Gluten free bread in breadmaker

[PiKe]

Just attempted to make gluten free bread using the following recipe:

2 medium eggs
2 tbsp oil
350ml Luke warm water
450g gluten free flour with added xanthan gum
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp dried fast action yeast

What I got was a horrible, heavy, moist eggy smelling mess. First real failure I've had in my Morphy Richards Fastbake breadmaker.

The machine doesn't have a specific gluten free setting and wondered if this is part of why it failed? From reading about gluten free breadmaking, it appears the dough should be allowed to rise once and not to be punched back like normal bread?

I don't appear to have a program on my breadmaker that would accommodate for this.

 

[banja]

I have a bread maker and the gluten free setting was useless. I use a 'fastbake' setting (took a few tries to find a program that works) which takes 80 minutes.

I use the recipe below. Again, took me a bit of trial and error, this is a hotch potch of a few recipes that I tried.

Using 15 ml and 5ml measuring spoons.

Ingredients are put in the tin in this order.

240 ml water
4.5 Tbsp of oil
1 Tbsp + 1 tsp spoon sugar
2/3 tsp salt
2/3 tsp vinegar
1 Egg (beaten)
333g Doves Farm Bread flour (3rd of a bag, so 3 small loaves from one bag)
1.5 tsp Allinson easy bake yeast (green, round tin)

I don't add extra xantham gum. Makes a decent loaf. Although it's a bit 'cake' like and not great for sandwiches. Makes nice toast though.

It does help if the water isn't very cold. Although if its warm the egg can cook a little when you add it, so be careful there - it will go all bitty like a scrambled egg, you don't want that. Can always drop the egg onto the flour I guess.

 

[valve90210]

Hmmm, I might have to give this a try, my breadmaker has sat very much neglected since I had to go gluten free!!

 

[Jac qui]

I have a bread maker and the gluten free setting was useless. I use a 'fastbake' setting (took a few tries to find a program that works) which takes 80 minutes.

I use the recipe below. Again, took me a bit of trial and error, this is a hotch potch of a few recipes that I tried.

Using 15 ml and 5ml measuring spoons.

Ingredients are put in the tin in this order.

240 ml water
4.5 Tbsp of oil
1 Tbsp + 1 tsp spoon sugar
2/3 tsp salt
2/3 tsp vinegar
1 Egg (beaten)
333g Doves Farm Bread flour (3rd of a bag, so 3 small loaves from one bag)
1.5 tsp Allinson easy bake yeast (green, round tin)

I don't add extra xantham gum. Makes a decent loaf. Although it's a bit 'cake' like and not great for sandwiches. Makes nice toast though.

It does help if the water isn't very cold. Although if its warm the egg can cook a little when you add it, so be careful there - it will go all bitty like a scrambled egg, you don't want that. Can always drop the egg onto the flour I guess.

Thank you I found this randomly online after a search and it’s brilliant !! Worked perfectly for me so I had to say thanks

 

[banja]

Thank you I found this randomly online after a search and it’s brilliant !! Worked perfectly for me so I had to say thanks

My pleasure.

BTW, you can also increase all the amounts by 50% to give just two larger loafs from the one bag of flour - if you prefer a larger loaf (1 large egg or 2 small eggs works here ok) The recipe works just as well.

 

[Jac qui]

Brilliant thanks again