Bread Ideas

So in the midst of Joann's yesterday I had a brain storm. This pan would be PERFECT to make bread in. Then the boys can have round sandwiches. Sometimes I amaze myself. So I bought two cake pans, (well I bought more then two, but don't tell hubby!) I bought a circle one, which I will now go back and buy at least 3 more, after using it today. These pans are from Wilton and you can probably buy them at any Joann's or Michaels.

I also bought a star pan for mini star sandwiches.

Don't they look good coming out?

Another view of them...

My oldest did a mayo, lettuce, chicken and cheese sandwich.

My middle child, God Love him, did a butter, sunbutter and cheese sandwich.

I used my bread recipe here http://threeboysandglutenfree.blogspot.com/2010/06/breadreally-good-bread.html   I think I baked for 13-15 minutes, the stars only about ten minutes. Just keep your eyes on them. Now go and get creative, baking gluten free bread shapes.

Bread...Real Bread...

So I have been working on my newest bread for about a month now. I keep tweaking and playing with it until one day my hubby said it was perfect and I better not tweak anymore. It's a really easy recipe and I can usually have it in the bread maker in about ten minutes. Yes, I said bread maker. I have done it both oven and bread maker, bread maker is easier because I will forget something is rising until it runs everywhere.

So I was at a friends house last night and I made this loaf because I wanted new people to try my bread and to give me honest feedback. Well I hope it was honest? I will say the loaf was gone within minutes. I was in shock that everyone liked it so much.

This bread stands up, this is the bread I made the grilled cheese sandwiches with. I have had so much fun with this bread. There is still some tweaking to do but I am happy with the way it is right now. Now to come up with a great name for this amazing bread.

Flour Mix is Cybele Pascal's

4 Cups Brown Rice Flour

1 1/3 Cup Potato Starch

2/3 Cup Tapioca Starch

Bread Recipe

Egg replacer enough for two eggs, 1/4 cup sparkling water, warmed for about 20 seconds in the microwave, mixed together and set aside.

Now I just dump everything else into the mixer.

4 Cups Flour Mix

2 Teaspoons Sugar

1 Teaspoon Guar Gum

1 1/2 Teaspoon Salt

2 1/4 Teaspoon Dry Yeast

1 Teaspoon Gelatin

1 Cup Rice Milk Warmed about 30 Seconds in Microwave

1 Cup Water Warmed about 30 Seconds in Microwave

2 Teaspoons safe butter or Olive Oil (I have used both)

1 Teaspoon Rice Vinegar

Egg Replacer Mix

Mix in a stand mixer until it looks awesome, about three plus minutes or so. I then pour into a bread maker and put it on the gluten free cycle. Now my mixer in my bread machine sucks so I have to pre mix in my mixer first.

Now the important part, after the bread machine beeps that it is done, I take it out and put it into the oven at 350 for an extra ten minutes. Just placing it on a cookie sheet.

Enjoy.

Bread Challenge

So I did a bread challenge tonight. Stephanie on my gfcf board posted her bread and it looked really weird so I just had to try it right? I saw her recipe and thought I could help the recipe. So I thought I would do both recipes, kinda flying by my pants as I went on my recipe. So the first bread is Stephanie's recipe, and this is what her recipe looked like when I took it out of the oven, I will tell ya it looks nothin like her photo.


2 cups White Rice Flour
1 cup Brown Rice Flour
1/4 cup dry milk powder (I had to use Tapioca Flour)
3 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
2 tbs sugar
1 tsp salt
2 1/4 tsp yeast

Wet
3 eggs
3 tbs oil
1 3/4 c water (warm)

Mix dry together and than add wet to it slowly. Blend Slowly on low for 1-2 mins. Bake at 375 degrees for 60 minutes. Oops let rise for 30 minutes, before baking.


And so this one is my bread, using the recipe above and changing around a few things. I have to say I think mine looks and smells so much better, but that could just be me?

Here is my recipe:

3 1/4 cups better batter mock flour mix

2 tbs sugar

1 tsp gelatin

1 tsp salt

2 1/4 tsp yeast

Wet

3 eggs

3 tbs oil (olive)

1 3/4 cups water (warm)

Mix dry together and than add wet to it slowly. Blend slowly on low for 1-2 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees for 60 minutes. Oops let rise for 30 minutes.

So here are the breads side by side. Mine is on the left and Steph's is on the right, I noticed the coloring right away, mine was more brown. When I did the dough Steph's was like cake batter which is what gf bread should be like, but mine I felt if I added a bit more flour you can mold and use your hands. So I think I will take my recipe and try some rolls and such. Keep you all posted as we play with our recipe in motion. The recipe is still in the works.

I just had my boys try it, they really can't tell the difference with the bread. Of course I have three under 5 when hubby comes home I will have him try and update the blog.

Enjoy.

**Hubby update. Mine won and hubby said if I added garlic it would make a Great Garlic Bread. I see more time in the kitchen. I'll keep tweaking. Thanks Stephanie....