Making gluten-free bread in a bread machine.

[Darienne]

26 minutes ago, Tropicalsenior said:

I don't know about the Breadman but my bread machine had a setting just for dough and after the bread had kneaded and raised it stopped and you could take the dough out and bake it however you wanted. Did you get a manual with yours? If not, you can download it from the internet.

Yup, I have the manual and it seems to say nothing on the subject.  I'll go through it again.

[Darienne]

27 minutes ago, palo said:

Use the "dough" setting on your bread machine - when that program completes it's "ready" - assuming your bread machine has a dough setting

But won't the dough setting entail two risings and gluten free goes for only one.

[Tropicalsenior]

2 minutes ago, Darienne said:

But won't the dough setting entail two risings and gluten free goes for only one.

No, on my machine it shuts off after the first rising.

[Darienne]

14 minutes ago, TicTac said:

Good for you Darienne!  We have not been so adventurous yet with our GF life (and it's been 4+ years).  I think the pizza dough experiment scarred me a bit (it was so damn sticky and unworkable!).

 

Would love to see some pics of your bread.  And totally agreed on toasted vs not.  GF Bread really has to be toasted to be best enjoyed. 

 

 

Absolutely.  And I'll post photos of the next loaf...if I am not too humiliated by whatever error I have made. 

 

I could post a photo of a half loaf now...

[Darienne]

5 minutes ago, Tropicalsenior said:

No, on my machine it shuts off after the first rising.

That's in a machine  which would normally give two risings for regular bread???

[ElsieD]

My machine alerts you to when the dough cycle is complete.  Remove dough, shape, put it in the baking container, 2nd rise, bake.  Is your manual on-line?

[Tropicalsenior]

19 minutes ago, Darienne said:

That's in a machine  which would normally give two risings for regular bread???

Yes. The first one rises, deflates and then rises again to bake. You would take it out after the first rise. Then you can shape it anyway you want and bake it in the oven. I only baked it about twice in the bread machine before I decided I didn't like the square loaf and I didn't like the hole in the bottom.

[Darienne]

26 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

My machine alerts you to when the dough cycle is complete.  Remove dough, shape, put it in the baking container, 2nd rise, bake.  Is your manual on-line?

I have the manual from on-line.  So far not all that useful for these kinds of questions.  I'll just have to try it.   Gluten-free rises only once. 

 

My machine, on the gluten free setting, does a beeping at some point.  I've yet to even try to figure out what point that is.  I'm still a tad overwhelmed by it all.   I'd never even heard of teff flour.  Now I find out it comes in two colors.  I'm an old dog and I don't learn as quickly as I used to.  I'll get there yet...

Edited December 19, 2022 by Darienne (log)

[palo]

Breadman model # might help someone sort out the manual for you

 

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[Tropicalsenior]

9 minutes ago, Darienne said:

Gluten-free rises only once. 

Not knowing anything about gluten-free bread, this is one I chose to Google and I came across this interesting article. It even has a link for gluten free bread in a bread machine. That said, I can understand why you need a bread machine with a gluten-free setting. Basically you just don't knead it because that is the primary method of developing gluten in bread dough.

In other words, you would take the bread out immediately after it is mixed and shape it in a bread pan or however you plan to bake it. And if that is all you plan to do with the bread maker, you might just as well do it in a mixer or in a bowl with a wooden spoon.

[Tropicalsenior]

This also looks like a very good recipe and she has a lot of good baking recipes on her site.

[Darienne]

1 hour ago, palo said:

Breadman model # might help someone sort out the manual for you

 

p

I think I have the manual for my specific model.

[Darienne]

1 hour ago, Tropicalsenior said:

 

 

In other words, you would take the bread out immediately after it is mixed and shape it in a bread pan or however you plan to bake it. And if that is all you plan to do with the bread maker, you might just as well do it in a mixer or in a bowl with a wooden spoon.

