Land O Lakes Glazed Triple Chocolate Bread
2/3 Cup firmly packed brown sugar, Great Value Brand
1/2 Cup butter, softened, Great Value Brand
1 Cup GF Chocolate Chips, Nestle Semi-sweet, Milk or White *
2 eggs
2 1/2 Cups GF flour, Tom Sawyer Brand
1 1/2 Cups applesauce, Great Value Brand
1 tsp baking powder, Clabber Girl Brand
1 tsp baking soda, Arm & Hammer Brand
2 tsp GF vanilla, Simply Organic Brand **
1/2 Cup chocolate chips, set aside
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together brown sugar and butter in large bowl. Add melted chocolate chips mix well. Add eggs, applesauce and vanilla. Mix well. *** Add dry ingredients. Mix well. Blend in 1/2 Cup chocolate chips. Spoon batter into 5 mini or one regular sized greased and sugared loaf pans.**** Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until center crack in bread is dry when touched - or a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely, put glaze on and let it set, then remove from pans. I also slice it, bag it in sandwich bags and freeze it. It stays fresher and more moist if you freeze it.
Glaze
1/2 Cup chocolate chips
1 TBSP butter
5 tsp water
1/2 Cup powdered sugar, Great Value Brand
1/4 tsp vanilla
Dash of salt, Great Value Brand
Combine chocolate chips, butter and water in a small saucepan. Melt over low heat and stir until smooth. Remove from heat, add powdered sugar, vanilla and salt. Stir until creamy and smooth. Frost each loaf with glaze. Cool completely.
NOTES:
*I use Milk Chocolate Chips in the bread and White Chocolate Chips in the glaze...
**The reason why you have to make sure your vanilla is GF is that it has alcohol in it, and you have to make sure it isn't "grain" alcohol...
***The reason you add the chocolate chips and mix them well before adding the eggs, is sometimes the chocolate is warm enough to make the eggs cook a little and that would leave egg chunks in your bread.
****I use greased and sugared pans instead of greased and floured pans because it tastes better and you don't get a hit of dry, gritty flour as your first texture when you pop this bread in your mouth.
I am using this as a way to share our experiences in going gluten-free. I don't want to advertise or advocate, but I will share what works for us and what doesn't. No guarantees, just some practical day-to-day living experiences and ideas, and a sincere desire to positively impact others on this sometimes overwhelming journey. Welcome!
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
The long-awaited Easy, Delicious GF Bread Recipe
Ok, I got it together and here it is!! The much anticipated, delicious, easy GF bread recipe...(*dramatic music*) Be sure and save the crumbs (and the crumbs from any bread or cracker product you try and don't particularly like) to use in meatloaf, to bread chicken breasts or fish filets...Keeps you from feeling like you are throwing money away...
Tom Sawyer Gluten Free Bread
3 1/4 Cup Tom Sawyer Gluten Free Flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder - Clabber Girl brand
1/2 tsp salt - Great Value Brand
2 TBSP sugar - Great Value Brand
3 tsp Fleischman's active dry yeast
Place these in the mixing bowl of your stand mixer and mix on low. Remember to use the regular beaters for this recipe. Do NOT use the bread dough hooks!! After these are blended together well, turn off the mixer and create a shallow indent in the dry ingredients.
In a separate small bowl, combine:
2 TBSP olive oil - Great Value Brand
2 eggs - we use farm fresh locally gathered eggs
1/2 tsp cider vinegar - Great Value Brand
1 1/4 cup water
1/4 cup milk
Beat the wet ingredients until well mixed. Pour into depression in dry ingredients, and mix till all moist. Set mixer on high and beat for two minutes. Batter will be VERY soft and have the appearance of cake mix batter. Grease a bread pan well and flour it. Then place the batter into the bread pan and set it in a warm place to rise until doubled - about 2 hours. When bread has doubled in size, place in a 350 degree oven and bake until nicely brown and edges pull away from sides of the pan, about 40 minutes.
NOTES: Always make sure you are not using the same mixer for your GF recipes as recipes containing gluten, and always use a designated GF toaster too, don't share!! You could use a regular hand mixer instead of a stand mixer if you prefer, just make sure it is not used for foods containing gluten!!
My tips: I have only made this recipe using the Tom Sawyer's GF flour. It bakes up nice and smooth and reminds me of English muffins. Other flours may be grainy or gritty, I'm not sure, but you could substitute any flour blend you prefer. The reason I use cider vinegar is that white vinegar is usually grain based and can easily be a source of gluten. The cider vinegar comes from apples. You can decrease the amount of water and increase the amount of milk to satisfy your specific taste, and you can also substitute dry powdered milk for the liquid. Also, GF bread can be rather heavy, and this recipe can be that way too, so instead of using one regular size loaf pan, I make it in two smaller loaf pans and cut the slices as thin as I can with an electric knife. Chris also prefers it to always be toasted.
Tom Sawyer Gluten Free Bread
3 1/4 Cup Tom Sawyer Gluten Free Flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder - Clabber Girl brand
1/2 tsp salt - Great Value Brand
2 TBSP sugar - Great Value Brand
3 tsp Fleischman's active dry yeast
Place these in the mixing bowl of your stand mixer and mix on low. Remember to use the regular beaters for this recipe. Do NOT use the bread dough hooks!! After these are blended together well, turn off the mixer and create a shallow indent in the dry ingredients.
In a separate small bowl, combine:
2 TBSP olive oil - Great Value Brand
2 eggs - we use farm fresh locally gathered eggs
1/2 tsp cider vinegar - Great Value Brand
1 1/4 cup water
1/4 cup milk
Beat the wet ingredients until well mixed. Pour into depression in dry ingredients, and mix till all moist. Set mixer on high and beat for two minutes. Batter will be VERY soft and have the appearance of cake mix batter. Grease a bread pan well and flour it. Then place the batter into the bread pan and set it in a warm place to rise until doubled - about 2 hours. When bread has doubled in size, place in a 350 degree oven and bake until nicely brown and edges pull away from sides of the pan, about 40 minutes.
NOTES: Always make sure you are not using the same mixer for your GF recipes as recipes containing gluten, and always use a designated GF toaster too, don't share!! You could use a regular hand mixer instead of a stand mixer if you prefer, just make sure it is not used for foods containing gluten!!
My tips: I have only made this recipe using the Tom Sawyer's GF flour. It bakes up nice and smooth and reminds me of English muffins. Other flours may be grainy or gritty, I'm not sure, but you could substitute any flour blend you prefer. The reason I use cider vinegar is that white vinegar is usually grain based and can easily be a source of gluten. The cider vinegar comes from apples. You can decrease the amount of water and increase the amount of milk to satisfy your specific taste, and you can also substitute dry powdered milk for the liquid. Also, GF bread can be rather heavy, and this recipe can be that way too, so instead of using one regular size loaf pan, I make it in two smaller loaf pans and cut the slices as thin as I can with an electric knife. Chris also prefers it to always be toasted.
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