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Easy Gluten-Free Bread in the Bread Maker

Easy Gluten-Free Bread in the Bread Maker

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I've been gluten-free for over ten years, and it'll forever be my way of life. I don't eat a ton of bread in general, but I hate spending $6–10 on each loaf at the store. I'm trying to make everything from scratch to save money and know exactly what's going into my body. I got a bread machine for Christmas, and my first two tries turned out like bricks. Flavor and texture were way off. My sister has also been testing recipes in her bread machine, and she came up with the perfect, easy loaf!

I use a basic bread machine I picked up on Amazon. We haven't tried this recipe in the oven, so go at your own risk there and let me know if you do! Bread makers are so cool because they handle every step for you. You just add all your ingredients and press go. Easy peasy.

A finished gluten-free loaf, fresh from the bread machine
The Recipe

Method

  1. Measure out all of your ingredients and set them out to reach room temperature.

  2. Make sure the paddle is placed in the bread maker.

  3. Add the wet ingredients in this order: water, oil, eggs. (I crack and lightly stir my eggs before adding them.)

  4. Add the dry ingredients: gluten-free flour, salt, sugar.

  5. Make a small well in the center of the top of the flour and add your yeast. Do not stir, and don't let the yeast touch the wet ingredients.

  6. Close the lid and start up your machine. Here are the settings I used (yours might be different, so adjust accordingly):

    • Setting 7, or the Gluten-Free setting if it has one
    • Crust color set to "Light" (GF breads tend to darken faster than regular breads)
    • Weight set to 1.5 pounds

  7. Hit play/go and let it do its thing! Mine takes about 3 hours on this cycle and smells SO dang good.

Sliced gluten-free bread, ready to eat

I've learned over the past few weeks that a lot of variables go into making bread: temperature, altitude, weather, the order in which the ingredients touch… the list goes on. I find that taking notes along the way has helped me improve my recipes. Let me know if you try it and how it turned out!

Enjoy!

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