Baking

[linhun]

i am new to this site, and new to this disease. Although I have had symptoms for many a year, I did not know what the problem was. I have found many of the foods to be really expensive, especially baked goods. I am now trying to bake bread. I have tried several bread recipes. In fact I went out and bought a new bread machine, with a gluten free setting. I got a cazillion types of flours to use, mix together to form a perfect flour. I put all my ingredients in my shinny new machine, watching thru the glass top to see the mixing process, watching the bread to rise, and smelling the wonderful smell woofing thru the house. I waited with mouth watering for the process to finish. The bread rose to a nice size. The crust, nice and brown. I took the bread out of the baking pan. Waited with "healthy" margerine, jam for the bread to cool. Slowly I took a knife cut off the end piece, placed the margerine and jam on the slice of bread.....opened my mouth.....took a bite.....started to chew.....and spit it out in the sink. The taste is sooooo awful. This is the 3rd or 4th time I have tried to make a good tasting bread. PLEASE is there someone out there who could share a bread recipe that will actually taste good. Thanx for reading......linhun

[jerseyangel]

Hi linhun, and welcome to the board

I use Gluten Free Pantry French Bread Mix. It's easy to mix up and bake, smells good while in the oven and as far as gluten-free bread goes, tastes good, too.

I moved your thread to the Baking and Cooking forum so all of our great gluten-free bakers can advise you.

[MNBeth]

It would be helpful to know what went into the bread you disliked, as recipes vary so widely. I can't help but wonder if there was bean flour in your recipe. My daughter did a gluten-free bread comparison science fair project last year when we were newbies, and the bean flour bread looked the best and tasted totally nasty! Since then, through trial and error, we've come up with a recipe we like pretty well.

Try to be patient. And maybe try a mix, like Jerseyangel said. I think they're a great way to get started.

[irish daveyboy]

i am new to this site, and new to this disease. Although I have had symptoms for many a year, I did not know what the problem was. I have found many of the foods to be really expensive, especially baked goods. I am now trying to bake bread. I have tried several bread recipes. In fact I went out and bought a new bread machine, with a gluten free setting. I got a cazillion types of flours to use, mix together to form a perfect flour. I put all my ingredients in my shinny new machine, watching thru the glass top to see the mixing process, watching the bread to rise, and smelling the wonderful smell woofing thru the house. I waited with mouth watering for the process to finish. The bread rose to a nice size. The crust, nice and brown. I took the bread out of the baking pan. Waited with "healthy" margerine, jam for the bread to cool. Slowly I took a knife cut off the end piece, placed the margerine and jam on the slice of bread.....opened my mouth.....took a bite.....started to chew.....and spit it out in the sink. The taste is sooooo awful. This is the 3rd or 4th time I have tried to make a good tasting bread. PLEASE is there someone out there who could share a bread recipe that will actually taste good. Thanx for reading......linhun

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Hi linhun,

you could try my from 'scratch' recipe, it's nearest thing to perfect bread you'll find.

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Open Original Shared Link

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Here's a Point Power Slideshow on Successful gluten-free Baking. (Comes from the UK)

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Open Original Shared Link

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Hope these help.

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Best Regards,

David

[Lisa16]

Thank you Irish Daveyboy!

You have the best recipes and I always appreciate your posts.

Lisa

[linhun]

Thank you to all those who replied.

David....thank you for you recipe. I am really excited to try it, but I don't know what your mesurements are. I only know about cups and ounces. Plus, I am not really good at math....think I slept thru conversions in school,lol. Also, about the corn/flour startch. Is this the same as corn starch?

thanx again all for your help and kind words....

hugs,

linhun