O.K., I could do that, take it out of the machine and bake it in an oven.  However, doing it in my mixer would be more trouble, as I need Ed to move the mixer for me and I've never used the dough hook.  And I don't think a bowl with a wooden spoon would do it...nor would my hands do a bowl with a wooden spoon I'm afraid.  But thanks for all the suggestions.

I think I'll stick to removing the paddle at this point.  And next I'll remove the dough and bake it separately. 

 

This morning I rewrote the recipe in a format which makes it much easier for me to follow and that will be a help to start with. 

[Tropicalsenior]

12 minutes ago, Darienne said:

as I need Ed to move the mixer for me

I understand completely. I traded my bread machine for a KitchenAid mixer that Google tells me weighs 30 lb but for me might as well be a hundred. I have to have Carlos move it into place for me. For almost everything but the bread I still use a bowl and a wooden spoon rather than try and move it. Getting old is a b****. I thought these were supposed to be our golden years.

Edited December 19, 2022 by Tropicalsenior (log)

[Darienne]

1 hour ago, Tropicalsenior said:

I understand completely. I traded my bread machine for a KitchenAid mixer that Google tells me weighs 30 lb but for me might as well be a hundred. I have to have Carlos move it into place for me. For almost everything but the bread I still use a bowl and a wooden spoon rather than try and move it. Getting old is a b****. I thought these were supposed to be our golden years.

They lied unfortunately about the golden aspect of your health in these years.

 

I also have a huge...that's HUGE...stand mixer...purchased by Mr. Ed...over my dead body, as they say... and I use an old hand mixer or even a stick blender for just about everything.  Well, the things that need a stand mixer simply don't get made.  Sad, but true.

 

And so the gluten free bread will remain at least started in the bread machine...thanks for all the help. 

[palo]

Does the Breadman machine not have a recipe for GF bread?

 

p

[Darienne]

34 minutes ago, palo said:

Does the Breadman machine not have a recipe for GF bread?

 

p

Yes it does.  Why do you ask?  

[Darienne]

So another loaf of All Recipes Wholewheat bread has been made.   I took the paddle out of the machine just a few minutes after the 'kneading' process was complete and that was a success I think.  The bottom of the finished load had only a small hole in it from the bit that sticks up in the bottom of the machine's container and normally holds the paddle.  Getting the paddle out was a bit of a challenge at first.  Settled on using a yellow plastic spatula type  piece to hold the dough back and a pair of substantial pliers to pull the paddle off.  It's one of those paddles which folds over after the kneading process and so it doesn't stand up and tear a great hole in the finished bread....except that it stays standing up and tears a great hole in the finished bread. 

So that part was a success.

 

HOWEVER:  my bread mixture had either too much yeast or too much liquid.  Here's a photo of it just so you can all have a good laugh.

 

 

Would not have even made bread yesterday, as we were expecting (and received) a power outage which was just lifted this morning at  10:30 am, except that there wasn't a loaf of Promise bread available in the horribly over-crowded stores. 

[Darienne]

A fourth attempt with the All Recipes recipe.   Taking out the collapsible paddle was a success.  And I cut down on the liquid prescribed and actually  added some extra corn starch at the last minute because I felt the batter was too wet.  OK.  So the top didn't fall as badly as it did before, but it's still far from acceptable.  I think I'll change recipes and find one from a gluten-free bread machine on-line specialist.  I liked the All Recipes recipe because it was for whole wheat, not white bread.  

 

(But then, I'm still not convinced that I am gluten intolerant.  I ate a piece of regular whole grain bread for supper...just because it had been one of 'those' kind of days and I 'felt' like it...and there was no change of any thing discernible.  As stated before, it was a naturopath who  administered this electronic test to me about 18 months ago which reported that I was intolerant of dairy and gluten.  I still really don't know...are those tests really valid?  Inappropriate question in this thread.)

[AAQuesada]

I've heard this one is good but haven't made it myself 
 

https://redstaryeast.com/recipes/bread-machine-gluten-free-brown-and-white-bread/