Best Gluten-Free Bread Recipe

Gluten-free loaves, just out of the oven

Although the crust of even gluten-free bread is pretty delicious when it's just come from the oven, I've found that I prefer gluten-free bread for toast. It makes a great peanut butter holder. This recipe came from my daughter, and it makes a couple great and crusty loaves. In my opinion, the crustier the better.

I always let this bread cool completely, then slice it into 1/2 inch slices,  put them in a Ziploc freezer bag, and freeze until I want to use a slice or two. That way I don't waste any bread. Also, I find that it needs to be toasted a long time to get to the golden brown which I like.

Best Gluten-Free Bread Recipe:

1 3/4 c. white rice flour

1/2 c. sweet white sorghum flour

1 c. tapioca flour

3 t. xanthan gum

1 1/2 t. salt

2 T. sugar

Mix dry ingredients.

THEN, melt 2 T butter. In separate bowl, combine 1 1/2 c. warm water with 2 packets of yeast (4 t).

Stir once, then leave until it gets soft and a little foamy around the edges. Beat three egg whites by hand until they're frothy.

Turn the oven to 100 degrees.

Combine butter, yeast mixture, egg whites, and 1 t. apple cider vinegar with the dry ingredients. Stir until just mixed. It will be a bit sticky. Don't expect this to feel like regular gluten bread.

Cover a jelly roll pan with parchment and put a little corn meal where the loaves will go. Divide the dough in half and shape into two loaves (you can see I'm not so good with fractions. I think that stems from when I was a child and was instructed to give my sister half of my candy.) 

Lay each loaf onto the pan (make a few slashes in each loaf with a sharp knife) and place in warm oven for 20-25 minutes. It won't rise like gluten bread, but don't worry. In fact, don't open the oven door. 

Do not remove bread from oven. Instead, just turn the oven to 400 degrees and now set the timer for 35 minutes. 

Check the loaves at 30, 35, and 40 minutes. They should be golden and when tapped, should sound hollow. In my oven, it took 39 minutes.

Cool completely before slicing and freezing.

This is the best gluten-free bread I've ever eaten!

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Judy

God is my co-pilot

I know this has been around for a long time, but I saw it again recently and decided that you needed to hear my opinion on it. ;-)

The first time I saw this bumper sticker, it was on a car which had obviously been in several small accidents - dented fender, broken tail light, duct-taped window, etc.

And of course, this drives me just crazy!!

because...

God is nobody's co-pilot.

God doesn't need a co-pilot.

God is THE PILOT, the co-pilot, the navigator, the flight attendant, etc.

I am a passenger.

My job is to trust Him - to trust that He knows what He's doing, that He will get me to my destination, and that He always knows the best route.

For those of you who are going through difficult circumstances, I pray that you will not bother to look deep within to find the answers, for there are none there. If we honestly assess what's in our hearts, we tend to find selfishness, greed, pride, resentment, ulterior motives for our 'goodness,' etc.

Instead, look outward - to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, the only One who can forgive sins, Who takes our sin in trade for His righteousness and give us freedom from guilt, a clear conscience, and an abiding joy.

He's the Pilot whom we can trust with our present and future.

Even when there's turbulence.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.  -Proverbs 3:5 

But the lovingkindness of the LORD is to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, to those who keep his covenant and remember His precepts to do them. The LORD has established His throne in the heavens and His sovereignty rules over all.   -Psalm 103:17-19

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