Can I Make Flour Substitutions
Each flour has its own flavor and structure. If you make substitutions, it will change things a bit every time. Feel free to experiment as much as you like. Its how you learn what you like. When making substitutions, be sure to sub by weight not by volume measurement.
I really LOVE the sorghum and buckwheat combination so I highly recommend that you stick with those.
If you do not have brown rice flour, you can use millet flour or oat flour instead.
If you do not have tapioca starch, you can use potato starch or arrowroot powder instead.
What Youll Love About My Gluten Free Artisan Bread Recipe
So, apart from the fact that you cant tell its gluten free , what else will you love about my artisan bread recipe?
- Inside that perfectly chewy crust, the interior is super soft, light, and bready. The texture is open and exactly the real deal.
- Its flexible to a number of flour subs, making it a great recipe for people who need to avoid certain ingredients.
- You can knead it AND you can shape it! Okay, so it may just be nerdy people like me that get excited about making bread that can be kneaded and shaped like wheat bread, but I think thats exceptional.
- Its NOT sourdough. Again I know that there has been a massive growth in the making of sourdough bread in the last couple of years, but not everyone likes it. And equally, not everyone can be bothered with nurturing a sourdough starter or dealing with constant discard. If youve been there, youll know what I mean.
- As well as being gluten free, its also egg free and can be made vegan too.
- It stays soft and edible for 2 to 3 days .
- Its easy to make. Honestly. Theres nothing complicated about making this recipe. Just follow the instructions carefully and youll be eating great Gluten Free Artisan Bread in no time at all.
Why Do I Suggest Proofing The Bread In Your Oven With The Light On
Since its the winter and I worry about my kitchen being too cold to proof I was looking on Americas test kitchen for proofing ideas. In the comments I kept seeing this thing about leaving your oven light bulb on. So, I went straight to the source and they even recommend it as well. They do mention leaving the light bulb on for an hour beforehand, but I didnt want this recipe too involved. I found turning the light bulb on when starting the recipe, and then leaving it on the entire time worked just fine for me!
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How To Make A Gluten
If you know anything about making traditional sourdough bread, you probably understand that the key ingredient, and the thing that makes sourdough what it is, is a good sourdough starter.
For a normal sourdough starter, this involves mixing wheat flour and rye flour together with water, and leaving it out to collect wild yeast spores. You feed this yeast on a schedule in order to keep it alive and available for baking.
You can get some gluten-free sourdough starter from a gluten-free friend, or you can ask at your local wheat-free bakery.
It might be easier to make your own sourdough starter if those options aren’t available to you though. The full gluten-free starter recipe will be below, but here’s the basic idea.
You may need 1-2 weeks to get a strong, working gluten-free sourdough starter, so plan ahead!
At room temperature, you’ll need to feed the sourdough starter every 24 hours or so.
How To Make Gluten Free Vegan Bread
And lastly, do you have to braid the bread? Absolutely not, but it is fun and easy and pretty! This vegan bread bakes up just as lovely in loaf form. Weve shared this vegan bread recipe several ways in stories and IGTV, but I will be updating it soon with an easier version! Stay tuned!
And lastly, the printable recipe! YAY!
*For those looking for the original with oat flour, here is PDF to print if off*
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When Making My Gluten Free Artisan Bread Boule Follow The Recipe
I honestly cant emphasise this enough. While bread baking of any kind can always have unexpected challenges , the main reason for things going wrong is because the recipe hasnt been followed.
- Use the ingredients as listed
- Follow the instructions for process
I know sometimes its all too tempting to want to make something even though you only have half the ingredients in the cupboard. But making substitutions that arent like for like will lead to a loaf that disappoints.
I have decided not to go through each and every tip to make gluten free artisan bread in this post. But instead, direct you to my previous post on how to make a gluten free French Baguette, where advice is detailed and is equally relevant to the bread recipe shared here. Note: In that post, process photos are included to help you know what the dough should look like at each stage.
