Tasty too.
It was a bit of a challenge to figure out the bread machine recipe as it begins on the ‘dough cycle’. Then, after the first mix you remove the paddle which is a messy business to say the least. Then you wait for that cycle to end. You reset the breadmaker to the GF cycle. Really? A breadmaker has a GF cycle? Hunh…
I chose the ‘rapid bake’ which was for the same time and I think I did pretty good.
The boys are like changed children since removing gluten from their diet. They listen now, can concentrate on their lessons, and seem happier ā oh wait, maybe that’s me. š
Onto second GF breadmaker recipe story. This one was for aĀ pumpernickelĀ which we’ve made with regular flour before and I love. Sooo, since I had made one GF loaf so far and it worked just fine I figured this should be easy! When the ‘dough’ cycle ended I opened the lid to see how much the bread had risen and couldn’t believe what I saw.
It was alive! I swear!
At first I thought I could just wipe around the edge with it in the maker but then noticed this was not such an easy solution. This monstrous yeast mixture was growing by they second (literally) and oozing all the way down and over the bottom of the inside of the maker. This is what it looked like when I removed it. I cleaned the maker and thenĀ proceededĀ to clean this mess. I wiped all around the edges and it took a while as the dough was very sticky. The goop kept coming over the sides as I wiped the overflow off. I couldn’t believe it!
GF flours, in my novice opinion, are a little pricier than even the regular organic stuff we buy. I was not going to give up on this loaf. Finally, I wiped it down for about the fifth time and then stuck my finger in the top a couple of times. It was like watching the Wicked Witch of the West melt! Down, down it went, lower into the container. Guess I popped one too many air bubbles. :0
Nonetheless, I was relieved and put it back into the bread maker for the ‘rapid’ cycle with fingers crossed. It rose a bit more but luckily not to the top and not overflowing. Whew!
When the beeper went off I opened the lid and there was a big sink hole in the middle. Bummer for sure! It tasted good and the boys liked it but you couldn’t really slice it. Just when I thought I had saved the loaf it goes and sinks on me!
I added less sugar next time and it went much better. Such a learning experience, and one I can laugh about at least!
Since then, I tried to make GF flour tortilla shells. Dreadful. When the recipe says potato flour starch that means add the potato starch and not the potato flour. BIG difference. BIG. HUGE.
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