Gluten Free Bread: Brown Bread Faux Wheat

Gluten Free Bread: Brown Bread Faux Wheat

Gluten Free  Bread: One always crave the sweet taste of whole wheat bread.  This one has all of the flavor and no wheat.

Ingredients:

1 cup Buttermilk

3/4  cup sourdough starter

½ cup olive oil

2 eggs, slightly Beaten (reserve 1 Tablespoon)

¼ cup Honey

1½ tsp Xanthan Gum

1 tsp Yeast (for flavor, leavening is provided by Baking powder)

½ tsp Celtic sea salt

1½ Tbs baking powder

½ cup buckwheat flour

½ cup sorghum flour or 1/2 cup teff flour

½ cup tapioca flour

1 3/4 cups Kinni Kwik bread flour

1/3 cup flax seed meal

1 tsp sunflower seeds

1 tsp milk (for egg wash)

Directions:

In mixer, combine sour dough starter, buttermilk, oil, egg (reserve one Tablespoon for egg wash), and honey; mix.

Whisk together Xanthan Gum, yeast, salt, baking powder and flours.

Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix thoroughly. Place dough in greased standard-sized (9″ x 5″) bread loaf pan.  ( I usually have extra dough, I put it in a large juice can and it makes a mini loaf..see picture.) Use reserved egg and milk to brush the top of the loaves  and sprinkle with sunflower seeds. Let sit on the counter for 30 minutes to let it rise some.

Bake 350 degrees for 60-65 minutes

Remove from oven.  Remove bread from pan and transfer to wire rack to cool.

Serve with Chicken Salad or other sandwich fixings.