and the highly recommended The Gluten-Free Gourmet Bakes Bread
recipe book by Bette Hagman. My results have been pitiful at best. I've purchase pre-made gluten free loaves of bread from the freezer section of Whole Foods and my son isn't a fan. I can't really blame him because the consistency of most of them is somewhat like Styrofoam. Because of so many strike-outs in the bread department.. my son now eats his sandwiches on rice cakes and corn thins. He misses bread, and so I keep trying.Today's bread experiment is brought to you by Sisters Three Gluten Free, a brand new bread gluten free bread mix that looked very promising to me.
About the mix:
Bread Mix Ingredients: Rice Flour, Tapioca Starch, Sugar, Salt, Xanthan gum
Ingredients you will need to add: Yeast (Dry), Shortening (suggested Crisco), Water, Eggs, Vinegar (Apple Cider)
My 4 year old daughter and I mixed up the ingredients and did it by hand per the easy instructions. The dough then needed to rise - which said it could take between 30 minutes and 2 hours. After 2 hours, I decided it had risen pretty much all that it was going to - which didn't seem like as much as it should have.. but I wasn't totally sure. I used my Pampered Chef loaf pan to make it. I pre-heated my oven and loaded it in for the suggested baking time of 65 minutes. Wow did my house smell amazing while this baked up. When the timer went off I wanted to try it right away, but I was good and waited the full 6 hours of cooling time before cutting into it.
My loaf didn't rise up as I expected it too. Now, I'm wondering about the true temperature of my oven.. or if the eggs I used were not quite room temperature (too chilly?), or if using the stone loaf pan attributed to it... or could it have been the brand of dry yeast? I also noted that as it cooled it settled a bit. This discouraged me but it smelled so good and actually looked pretty good too. The proof would be in the taste.
So, I got out my serrated bread knife and sliced it up...
It looks like bread!
I served up a slice to my husband first, with a little margarine on it. He reported that it tasted great. I asked Alex if he wanted a slice of bread with "butter" (dairy free margarine) on it. He looked at me like I had 3 heads!!! He knows he isn't "allowed" to have bread. I told him it was special gluten free and dairy free bread just for him. He said "Yes!". I served him up a slice.. He took it, he sniffed it, and he devoured it. Gone! Before I could get his picture the whole piece was gone!
I put away the rest of the sliced loaf in my fridge and estimate it will be eaten quite quickly. We have sandwiches and french toast on the menu for this holiday weekend.
Yes! yes! yes.
I am thrilled to report...
Finally, a gluten free bread that actually looks and tastes like bread should.
More info:
http://www.sistersthreeglutenfree.com/
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