Homemade bread.
Homemade bread.
Homemade bread.
Can I say enough about homemade bread?
Pre-celiac years, baking bread was a no-brainer for me. I could literally whip it up anytime of the day or night.
Anyone want cinnamon buns?
Anyone want cheese buns?
Anyone want fresh, hot, whole-house smell, yummy bread?
Oh ya! I could make it anytime.
But guess what? I cannot eat wheat anymore. Initially, I pretended that this was not a problem. What was the big deal? So, I cannot make bread with wheat, I will just make it gluten free. How hard could that be?
YIKES!!! Was I in for a shock!
Gluten free bread is NOT an easy project-and I have thrown out, many failed loafs of bread. That is why, when gf patisserie bakery opened in Cochrane I was so thrilled. I could finally have an incredible loaf of bread again. But, I was not going to give up the effort of trying new recipes.
On the blog www.thebakingbeauties.com I have found a Canadian gluten free blog that I quite enjoy. Recently she had a photo and recipe for gluten free cinnamon bread, so I thought I would give it a try. I was so very pleased with this recipe that I thought I would share the recipe with you. Please give it a try. I was! I still go to my favorite bakery and get my flax bread-however, it is nice to find a recipe for bread that worked out so well-that I will make it again.
Here is the recipe from www.thebakingbeauties.com
[print_this]Recipe: Gluten Free Oatmeal Cinnamon Raisin Bread
½ cup gf rolled oats
1 cup raisins
Place oats and raisins in a bowl and cover with hot water. Set aside and let soak for 10 minutes. Drain water using a strainer.
Wet ingredients
¾ cup- 1 cup warm water(start with ¾ cup and add up to ¼ cup)
2 Tbsp white sugar
1 Tbsp instant yeast
2 tsp cider vinegar
2 Tbsp veg oil
2 eggs
2 egg whites
Combine water,sugar and yeast. Stir and let sit until foamy on top. Then add the cider vinegar, veg oil, eggs,and egg whites.
Dry ingredients
1 cup brown rice flour
½ cup potato starch
½ cup tapioca starch
¼ cup milk powder
2tsp cinnamon
1 ½ tsp xanthan gum
1 tsp salt
Combine all dry ingredients together in the bowl of a stand mixer until mixed.
Add the soaked oats and raisins to the dry ingredients. Turn the mixer on low speed and slowly add the wet ingredients. Once combined, scrape down sides of bowl with spatula. Turn mixer on medium and beat for 4 minutes.
Spoon prepared dough into greased loaf pan. Let rise,in warm place, uncovered for 25 minutes.
Place bread in preheated 350 degree oven. Bake for 30-35 minutes.
Remove loaf from oven and let rest for 5-10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.
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Doesn’t this look so so good?
Well, it was!!!
Warm and full of cinnamon!
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Isn’t it great?? I tried a bought GF cinnamon raisin bagel today…ugh, total disappointment. And there are another 4 in the bag. What am I supposed to do…eat them??
I think I’ll pull out this recipe soon again. Thanks again for your kind words, they made me smile. 