NOW Foods - Country Bread

Country Bread - Gluten-Free

Adapted from Vegetarian Times, October, 2007

This soft, chewy homemade bread is worth its weight in gold to gluten-intolerant bread lovers.

Ingredients

1 tsp NOW Sucanat

1 pkg. yeast (0.75 oz.)

1 cup NOW Organic Gluten-Free Brown Rice Flour

1 cup NOW Raw Sunflower Seeds

1/2 cup NOW Organic Flax Seed

1/2 cup Potato Starch

1/4 cup NOW Soy Powder

1/4 cup NOW Gluten-Free Tapioca Flour

1 Tbsp. NOW Xanthan Gum Powder

1 tsp. salt

2 eggs

2 egg whites

1/2 cup soymilk or rice milk

1/4 cup NOW Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1/4 cup molasses

1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar

Cooking spray (Spectrum Naturals makes cooking oil sprays)

Coat 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Combine Sucanat, and 1/4 cup warm water. Sprinkle yeast on top, then stir to combine. Set aside.

Whisk together rice flour, sunflower seeds, ground flaxseeds or flax seed meal, potato starch, soy flour, tapioca flour, xanthan gum, and salt in large bowl. In separate bowl, whisk together eggs, egg whites, soymilk, oil, molasses, and apple cider vinegar.

Add dry ingredients to egg mixture, and beat with electric mixer on low speed for one minute. Add yeast mixture, increase mixer speed to medium-high, and beat three minutes. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan; let rise one hour in warm place.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake loaf 45 to 55 minutes, or until deep golden brown (the outside will look very dark, but the inside will be soft and moist). Cool 10 minutes, then turn out onto cutting board and slice.

Make 1 loaf (10 slices)

Per slice:

Calories: 315, Protein: 10g, Total Fat: 16g, Carbohydrates: 38g, Cholesterol: 42mg, Sodium: 278mg, Fiber: 5g, Sugars: 6g