer available.

I do have one of those special bread machines with a gluten free setting (Breadman Ultimate). But I never use that setting. (it has too short of a rise time). I always use the White bread Medium Crust setting. The only bread that bakes correctly and looks like bread is the Gluten Free Pantry Sandwich Bread mix (and the 365 Whole Foods brand bread mix with the same ingredients--green box).

Every other "loaf" I make, from other mixes, recipes at home, etc., becomes a 2" tall hunk. It's not the bread machine, it's the process of making bread. Most all gluten-free recipes work, you mix 'em up, put into oven and voila you've got banana bread, pizza crust, cookies, whatever.

But bread is a mysterious journey, and it's hard to get it exactly right. I think if the bread falls flat, it may be due to too much liquid. Have you experimented with different recipes?

Don't be discouraged, just keep trying slightly different variations, and for goodness sake don't go buy a new bread machine right away. It would be really disappointing to spend all that money and get home, the same thing happen...

Lots of bloggers have some recipes posted, just google searching should find a few good ones to try. Please post back here when you find one that works. Good luck!