Soft & Moist Gluten-Free White Bread Recipe

 This gluten-free white bread recipe makes the best-ever gluten-free bread. The dough is so similar to traditional bread recipes. This gluten-free bread dough is so easy to knead and so moist. 

 I think my biggest frustration with following a wheat-free diet is the price of gluten-free bread as well as the texture. While I understand why gluten-free products cost more, due to strict guidelines, the cost of gluten-free bread makes it a luxury item for me.

The cost of gluten-free food is why I choose to make gluten-free recipes at home. Some homemade gluten-free products are simple to make, while others are more difficult, especially when it comes to making it similar to traditional products. Making homemade gluten-free bread has always frustrated me,

 Bread baking has always been my specialty with baking and when a wheat allergy forced me to stop eating bread, I was upset that I could no longer make homemade bread. Sure, I discovered recipes for homemade gluten-free bread but they did not have the texture that I wanted. Most of the gluten-free bread recipes made loaves of bread that were hard and dense or crumbly. For many years, I just lived without bread. 

Then I discovered Schar Artisan Bakers Bread, and my quest for a delicious gluten-free bread was over. This bread had the texture of traditional white bread, soft and chewy. As I was reading the ingredients of the Schar bread, one ingredient stood out. The ingredient was Psyllium.

What is Psyllium?

 Psyllium is an ingredient that is used in many fiber supplements.  I needed to know the benefits of psyllium in bread. So I did some research online and discovered that Psyllium Husk Powder was used in gluten-free baking as a substitute for gluten. This fiber mimics gluten and helps the bread have a softer texture. When you use psyllium in gluten-free dough, it gives the dough a kneadable texture. 

Adding Psyllium to Gluten-Free Bread Recipes Gave Amazing Results

With this new information about psyllium and gluten-free bread making, I gave wheat-free bread baking another chance. I was finally able to bake a loaf of delicious gluten-free bread with the addition of Psyllium Husk Powder. Psyllium adds extra fiber to the bread without changing the taste. Psyllium also adds a soft texture to gluten-free bread that I was craving.

Give homemade gluten-free bread additional moisture with a tangzhong

Now that I was baking to baking homemade bread, I was trying new gluten-free bread recipes. One gluten-free recipe had a new technique called tangzhong for achieving more starch and moisture in yeast bread dough.

How does this technique affect yeast dough? It pre-gelatinizes the starches in the flour, meaning they can absorb more water. In fact, the gluten-free flour will absorb twice as much hot water or milk as it does the cool/lukewarm water or milk you'd usually use in yeast dough.

Not only does the starch in the flour absorb more liquid, but it's also able to hold onto that extra liquid throughout the kneading, baking, and cooling processes. Which in turn means:

 ~ The bread dough is less sticky and easier to knead

 ~ The bread may rise higher, due to more water creating more internal steam (which makes bread rise in the oven, along with the carbon dioxide given off by the yeast)

How to make a Tangzhong

~ Take 4 tablespoons of gluten-free flour and 3/4 cups of plant-based milk and put them in a saucepan.

~ Over medium-high heat, cook the mixture, whisking constantly until it starts to thicken into a paste.

~ Remove from heat and bring to room temperature.

~ Add it to your other dough ingredients.

MCT Oil For Best Flavor and Health Benefits

 I discovered that MCT oil could be used in baking bread by accident. I was mixing up the ingredients for my gluten-free bread dough and discovered that I had no olive oil. The only oil that I had was a bottle of organic MCT oil. I usually use MCT oil in my Dairy Free Iced Bulletproof Coffee Latte recipe, but decided to try it in my bread baking recipe. 

 The MCT oil gave the bread a nice flavor, and I liked the additional health benefits. Most people use MCT oil for keto coffee for energy as well as mental clarity, but don't realize that you can use it in recipes. I am glad that I discovered that I could use this mild coconut oil in my baking recipes.

Soft Gluten-Free White Bread

~ Is perfect for wheat-free diets

~ Made with gluten-free ingredients

~ Made with dairy-free ingredients

~ Soft and moist

~ Perfect for sandwiches

Ingredients Needed

~ Plant-Based Milk

~ Gluten-Free Flour Blend

~  Psyllium Husk Powder

~ Sugar

~ Yeast

~ Sea Salt

~ Organic MCT Oil

Gluten-Free Bread Baking Tips

~ Use an 8.5 by 4.5-inch one-pound metallic loaf pan for best results

~ Can substitute regular oil for the MCT oil

~ Store bread in the fridge and consume it within a week

~ Bread can be frozen for 2-3 months for longer storage, thaw at room temperature 

Other Gluten-Free Recipes You May Enjoy

~ Gluten-free Lentil Rolls

~ Two Ingredient Gluten Free Oat Tortillas

~ Homemade Gluten-Free Bagels Made With Oat Flour

~ 3 Ingredient Vegan Gluten Free Protein Crepes

~ 1-Ingredient Gluten Free Buckwheat Bread

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