Comments on: Your Gluten Free Bread Baking Questions Answered

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:07:34 +0000

I am so happy you are on here! I am wondering if anyone else notices the strange taste in many gluten-free baking products? I originally found it in Glutino bread and then in Mariposa products, and most recently in plain-old rice bread and the brownie mix I buy at Trader Joes. To me it’s an awful taste and smell and I have wasted plenty of food and money because it’s intolerable to me, and I cannot figure out what it is, even sitting with recipes side by side. It’s not acidic, more just, very very unnatural. Any ideas? Am I just crazy? (probably).

By: samantha

samantha — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:40:45 +0000

what if i dont have apple cider vinegar, rice vinegar and only distilled whie vinegar (which i think is gross)? what can i use with my gluten free bread mix? need your help asap!

By: Shelley

Shelley — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:18:58 +0000

I grind my own rice flour, brown rice flour, quinoa flour, and garbanzo flours in my wheat grinder. It has saved me a ton of money on the expensive flours!!

I also love this flour recipe (link below) for muffins, quickbreads, and cakes it seems to work the best in sweet baking.
http://glutenfreecooking.about.com/od/glutenfreecookingbasics/r/gfflourlavornia.htm

By: Mary Frances

Mary Frances — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:52:10 +0000

@Sheena: you do need a mix of flours to recreate all of the properties of wheat flour. There is a link in the 3rd paragraph of this post to my favorite recipe which uses brown rice flour, cornstarch, soy flour, and masa harina. There is also a flour mix post on the site that talks about different substitutions.

One other point: gluten free bread can be made in a bread machine, but it won’t technically be “gluten free” if you’ve baked wheat bread in the machine before.

By: Sheena

Sheena — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:28:34 +0000

Hi! I a, knew to this whole gluten free thing and love to bake. I was wondering if you can make gluten free bread in a regular machine. I tried it using brown rice flour as a substitute for bread flour and it turned out all nasty and wet. Do I need to add other types of flour?

By: Sandra Flewelling

Sandra Flewelling — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:01:47 +0000

I have been trying to make gluten free bread in the oven and in the bread machine , it rises, falls as soon as I take it out of the oven and is doughy. It does not cook no matter how long I leave it in the oven. I haved used perfect flour blend from f Namaste foods and also the ingredients they ask for in Scott Adams recipes. When you use the perfect flour blend do you add extra exathan gum if it is already in it? When I make the bread I used the same equal amounts of flour. I also don’t have a bread machine that makes gluten free bread, do I just leave the paddles out when I make the
bread. The minutes for bakeing the bread are all pre set. Also do you use the same amount of flour that is in the regular recipes in the bread machine book? I have had so many flops and it is so ixpensive. I would love to be able to make a sandwich bread.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:06:14 +0000

I am trying the sandwich bread recipe and wiuld like to bake it in my bread machine. It is recommended to bake it for 80 minutes. My machine does not have an 80 min. setting. How do you recommend baking this? Should I use the rise settings at all? Thanks Jan

By: Jan Niemann

Jan Niemann — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:11:28 +0000

I found a tortilla recipe that turned out beautifully, however it made me very sick immediately. It calls for bean flour and I believe that was the problem, however when I tried to substitute something else, it didn’t work at all. Can anyone give me some help? I have many many restrictions. It calls for rice flour, tapioca and potato starches too. I’m ok with them.

By: JavaBu

JavaBu — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:15:58 +0000

My normal recipe is a kneadless dough, but I’m definitely willing to use one that can be done with a mixer if my bread machine doesn’t work.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:09:16 +0000

Baking Bread WITHOUT a Bread Machine?

I didn’t see this question answered anywhere but I may have missed it?

Do your recipes work with hand mixing or with motorized mixer with batter blade? I don’t have room for another piece of cooking equipment!