Gluten Free Banana Bread

I had a few soft banana's on my counter today. Normally I would make banana bread but now that we are gluten free I hesitated. But then I started to dig and found the following recipe and made it. I was waiting for my regular bread to bake and I think my chocolate chips sank to the bottom of the batter. You can see them in the picture. Oh well it still tastes good. It took longer to bake than I thought it would and when it came out we couldn't wait to dig in. So the chocolate was still gooey.



Gluten Free Banana Bread


2 ripe banana's
1 egg
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup coconut oil (or any other vegetable oil)
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup potato starch
1/2 cup corn starch
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp guar gum
1/4 tsp baking soda.
1 tsp ground coriander (optional)
1/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
In a large bowl mix all wet ingredients, sugar and egg.
Add potato starch, cornstarch, baking powder, guar gum, baking soda, salt and coriander.

Batter will be thin. Pour into a greased 9x4 loaf pan.

Bake for 50-60 mins or until the toothpick comes out clean.

Sorghum - Flax Bread

Oh my! This smells so good and just came out of the oven. What a beautiful loaf of bread. It took just over 3 hours from assembly to completion. Most of the time is in waiting for the "sponge" to rise and then the bread to rise before baking. I can hardly believe this is gluten free.

I got this recipe from Gluten Free Gobsmacked's blog. It looked intimidating but once you got into it, it wasn't very hard. There were just lots of ingredients. Rather than repost the recipe I just gave you the link. There are lots of instructions.

Here it is sliced. It tasted very good too! My son loved it. We smothered the warm bread with butter. I would say this is the best gluten free bread I have ever tasted. It is moist and spongy just like gluten breads.

Just realized I didn't comment on which options I took in her recipe. I used brown rice, gluten free oats and honey as my choices.

To your health!

Stephanie

Chebe Cheese Rolls

I decided to take the advice of a friend of mine who's family has been gluten free for quite a few years. She recommended Chebe brand for rolls and bread sticks. I bought a couple of bags when they were on sale at Meijer's. They were 2 / $6 so not too bad for gluten free. I decided to bake a few up tonight. the mix is easy. Just pour the package into a bowl and add 2 Tbs oil (I used coconut oil, 2 eggs and then you can be done but they suggest you can add 1 cup of shredded cheese and 1/3 cup of water until they were the right consistency.

I used my new bun pan that I got on eBay from a European seller. The package told me not to grease the pan and make little balls. That didn't work well. They stuck and stayed like little bon bons. The next two I made are pictured. I sprayed the pan and made the dough fit the holes and pushed it down to form a "roll" shape. They turned out great. Hint - They do not spread out but stay the way they are formed.

They are a little "chewy" in texture but they tasted great with melted butter. I have a package for Italian herb to make bread sticks. That will be next.