Five Crock Pots, Five Gluten Free Breads, and a Recipe
| May 16, 2012 | Posted by Amee under Gluten-Free, Slow Cooker |
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I made the decision two and a half years ago to have our family go gluten free. I have no issues myself with gluten, but my son Tristan is sensitive to it and was a different child once we took gluten out of his system. One of my hardest transitions going gluten free was bread. I love bread and I struggle staying gluten free because it is my biggest cheat. The thought of giving up French toast, sandwiches, especially grilled cheese made the bread lover inside of me cringe. When we first went gluten free I tried baking bread, but half the time it would rise and then fall or not cook enough in the center. I gave up and simply did not give my son bread. Recently, I decided to try cooking bread again, but this time not in my oven, but my crock pot.
You can make bread in your crock pot? Yes you can and once you figure it out it is not that hard. There is a science to it and I am still learning, but I am in love with cooking bread in my crock pot. Yesterday, I decided to try and make gluten free bread from scratch again and not from a box like I usually do. I had five crock pots thanks to generous neighbors who lent me theirs so I could cook more bread quicker. I made two sandwich breads and three sweet breads. I had successes and failures, but I learned a lot. I feel cooking bread in your crock pot is an awesome idea.
What I learned this go around:
Do not leave your dry ingredients out in a bowl and use the bathroom or your five year old son will “help” you out by dumping water into the bowl making you waste a batch of flours, salt, and soda. In all seriousness though here are a few tips I have to make your crock pot baking a success.
- Make sure you thoroughly grease your bread pans because all of my sweet breads stuck to their pans like a tongue to a frozen pole. I thought I greased my pans enough, but I guess you can never grease a pan enough if you want your bread to come out whole or in chunks and crumbs.
- Different crock pots cook at different temperatures and because of this you will need to watch your cook times the first couple of times you bake your bread in the crock pot. Once you figure out the time simply mix up your ingredients, put it in the crock pot, set your timer and go.
- With the bread recipes I tried yesterday I did end up putting a spoon between the lid rubber seal and the crock pot to create an air hole for the steam to leave. I did this because when I have done this before with breads from scratch they rise to quickly and then fall on me as soon as they cool.
- I always put a buffer between my pan and the bottom of the crock pot. Some crock pot bakers suggest crumpled aluminum foil, but I use canning rings placed on the bottom of the crock pot.
I believe not all bread recipes are meant for the crock pot. I have made this one particular sandwich bread three times now in my crock pot from The Baking Beauties and it always falls on me. I am not a baker so it probably is baker error on my part, but the bread is outstanding. The texture is lovely and the taste is very yummy. I may have to try it with my oven it is that good.
The other sandwich bread recipe I made is from Karina at Gluten-Free Goddess. I love her blog and the recipes she comes up with so I tried her sandwich bread recipe. This particular recipe is made for a bread machine, but it also works well for a crock pot too.
Gluten Free Crock Pot Sandwich Bread Recipe:
Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups of Sorghum Flour
1 Cup Tapioca Starch
1/2 Cup Gluten-Free Oat Flour
1 1/4 Teaspoons Sea Salt
2 Teaspoons xanthan gum
1 Package Rapid Dry Yeast
1 1/4 Cups warm water
3 Tablespoons of olive oil (I used extra virgin)
1 Tablespoon honey or agave nectar (I used honey)
1/2 Teaspoon lemon juice
2 Eggs beaten
Spray or grease for your bread pan (not the crock pot)
Instructions:
With the crock pot I have found you do not need to put your dry yeast in your warm water to activate it and make it froth. The crock pot creates a warm and moist environment conducive to your bread rising without any issues.
- Take all your dry ingredients and mix in a separate mixing bowl.
- If you own a stand mixer like I do put all your wet ingredients in your mixers bowl first. I do this because I always seem to have a dry spot at the bottom and center of my bowl where the dough paddle cannot reach.
- Once all the wet ingredients are whipped together add in 1/4 cup of the dry ingredients at a time, stopping your mixer to use a soft spatula to get any dry flour from the sides of your bowl.
- Place crumpled tin foil or canning lids like I do on the bottom of your crock pot.
- Grease your bread pan, I use a regular sized bread pan that fit perfectly in my six quart crock pot.
- Pour your dough into the greased bread pan using your soft spatula to smooth the top and make the top even.
