
Here's what I do know about the search for finding a gluten free, casein free, soy free bread that your kid will eat...it'll take a few tries of expensive frozen store bought bread before you find one that will work. Then it'll require a whole other trip to a new store that charges way to e'ffing much for grain, water, and yeast that will go bad before your kid can finish it all. I did this dance for over a year until my mother gifted me a bread machine. Now I make it at home and it's easy, cheap, and makes really really good soft bread. It makes a big loaf so I cut it in half. Half for sandwiches and the other half into french toast sticks. Otherwise it goes bad before I can feed it all to him.
Be sure to use the Bob's Red Mill flours that are marked Gluten Free. They are available at many different locations. Holiday Markets, Orchard, and Walmart all carry some Bob's Red Mill flours. Carefully read labels of the Bread Mixes if you choose to use a mix because some contain soy but of course are labeled Gluten Free because they are. I stick to the basic single flour mixes and the all purpose baking mix that they have to make my bread with. I avoided baking for a long time after starting the diet thinking it would be too hard and I was so wrong. The investment of a bread machine will save you tons and tons of money and frustration in the long run. From start to finish including time to get the stuff all out it takes me less than 9 minutes to get this in the maker and the counter cleaned off. Here's the blend I use it's a heavily modified recipe from Bob's Red Mill:
Add to bread maker in the following order:
3 Large Eggs
1 tsp. Balsamic Vinegar
1/4 c. Olive oil
1 1/2 c. Water
2 Cups White Rice Flour or Bob's Red Mill AP Flour Blend
1/2 c. Potato starch
1/2 c. Tapioca flour
1/3 c. Cornstarch
1 Tablespoon Xanthan Gum (Also Bob's Red Mill)
3 T. Sugar
1 1/2 tsp. Salt
2 1/4 tsp. Active Dry Yeast
Select the heaviest loaf setting on which ever crust setting you enjoy and hit start. Just use this recipe added into your machine and bake according to your machine's instructions and you'll have yummy easy bread too that is sure to please your kids. Use only the rice flour if you want it to look more like white bread. The bread in the picture above was made with the AP blend because that's what I had on hand the other day when I made it. The bread machine I use can be inspected here.
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