Good breads

[aklap]

The mixes I like are: Manna from Anna and Gluten Free Pantry's Favorite Sandwich Bread mix

The Manna from Anna is more like "real" bread than the later. My wife (nonGF) likes this bread. She does not like other GF bread. She said she could eat this bread. Unfortunately it's around $8.00 a bag. This makes A BIG loaf. We made a normal sized loaf and then a small "focacia type" loaf too (about 4-5" in diameter).

I have found packaging and freezing these breads right after cooling is the key to reduce the crumbling. I have only had 1 loaf of Manna, and I froze that right away, so I don't know how that acts when not frozen right away. No toasting is needed with either breads. I willsay the GFP mix makes a great toasted cheese sandwich!!

We havent ventured into the "make it from scratch" breads yet. I'm not a baker - my wife is - so I'm at her mercy

If anyone else has any they've found, please tell us!!
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Al

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[Laura]

the links dont work!!! tapioca bread is pretty good too.

[aklap]

[lablady51]

The best breads I have found come from kinnikinnick.com....tapioca bread...ready made and sliced thin, the New York style bagels, donuts, pizza crusts, English muffins are all great. My husband has been gluten free for 10 years. We have tried several different mixes and ready made items.

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[Cynmis]

I came across these websites while searching for a cracker I bought but now cannot find. I know you can't go by pictures, but the bread looks alot better and some of it is made with wheat starch and claims to be GF.

Has anyone ever heard of it and is it safe?


http://www.glutafin.co.uk/

http://www.westons.com/acatalog/index.html



Also, I found on the Safe Foods & Ingredients at celiac.com that Methyl cellulose makes a good substitute for gluten. Has anyone ever heard of this and if so, is it possible to buy and add to a mix?

I guess I am missing bread an awful lot at the moment and would like a simple solution.

[aklap]

This bread recipe has been all the rave over on the Braintalk boards. I have not tried yet - but it looks (yes there are pictures) & sound great!!

http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/showthread.php?t=48505

Cynmis - I have heard of wheat starch but dont know a lot about it. I suspect its controversial.

I have heard of the Methly Cellulose - but I dont think Ive seen it to purchase.
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Al

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[Cynmis]

Thanks Al. It gives me a little hope that I'll be able to have a sandwich or hamburger on a bun again.

It's really hard being on the run with the kids and not being able to just grab a quick sandwich. Sometimes I just don't have the time to cook a meal. And I know my daughter would just LOVE to eat bread again.

[aklap]

The bread mixes are pretty easy (I'm not the baker), but I probably could do it if I had to . You bake a loaf or two and you can throw it in the freezer. GF stuff freezes really well. Then it's just a matter of pulling out a few slices - unthawing them and away you go!!! Freezing it is the key - less crumbly - almost none!!

I missed bread for the 1st couple of months too. Trust me - you do get over it!!

Good luck!!
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Al

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[Cynmis]

I don't know if you can answer this or not, but in the bread recipe, the first ingredient is 2 cups of blend(6/2/1 rice/potato starch/tapioca). Is that 6 cups of rice flour, 2 cups of potato starch and 1 cup of tapioca flour, blended together then take 2 cups of that mix?

I would love to try this for Thanksgiving and surprise my daughter.

Hopefully if this works out we'll be eating sandwiches in no time!!!

[aklap]

This is a mixture from Bette Hagman - a renowned GF cookbook author.

6 cups rice, 2 cups potato flour, 1 cup tapioca flour

Make sure it's potato FLOUR - there is potato starch too. But this is flour.

Yes, make up batch of this mixture and put it in a tupperware container. Peg (my wife) usually makes a 1/2 a batch of 3/1/.5 because our container is not that big. Then when you need flour - go scoop out the required amount

This mixture substitutes about cup for cup for real flour. Although depending on the recipe - you may find you'll need to add a bit more flour mix.

Happy baking!!! Let us know how it turns out!!!
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[Cynmis]

Sorry Al, don't mean to beat a dead horse....I can't find just potato flour online, I find potato starch flour, is that okay to use?

I'm hoping tomorrow to try my local store which might have it.

And....one more thing. Is that 6 cups of rice or rice flour?

Thanks, I'll let you know how it turns out!

[aklap]

Hey Cynmis - don't worry about it. We just recently found out about the difference in potato flour & potato starch.

If you use starch instead of flour - it will cause baked good to "run or spread out" more when baking them. We did this by mistake recently. I had choc. chip cookies that were 4" across They tasted OK.

Ooops - sorry - it's Rice Flour.

EnerG has potato flour.
Bob's Red Mill had both potato flour & potato starch.

Potato Starch looks like corn starch - real white in color
Potato flour is a bit grainier and more yellow in color.

The Bob's Red Mill line is found a lot in stores around here in WI. A hint on the rice flour: get an Asian Rice flour - it's a much finer grind - less gritty. We have a large grocery store about 45 mins away called Woodman's. They have a large ethnic section. We get it there. Of course there is alway Asian grocery stores. The EnerG flour we get at the same store in their health food section.

EnerG Potato Flour

Bob's Red Mill Potato Flour

Bob's Red Mill Potato Starch

Bob's Red Mill GF List
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Al

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[aklap]

Cynmis - I looked at the recipe from Cara. Let me Private messenger her to double check if it's potato STARCH OR FLOUR

I'll let you know!! She's not active on the board right now, but she should be later on.

Sorry for the confusion. I got to thinking about my comment to you at dinner tonight...thinking that the recipe may call for PS and not PF.

10:45 pm - No word from Cara yet, but I did find this: It has the BH mix - it states STARCH for the mix we've been talking about. BUT it has FLOUR for the bread mix... http://www.eatingglutenfree.com/recipes/

4:40AM - This from Cara: "I use Swan brand Potato Starch Flour! That's what it says on the box, and it can usually be found in regular grocery stores in the flour isle. "

I'll never understand how they label these things. If starch & flour are 2 different things...
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Al

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[Cynmis]

Thanks so much Al, your information is very helpful. The more info I get the more successful I'll be

There is a Whole Foods Market about 30 minutes from here. I'm going to take a trip this morning and hopefully purchase all the ingredients so I don't have to wait for an order to ship before Thanksgiving.

Our 2 biggest supermarket chains have started to carry Bob's Red Mill. I have not tried his GF items yet, but did make the Irish Soda Bread for my husband and he liked it.

Thanks for that Eating gluten free website also. I kind of feel like I'm floundering around with all this baking stuff and I don't know how to solve the problems I'm having. I usually am a pretty good baker but this is like starting all over and very frustrating.