<h4>Today, I found my old bread machine which got lost when I moved a few months ago. I haven't used it since I went gluten-free and dairy-free several years back. I found a recipe without wheat or milk, and fired it up. Not only does it still work, the bread was so fantastic I had to share the recipe with you!</h4>
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There's my old Cuisinart after a quick cleaning. The lid comes right off when you open it, but otherwise it's in good shape. It powered up just fine, so I gathered the ingredients.
This <a href="https://jenuinehome.com/perfect-bread-machine-gluten-free-bread/">recipe</a> makes a standard 1.5 pound loaf of white bread. I added the ingredients in the following order.
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1 1/4 cups water at room temperature.
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1/4 cup oil or soft margarine.
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3 medium eggs. I am mostly vegan, but about a year ago started occasionally using eggs again. I only buy free range eggs (preferably from a local farm) that come from happy chickens. You can crack them right in, but I chose to scramble mine first.
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1 1/4 teaspoon salt.
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3 tablespoons sugar (or honey).
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3 1/4 cups Bob's Red Mill 1:1 flour. This is a popular gluten-free blend available just about everywhere, but you can probably substitute other white flours.
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2 teaspoons active dry yeast. I had instant dry yeast, which is versatile and can often be substituted for active yeast. It worked perfectly. Yeast formulated for bread machines would also likely be suitable.
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Into the machine it went! I selected the gluten-free setting, and hit Start.
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About 10 minutes later, it was stirring the ingredients, and some dry flour was stuck to the sides, so I used a spatula to push it off into the mixer.
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This was about 20 minutes into the process.
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About 40 minutes in, the dough was fully mixed, and the machine went still to allow it to rise.
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About 90 minutes from the start, the dough had risen and taken the shape of a loaf. It began to bake!
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The whole process took 2.5 hours, at which point I emptied the bread loaf out onto a cutting board to cool.
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5 minutes later, I was slicing it up. Smelled amazing! I was relieved to see it turned out really well.
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And the taste test? Perfect bread, better than I can get in stores. It was excellent with a bit of margarine, and made a delicious treat with some strawberry jam!
<h3>Recipe</h3>
To make it easy, here's the entire recipe in one spot.
1 1/4 cups water at room temperature
1/4 cup oil or soft margarine
3 medium eggs
1 1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar (or honey)
3 1/4 cups Bob's Red Mill 1:1 gluten-free flour
2 teaspoons active (or instant) dry yeast
Add to the machine in that order, set for gluten-free loaf, press start.
After a few minutes of mixing, use a spatula to stir in dry flour from the sides.
It will take about 2.5 hours total, and creates a 1.5 pound loaf (about 12 slices).
The total cost was slightly less than what a similar loaf would be from the grocery store. It's a lot tastier, has better texture, and doesn't come with strange ingredients.
Optional: You can add nuts or seeds to the dough, or sprinkled on top while it is rising.
<h4>Thanks for checking out my post. Happy baking (and eating)!</h4>
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