Crusty Bread: Gluten & Yeast Free

Crusty Bread: Gluten & Yeast Free

The smell of fresh bread brings back so many thoughts, so many memories and so many aromas! I remember walking to the shops to get freshly baked French sticks and tearing off chunks on the way home; home baked bread straight from the oven slathered in melted butter; the kitchen full of warm doughy smells mingled with cinnamon sugar; shopping in Harrods in the 1990’s to see how many different flavoured breads we could try; kneading and shaping dough into plaits, knots, rolls, twists and anything else we could think of; so many things you can do with a delicious loaf!

Free-from loaf waiting for me! 🙂

So, now we are here! I still love bread, baking and the delicious aroma’s these create. Nowadays bread is something which I don’t consume very often and when I do it’s usually a delicious homemade loaf like this! No gluten, no yeast , no soy and no dairy. Crisp shell, soft crumb, fluffy and light, this is one loaf which everyone can eat! Yumyum!

Sharing this with Deborah over at the Plant Based Potluck Party 🙂 and with  Mary Ellen & Kimmy at Healthy Vegan Fridays Come and join in the fun and see what everyone else is bringing this week! 🙂

Crusty topped bread

Soft & fluffy inside

• Servings: 1 loaf
• Time: 60-70 mins
• Difficulty: medium
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Gather

• 55g linseeds (flaxseeds) ground
• 600ml unsweetened carton coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 270g brown rice flour
• 130g gram (chickpea /garbanzo) flour
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 teaspoon salt (I used pink Himalayan)

Prepare

1. Mix the linseeds with approximately half of the milk, stir and set aside.
2. Stir the apple cider vinegar into the remaining milk and leave to curdle.
3. Combine the rice flour, gram flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt together – using a balloon whisk is great for this.
4. Make a well in the centre of the dry mix and pour in the two milks. Ensure everything is fully mixed. Leave to rest for 5 minutes.
5. Pour the dough into a prepared tin (I used a shallow glass bowl lightly greased with coconut oil).
6. Bake at Gas Mark 4 (350f / 180c) for 50-60 minutes. The bread will rise and turn golden brown.
7. Remove from the oven and leave to cool. Turn out and leave to cool completely.
8. Enjoy!

Serve & Store

• Slice, spread and eat! Great for chia jam!
• Heat a wedge in the oven and serve with soup.
• Try toasting and adding nut butter.
• Serve with baked beans (homemade ones)!
• Make garlic butter, spread over slices and bake.

Soft, squishy, wedge of bread!

Bread dough ready to bake.

Crusty loaf cooling down

Crisp crumb… soft crumb…