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Glutin free bread in a breadmaker machine

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fourormore Mon 27-Jul-15 13:24:15

Hello everyone!
Forgive me if this has been discussed in the past - I have been out of circulation for several months so I may have missed it!
Does anyone have an 'Idiot-proof' recipe for making gluten free bread in a breadmaker?
We don't think there is anything wrong with the machine as 'ordinary' bread comes out fine.
We have bought the special 'bread' flour and followed the recipes from the packet and odd ones found on the net but we still manage to produce good quality house bricks!
Is there a secret we may not know about?
Thanks!

janerowena Mon 21-Sept-15 18:11:01

There are some wheats that don't contain any, or very little, gluten. Some ryes and spelts are specially grown, very old cultivars. I bought a loaf last week of very old Rye, and I was fine. It was a very dark and dense loaf, but was lovely. So yes, it did have wheat in it, but no gluten. It's so confusing though, I agree. The malt gets me every time, in vinegars and my favourite maltesers. sad No beer in casseroles, no more Horlicks.

Today I have made a spelt and GF bread flour loaf, half and half, in the bread machine. It's ok, but not perfect. However it's not dissolving in my mouth as much as the bought ones. I shall keep on trialling until it gets better.

whitewave Mon 21-Sept-15 18:13:21

Oh can you give me your recipe please also be really interested when you get a final good one

janerowena Mon 21-Sept-15 18:21:07

I have a gluten free option on my breadmaker, it only takes 2 hours.

450 ml water (this has to go in first)
1tsp salt (I tried 1/2 but it wasn't enough)
1 tbsp. cooking oil, I added a knob of butter as well just because I thought it might keep better

Then 9ozs of Dove bread flour, and 9 ozs of their spelt flour.
1 tsp quick dried yeast.

However, I have also made loaves from Doves self-raising flour plus yeast and they weren't too bad either.

I think, with a whole tsp salt, this will be a lot nicer. Maybe even a heaped tsp. The consistency is pretty good. I just went and poked it. grin I daren't try a slice now that it has cooled down (we tried the crust at 4pm as it ended) because we haven't had dinner yet!