Rice Flour Gluten-Free Bread or Rolls
From: Christyne, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Comments: Rice flour bread is excellent toasted.
Useful hints:
  • For this dough, only use quick instant yeast; this yeast reacts very fast as it is gluten-free [gluten slows down rising process].
  • Either use an electric mixer or a wooden spoon to mix the dough.
  • Dough rises more easily into a warm damp environment; transfer bread into cold oven, a bowl filled with boiling water by its side.
  • Even while baking, leave a bowl filled with boiling water into the oven, so that the bread does not dry out.
  • Baked bread should be crusty, with a few slits on top, and the white part should be soft.
  • Once bread has cooled down, it has a tendency to dry out fast; it is therefore recommended to slice the bread as soon as possible and to freeze the slices, well wrapped.
Servings: 1 bread or approximately 12 rolls
IngredientsPreparation
  • 1 1/2 cups [375 mL] rice flour, divided
  • 1/2 cup [125 mL] potato flour
  • 1 tablespoon [15 g] sugar
  • 2 teaspoons [10 mL] quick-rise instant yeast
  • 1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] salt
  • 3/4 cup [190 mL] milk
  • 2 tablespoons [30 g] butter or margarine
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] white vinegar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon [5 mL] vanilla
Bread
  • Mix together 1 cup [250 mL] rice flour, potato flour, sugar, yeast and salt.
  • Heat together milk, butter or margarine and white vinegar until warm to the touch [between 125°F and 130°F / 50°C and 55°C].
  • Beat warm liquids into dry ingredients, until smooth.
  • Beat in egg and vanilla.
  • Add remaining 1/2 cup [125 mL] rice flour, mixing until smooth.
  • Cover bowl: set aside for 10 minutes.
  • Knead dough.
  • Transfer into an 8 x 4-inch [20 x 10-cm] greased pan.
  • Cover; set aside, into a warm humid environment, to double in bulk.
  • Bake into a preheated 400°F [200°C] oven, for 10 minutes.
  • Lower oven temperature to 375°F [190°C] and bake bread for 20 to 25 minutes more, until golden brown.
  • Unmold onto a wire rack.
  • Keep into an airtight container or slice and freeze.
Rolls
  • Prepare dough as indicated above; half fill muffin tins with dough.
  • Cover; leave to rise for 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Bake into a preheated 375°F [190°C] oven, for 20 minutes.