Ready To Make A Gluten Free Artisan Bread Boule
And so The recipe! Which youll find below. If you have any questions, please shout. When I make a recipe, I really want to make sure others get to enjoy it too. So if theres anything you dont understand, Ill do my best to help. Either leave a comment at the bottom, email me, or contact me through social media. Youll find me on , , or .
For a quick run through of the process, Ive made a little video as a guide (to be used in conjunction with this post
For lots more bread recipes and inspiration, we also have a dedicated Gluten Free Bread Index. This brings all my bread recipes together in one place to make it as easy as possible for you to find what you need.
Note: This dough recipe has also been used to create an amazing French Gluten Free Baguette and also Gluten Free Petit Pain . It has also been adapted to create an authentic French Artisan Gluten Free Fougasse.
Happy bread baking
- In a mixing bowl, weigh the yeast, honey and 80g hand-warm water.
- Gently whisk together, to dissolve the yeast and blend.
- Set aside for 10 to 15 minutes to activate and become frothy.
Mix the flour blend
- While the yeast is activating, weigh all the dry ingredients into an airtight container and mix well until fully blended.
Making and proofing the dough
Preparing the Banneton
- While the dough is proofing, prepare the Banneton basket by coating the inside with a light dusting of brown rice flour. It is not necessary to use a liner.
Knocking back the dough
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What Other Flours Can I Use In This Pizza Crust Recipe
I have tested this gluten-free pizza crust recipe with Bob’s Red Mill 1-to-1 Gluten Free Flour Blend. It works incredible in this recipe and it’s my other go-to flour blend.
If you want to mix your own blend for this pizza combine 1 cup white rice flour, ¾ cup brown rice flour, ¼ cup tapioca starch.
I haven’t tried this gluten-free pizza dough recipe with other flour blends. If you do, please come back and let me know which gluten-free flour blend you used.
We’ve used this gluten-free pizza recipe several times just this month, and we’ve started passing the recipe on to friends and family member to show them how easy making your own pizza at home can be.
We usually par-bake a couple of extra gluten-free pizza crusts and store them the in the freezer for super busy nights when we need to make dinner quickly.
Simply pull a crust out of the freezer, heat your oven, top, and bake. Just like store bought pizza crusts, only better.
Is There Such A Thing As Vegan Bread
Well, of course there is! While there are some breads, like challah, that include eggs and milk, there are plenty of varieties that dont include them.
This vegan bread dough is easy to make, uses minimal ingredients, and is really versatile. You can use this vegan gluten free bread recipe to make sandwich bread, twist it for a fancy look, or make rolls, etc.
This is sure to be a a go-to yeast bread for my vegan/gluten free readers. Soy free and nut free, too. So, pretty much the perfect vegan bread recipe, yes?
Oh and guess what? You can totally save the dough and use it for flatbread, pizza crust, rolls, etc. Yall I tested this vegan bread recipe 10x!! REALLY! And now that it is perfected, Im ready to share it with you. Plus answer all the questions about making it that you might have.
Speaking of questions.
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Refrigerate Your Gf Challah Bread Dough For Easier Handling
Refrigerating the raw dough in a tightly sealed container does two things. They both make handling the dough easier.
First, it allows the flours time to absorb the liquid. You don’t sacrifice any liquid, which the bread needs for rising and for texture, but the dough is less sticky. Second, refrigerating the dough makes it colder, and that makes it easier to handle.
If you don’t have time to refrigerate the dough, you can still work with it. It will just be a bit harder to handle, and more fragile.
What Kind Of Yeast Do I Use To Make A Vegan Bread Recipe
Here are the facts. If you dont bake very often, yeast can be sort of confusing. Look at the shelf at the grocery store there are SO many different types! As a result, some are better for baking pizza dough and others are best for bread. It gets even more confusing when you realize that there are actually just three types of yeast. Allow me to explain
TYPES OF YEAST
There are three types of yeast two are dry yeast and then there is cake yeast, which is a wet yeast. Well discuss that another day. Lets focus on the types of dry yeast you can use to make vegan bread.
- Instant Yeast Other names for this include quick-rise, rapid-rise, and bread machine yeast,
You can use either type of yeast to bake bread with, but each type has advantages.
