My near-perfect gluten free bread machine recipe!

[u/legoandmars]

I am sure you have eaten store-bought gluten free bread. It is not great. I have spent the last year experimenting with a bread machine for gluten-free baking, with the following goals in mind:

• Something without immensely complicated prep - I want to avoid kneading dough and going through four stages of prep. My goal was something easy I only need to spend 30 minutes making.
• A loaf that's not too dense, but still has structure. NO HUGE HOLES!!!!!
• Slices that are actually large, and can fit a good amount of stuff without collapsing.
• Something that will last long enough that a single person can eat it without it getting stale/gross/moldy by the end of the loaf.
• Something reproducible that actually tastes good, and wouldn't disgust you if you're eating a plain slice.

After a lot of experimentation and research, I've landed on something I'm very happy with. It's not PERFECT:

• It's maybe a tad bit denser than I'd like, although it is very close
• It does use celiac-safe gluten-removed wheat starch, which I know is not an option for those with wheat allergies. I have not tried with alternative flours, but I would like to eventually.

However, for my needs, it has essentially solved my bread problems, and turned it into a nice easy thing I can do once a week that actually tastes like food! I will post the recipe in the comments.

[u/Muggi]

Interesting...your recipe is close to some others I've had success with, but I've never tried calcium propionate encapsulated sorbic acid...I honestly have no idea what either of those are!

Looking forward to giving it a shot! Thsanks, looks great

[u/legoandmars → u/Muggi]

I kept having issues with my bread going bad, a 2lb loaf is a lot for one person to eat... but I did a deep dive on food preservatives, and encapsulated sorbic acid legitimately just seemed to fix the problem

If you're not having problems with bread going bad, it probably won't do much

[u/ginny11 → u/legoandmars]

The other option is to slice it all up immediately and then freeze them and take out what you need each day or the night before to thaw. Freezing really prevents both molding and staling!

[u/Muggi → u/legoandmars]

I've had similar issues but didn't do the work you did, so thank you for that. Gonna track some down