- Place bread pan on top of canning lids inside of your crock pot and cover with the lid.
- Add a spoon between the crock pot and rubber seal of lid to create a hole for steam to leave.
- Turn your crock pot on high and walk away. My bread took me two and three quarter hours to cook, but I recommend the first couple times you check it at the two hour mark to be safe.
- Once cooked take pan with bread out of crock pot, then take bread out of bread pan and place on wire rack to cool.
XOXO
Amee
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My toddler also helps me when I bake. I was making a spice mix for meat one time, and she dumped a ton of allspice in when I walked away. Wasted the whole batch. lol I just laughed and started over. Anyway, I LOVE the idea of baking bread in a crock pot. I don’t think I’ve ever done this, or even heard of it and I bake bread regularly. Genius! I can’t wait to give this a try. Thanks so much for sharing with Hearth and Soul!!
Yes my children love to help and I try and remember they are little. Yeah I was floored as well when I saw a lady talk about baking it. If you do try this and the bread is gluten free would love to hear about your results. Amee
Wow – this is such a need idea. I might have to try it sometime. I love making bread. Thanks so much for sharing at Romance on a Dime. I’m pinnning this.
Thanks it was a lot of fun, but a bit mess. Thanks for pinning! Also sorry for late response did not see your post it was in my spam box.
What a great idea! It looks delicious… Thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday
Thanks Lisa it was fun to do, but my kitchen was a mess.
Oh my!!! I have to save this recipe for my friend! She’s going to LOVE IT!!
Thanks so much for sharing at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality! I can’t wait to see what you link up this evening!
Thank you Christine! It was fun, but it took me three days to get my kitchen clean. Thanks for hosting a party! Amee
Does it have to be gluten free or can you make any old bread recipe in a crockpot?
You can use the basic technique for any recipe, but you will likely need to make minor adjustments until you reach a desired loaf. Minor variation from what I did could be needed depending on your recipe and your crock pot. My first attempts were nowhere near perfection, so don’t give up!
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I have the cooker on the far right, the white one. What pan did you find fit into it?
I had a small bread pan I was able to use, but with that kind of crock pot you might want to coat the pan really well and try cooking it directly in the pan itself. If not coat it then use cooking paper on the bottom and up the sizes. I made a sweet bread in that one and not the regular bread, but I am sure it will work the same. Thanks, Amee
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I made this bread last night and it was SO GOOD!! My husband is allergic to eggs so I used 4T ground flax with 6T warm water in place of the 2 eggs and added 1/2 tsp baking powder to the dry ingredients. It turned out great. This is the best gluten free bread I have made yet!! Thank you so much for sharing. I already have my second loaf started
Hi Amber,
Isn’t good! Thanks for the feedback it warms my heart <3 – glad you like it I have not made bread for a few weeks because we have been eating so many curries and veggies now I am craving and will go make a loaf too.
Amee
Do you think i could replace the sorgum flour with rce flour in ths recipe? I have not had much success with bread since going wheat free. Hope this one works! Thanks….just trying to avoid a trip to the grocery.
Hi Sandra,
Sorghum flour is pretty close to wheat as you can get without being wheat. It is actually not even a grain believe it or not. You can substitute rice flour, but your bread might turn out drier as rice flour is more gritty and has less protein. All that can happen is your bread is a flop which that is how one learns. I flop lots of baked good when experimenting. If you do substitute I would do the same amount, but you might need to add more liquid. I hope this is helpful, but sorghum over all is a better flour for you and has better texture.
Amee
I am very excited to find this recipe. My husband has a gluten sensitivity. Can you please clarify how much sea salt? I am also new to crockpot baking and cant even guess. Thanks!!
Hi Beth,
Oh boy it is a teaspoon thank you I fixed it in the post. My little boy is sensitive as well so my recipes will be friendly to your hubby’s gut.
. Amee
Do you find that making your bread is more economical than buying premade breads like Udi bread?
Hi Aris,
I think for my situation it does save me money over a brand like Udis, especially if I do not make bread from a box of premixed ingredients. I buy a lot of my flour in bulk from Bob’s Red Mill because it is cheaper that way. Also nothing against Udis, but their bread pieces are small and I can use only two pieces of my bread to make each of my children sandwiches because I cut each piece in half and give them a sandwhich roughly the size of the one slice of Udis bread. My bread is more like regular bread and you can make double batches and freeze those too. It really depends on the family and for me yes I believe it saves me money. Thanks Amee
Thank you so much for responding. My husband has celiac and loves bread. He often complains about how small the Udi bread slices are and how little you get for the price. So I’m strongly considering trying my hand at making own. I’ve never made bread before but the info you’ve provided seems doable.