Baking with active dry yeast often requires two proofing sessions, meaning, the yeast has to be activated and then again when the bread rises before baking. Personally, I like to let the bread rise right in the pan and skip second rise, going straight to baking.
Also, active yeast has a longer shelf life than instant yeast well over a year if you keep it refrigerated. This is the yeast I used for this vegan bread recipe and the bread has lasted me a good while in the fridge! LOVE IT!
Instant yeast is what many bakers choose, simply because its quicker to make things with. If you make vegan bread with instant yeast, it only requires a single rise . As a result, you get to enjoy that warm bread sooner!
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Mixer With A Dough Hook
The dough for my gluten free artisan bread needs plenty of mixing to get it even and well hydrated. It starts as a batter, but as the psyllium and flours hydrate fully, it becomes stiff and kneadable. Although it is possible to mix by hand, I wouldnt recommend this, as it is really hard work and the dough is less likely to be fully blended. Either a hand mixer or stand mixer with dough hook attachments work well for the job.
I generally use my KitchenAid Hand Mixer . However, when increasing quantities for larger batches, my KitchenAid Stand Mixer is perfect.
St Rise: Bulk Fermentation
For the bulk fermentation, place the dough into a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a damp tea towel and let the dough to rise for 1 hour in a warm place. It will approximately double in volume.
The purpose of the bulk fermentation is primarily flavour development this is what ensures that your loaf will have that wonderfully complex flavour we associate with properly baked bread.
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Making Gluten Free Bread
These numbered steps match the numbered photos above and are for illustration purposes. For the complete list of ingredients and instructions, please see the recipe below.
Why Youll Love This Gluten Free Bread Recipe
1.The soft, chewy interior. The words pillowy soft come to mind with every bite the bread has a gorgeous open crumb and just enough chew to it, like any proper bread should.
2.The crisp, caramelised crust. The crust cracks and crackles as you cut it, and its full of those amazing flavours that are brought about by the wonders of caramelisation.
3.The flavour. If you want to compare this gluten free bread to a loaf of regular bread, its on the whole wheat side of the flavour spectrum. Its taste is wholesome and more complex than that of your average loaf of white bread, thanks to the addition of buckwheat flour. At the same time, it doesnt have the overpowering, slightly acidic flavour of, for instance, rye bread. Its a nice everyday sort of loaf, and its amazing with some butter and jam, spread with hummus or as part of a toasted cheese sandwich.
4.In addition to gluten free, its also vegan. Thats right, theres no eggs and no dairy products in this recipe!
5.Easily adaptable depending on the ingredients you have on hand. Im fully aware that you might not have all the ingredients on hand, which is why Ive included a detailed list of substitutions at the end of this post and also within the recipe card.
6.Easy to make. I know that making your own gluten free bread might sound scary and impossible. But believe me when I say its really not. And the results oh my, they are so worth it.
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Why We Love Everyday Gluten Free Bread
the texture is very similar to whole grain artisan bread youd find at a good bakery. Unlike many gluten free breads, its not gummy or too dry + dense.
the crust gives this bread a real rustic look and taste. Who doesnt love a good artisan-style crusty bread.?
the flavor again is similar to a whole grain loaf from a good bakery. Its mild, yet complex. Definitely not a white bread kind of thing.
easy to make trust me. If youre a first-time bread-baker, youll never believe this bread came out of your own oven. And even if youre a seasoned bread baker, youll love this recipes simplicity.
Gluten Free Dairy Free Pizza
This gluten-free pizza recipe is already dairy-free. It uses olive oil. You can top this gluten free dairy free pizza crust with your favorite dairy-free cheese to make a gluten free dairy free pizza.
Another options is to leave the cheese off all together and brush on some dairy-free butter and sprinkle it with garlic salt, after its cooked.
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How Long Does This Gluten
One of my favorite things about this recipe is that it can be done in about three and a half hours, start to finish!! That is way quicker than sourdough, so this is a perfect last-minute bread recipe when you want some bread to eat that day! And of that three and a half hours, probably only about 30ish minutes is active time. The rest of it is rising and baking time!
