BETH'S BASIC BREAD

This recipe was tested using a Welbilt 1-lb bread machine. Have all ingredients are at room temperature.

DRY INGREDIENTS:
2 cups GF flour
1 3/4 teaspoons xanthan gum
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup dry skim milk
1/4 teaspoon lecithin
LIQUID INGREDIENTS:
3 tablespoons butter, melted
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vinegar
YEAST MIXTURE:
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

DRY INGREDIENTS:
Sift flours and stir together. Sift mixture several times. Add rest of dry ingredients. Stir together.

LIQUID INGREDIENTS:
Melt butter. Add eggs and vinegar to melted butter. Test to see when all are room temperature (not hot or cold to touch on inside of wrist).

YEAST MIXTURE:
Add sugar and yeast to room temperature water and stir together.

Add dry ingredients, then liquid ingredients, then yeast mix to bread pan.

AUTOMATIC BREAD PROGRAM:
* Press SELECT for Light. Bread will be ready in 2 hrs, 50 min.

*Press START. Nothing will seem to happen at first, but the machine is actually warming the ingredients.

*Check dough consistency once kneading starts. After warming, the machine will clunk a few times (mixing), then whir (kneading). After a minute of whirring, check the consistency of the dough. If too dry (dough looks cracked), add room temperature water a Tablespoon at a time until correct consistency.

*After baking, press STOP/RESET. Remove bread from bread machine and pan. Cool on rack.

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GLUTEN FREE BREAD
Adapted from: The Gluten Free Gourmet: Living Well Without Wheat by Bette Hagman

This book has over 200 wheat free recipes for bread, cookies, pizza, etc. It is also full of advice about adapting existing recipes and where to get substitutes.
The bread recipe in this book is great but the dough is too sticky to be kneaded by hand. This recipe is adapted to work in a breadmaker (tested in a Panasonic). It tastes like bread, it is nice and soft. It toasts beautifully.

2 cups GF flour
3 tbsp sugar
2 tsp xanthan gum
1 cup milk, warmed for 1 min in microwave
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp yeast
2 tbsp oil (or use butter, just barely melted in the microwave)
2 eggs
1 tsp vinegar

Put these ingredients into your breadmaker in whatever order it requires them and bake like any other white loaf.