Hi Aris,
You can do it! It might take a few tries, but once you get a system you will never buy bread again.
Amee
Just found this on Pinterest and I’m so excited! My daughter just started having to follow a GF diet and I cannot find a bread that is good. Having never made bread, how do you know when it is done, especially in the crock pot?
Hi Julie,
You should be able to tap it and it will sound hallow. You can also make a boxed version in my other crock pot post in the crock pot too and also oven and that is how I know it is done. Going GF is not so bad and actually if you like to bake coconut and almond flour are very nice too. Oh and Sorghum flour is very good too it is a great flour because you can sub it 1 to 1 for regular gluten flour in most recipes.
Glad you found me via Pinterest!
Amee
Hi, can you sub the sorghum flour or oat for coconut? I’m into this new coconut kick!!
Thanks!
Lisa
Hi Lisa,
I have not used coconut that much as I recently found the flour myself a few months ago. I know with coconut you need to usually add more eggs, but the only way to know is to try it. I experiment a lot and yes it is costly, but how will you ever know. Sorghum flour is very similar consistency to wheat flour which is why I like it because you can sub it in a 1 to 1 ratio when converting a gluten recipe to gluten free. If you do try it let me know which recipe you did and if it worked. Oh and how it tasted!
Hugs,
Amee
thanks for getting back to me. I am going to try it soon. I have a 1 yr old so i just need to find the time! lol….but when i do i will let you know..take care!
lisa
Hello! I was wondering if I could sub almond or mulit-purpose (or some other kind of GF flour) for the Oat flour. That is the only one I don’t have. Or (and this could be a dumb question lol) but is Oat flour just oats ground up that you made on your own?
Hi Jenna,
Yes you can use other gf flours, but the texture, cooking time, and how the bread cooks might be different. As for your other question first it is NOT a dumb question because I never knew oat flour was oat ground up. So if you have any on hand just use your blender or food processor and make your own.
Happy Baking,
Amee
Perfect! Thank you so much. I’ll just make my own! You saved me a lot of time of searching for oat flour
I finally got a chance to try and make this and come to find out, I do not have a bread pan that will fit in my crockpot.
I believe I have the same one as the one you have on the far left. What size bread pan did you use? I’m wondering if I should cut the recipe in half or if it’ll all fit in one of the store bought small aluminum bread pans?
If it is the oval one I used a regular sized aluminum bread pan, but I have also used an oval Corningwear dish too. You might have to experiment on the pan size you use. Hope this helps!
Happy New Year!
Amee
Thank you for sharing. Bread is the biggest reason for not going Gluten Free here; my boys and husband live on PB&J. I am going to look for the supplies and try a batch.
Hi Cariann,
Hope it works for you!
Amee
Just curious, I took a quick look but did not see anything about a calorie count. I just tried this and it was good, but curious as to how I would count it for this healthy life style program I am looking into.
Thanks
Hi Lisa,
I am not sure about the calorie count as I found this recipe via http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2009/02/delicious-gluten-free-bread.html?m=1 as I gave credit to in my post. Maybe Karina would have a better idea. Sorry wish I could help more, but I am not sure. Thanks. Amee
I made the Basic sandwich bread by Annalisa Roberts in classic baking. The bread baked nicely in just 2 1/2 hours. I used a 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaf pan. The bread did fall in the middle. It was the first time making that recipe. I had all the ingredients for it an didn’t have gluten free oats so I didn’t use your recipe. My gf breads always seem to fall even in the bread machine. I like the shape of the loaf before it fell. I will definetly try this again. I was wondering if you ever tried starting at low and then changing the setting to high after the first 30 minutes. I read that having the bread rise too fast can cause it to fall. I am going to try that next time but I also read too much liquid in the recipe and make it fall so I will also be reducing the liquid.
Hi Diana,
Sorry to hear the bread fell, but that is because it rose too fast. You might have to crack the lid to let some air flow in. I have never tried your trick, but it might just work.
Amee