Bread

[charley]

Does anyone have a recipe for white bread that doesn't fall apart? I just have not had any luck. I do not own a breadmachine and must make it from scratch. Thank you! Charley

[cdford]

I did a search to find something else and realized that there were no responses to your question. I had not even seen the post and I've checked just about every day this week. Sorry!

I make my own bread. I usually use a machine unless I need most of the loaf to make sandwich slices, then I do it in a regular baking pan. The mix is the same, the method different. Here is what I use. It is not a true "white" loaf, but I never did use those even when I wasn't gluten-free! You might want to do a search for bread recipes and see if you can find one more to your liking. Hope this helps.

2 cups gluten-free flour (I use B. Hagman's - 2 parts brown rice flour, 2/3 part potato starch, 1/3 part tapioca flour)

1/3 cup ground flax seed

3 Tbs Sugar

2 tsp Xanthan gum

1 tsp salt

1.5 tsp yeast

2 Tbs Oil

2 Eggs

1 cup gluten-free buttermilk

Mix together all wet ingredients. Add dry ingredients except yeast. Slowly mix in yeast then mix for two or three minutes on high to kneed the dough. Pour into a greased baking pan and allow to rise until doubled. Place into a hot oven (375 degrees) and bake until golden brown. Turn out into a towel and wrap. I like to allow mine to sit in the towel for a little while to ensure that the inside is fully cooked and the outside is not too hard. The towel holds in the moisture and that helps to soften the crust some.

[flagbabyds]

I wouldn't call it white, but...

This recipe makes a delicious multi-grain gluten-free loaf for the bread machine, using three cups of gluten-free flours. I used to use two cups of the standard, Bette Hagman gluten-free blend* and one cup brown rice flour. Since I learned about the newer, more nutritious flours, I now use this combination:

Cup #1: brown rice flour

Cup #2: 2/3 cup gluten-free flour blend* plus 1/3 cup flaxmeal

Cup #3: equal parts amaranth, sorghum, and buckwheat flours

Sift the flours with:

3 tsp. xanthan gum

2 tsp. Ener-G Egg Replacer (optional, but I always use it)

1 tsp. salt

3 tsp. sugar

Add 1 1/3 cups non-fat dry milk powder and stir into sifted dry ingredients

Beat:

2 eggs plus 2 egg whites

1/4 cup melted butter

1 1/2 cups water

1 tsp. rice vinegar

2 tsp. Red Star yeast (I buy it in the jar)

Place wet ingredients, dry ingredients, and yeast into the baking pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Use medium setting on quick bake, or, for a newer, programmable machine, follow the instructions at the Gluten-Free Pantry web site for the Zojirushi bread machine - you only have to program it once. Open up the machine during the first kneading to scrape down the sides of the pan with a spatula.

Be prepared to experiment, and adjust water and yeast if the consistency isn

[carolynscubby.com]

My husband loves the sesame seed bean flour bread from Bette Hagman's book, but it falls. Why? It tastes like wheat bread keeps fresh tasting for a couple of days, but best of all it freezes great. Every time I've made it, by hand it falls towards the end of baking and continues to fall while it is cooling. If someone can tell me why I would really appreciate it.

[carolynscubby.com]

Charley, I'm also a newbie and I don't have a bread machine. If you have a Bette Hagman's Cooks Fast and Healthy try the sesame seed bean flour bread and mix it according to her hand mixing directions. This bread tastes the most like a gluten loaf of any I've made and I've made a lot. Now if someone will tell me why it fall I'll be happy. Carolyn

[tarnalberry]

risen bread falling usually means too much liquid in the mix. perhaps try lowering it a bit at a time and see where it stops falling.

[carolynscubby.com]

Tiffany, I'll try lowering the water. Another question, is there a gluten-free beer I could buy?

My husband is wanting a red beer.

Carolyn, after 10 years my husband positively celiac. He's had his gall bladder removed and every test there is trying to find out what was wrong. It all started when he quit smoking. Since being gluten-free for 2 months he's gained 30 pounds and feels great.

[charley]

Thank you all for your help on finding some good tasting bread. I would have thanked you sooner, but being new at this it has taken me this long to figure out how to answer. Charley

[Boojca]

Charley,

I just saw your post. I LOVE Bette Hagman's Tapioca Bread. It tastes just like the best homemade white bread my mom made when I was a kid. We use it for everything, and so far so good.

Bridget

[mrsfish-94]

Boojca....

Could you post or PM me with that recipe. I have been trying to find a great "white" bread that I can make at home. I don't have a bread maker so by hand for me!

Thanks!