Robert was out of town this week at this conference, where he had a great time, and said John Piper’s sermon was the best he’s ever heard. (Wow! You can listen to/watch it here!)While he was away, the kids and I managed our normal (crazy, actually) routine, and I even found some time to make some homemade gluten free bread. (I was also trying to stay away from Whole Foods and depleting the checking account!)
We seemed to need a lot of bread this week, for various reasons. Kory needs to take a sack lunch on the bus with him to away baseball games (two this week), and the kids are always looking for some sort of bread product to go with their breakfast. I ended up making two loaves and one batch of rolls using the same recipe. This is a really nice-tasting bread that I adapted from one I found in a magazine a while back.
2 cups GF flour mix (I used rice, potato, tapioca)
1 Tbsp yeast
2 heaping Tbsp ground flax
2Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp xanthan gum
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 1/3 cup warm milk (1 min in microwave)
4 Tbsp butter (melted)
1 tsp cider vinegar
2 eggs
Directions: Place all dry ingredients into a large bowl and mix together well. Stir liquid ingredients together in a separate bowl. Add to dry ingredients and use a hand mixer to beat for 2-3 minutes. Pour/spoon dough into a greased loaf pan. Spray a piece of plastic wrap with cooking spray and gently place over loaf pan. Let rise in a warm place 45 minutes to 1 hour. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes. Remove bread from loaf pan and bake 5-10 more minutes.
I had fun using these King Arthur bun pan to make individual rolls. As I type this, they are being gobbled up for breakfast with butter, jelly, and cream cheese alongside some scrambled eggs and sausage links!
And now off to do schoolwork – quietly. Robert got home at 4:30am and we’re trying to let him recover from his long drive and late night!
Have a great weekend!
Love John Piper!! I'll have to go watch/listen!
Blessings to you!
I've been wanting to get more Flax into my diet…I'll have to try this recipe! Those buns look great too!
Wow, that looks good, Melanie! Both the loaf and rolls. 🙂 I can see why your kids were gobbling them up! Hope hubby is all recovered now and that you had a wonderful weekend, dear.
Shirley
This is totally unrelated to your post. I could not find an email on your profile page so I thought I would try here. Would you mind emailing me? I have a quick gf question.
Thanks!
Betsy
Hi Betsy,
I can't find you email address either! Here's mine melkrumrey@gmail.com. Sorry about the delay – for some reason this comment didn't show up in my email!