Gluten Free Nook and Cranny Bread - The Healthy and Thrifty Way to Eat Your Bread
This bread is my absolute favorite! It is so moist and full of those wonderful nooks and crannies, hence the name it’s earned. It’s quick and easy, especially when using a bread maker. We use this bread for chia jam and almond butter sandwiches and eggs with toast, and if you want a quick dessert you can serve it with a drizzle of homemade vanilla glaze!
There are so many benefits to making your own bread at home.
The first is that you can control the ingredients you use and make it as clean and natural as you’d like. The next positive is that you can slice the bread super thin so that you can have a sandwich without filling up on so many extra carbs. The final plus is that you can save a lot of money! The average gluten free bread loaf is small and costs about $6 per loaf. This recipe averages about $4 depending on the ingredients you choose. Oh wait, there’s one more! The smell of bread cooking is to die for! Here is the recipe!
Nook and Cranny Bread
1 Cup Water
3 TB Honey
1 Packet Rapid Rise Yeast
2 ½ cups Gluten free Flour (I use Bob’s Red Mill All Purpose Flour)
1 tsp Salt
¼ Cup Butter or Coconut Oil melted
2 Large Eggs
How to make
STEP 1
Combine warm water, sugar, and yeast in bowl; set aside 10 minutes.
STEP 2
Combine everything in a bread maker and set to appropriate setting.
******If you aren’t using a bread maker (you should get one!) you would then follow the directions below.
Combine flour and salt in large stand mixer bowl; beat with stand mixer on low speed, gradually adding yeast mixture until well combined. Add butter and eggs; beat, scraping bowl occasionally, until well mixed. Increase speed to high; beat about 3 minutes or until batter is very smooth.
STEP 3
Cover, let rise in warm place 1 hour.
STEP 4
Grease 8x4-inch loaf pan. Stir dough; pour into pan, leveling top. Loosely cover with greased plastic food wrap; let rise 20-30 minutes or until just above top edge of pan.
STEP 5
Heat oven to 350°F.
STEP 6
Bake 42-50 minutes or until top is golden brown. Remove bread from pan; cool completely on cooling rack.
Extra note- Depending on the brand of bread maker and the setting you choose, your bread may have more or less nooks and crannies.
If you make a few loaves at once, you can freeze it. It defrosts great, and one tip is to freeze your slices between parchment paper. Anyone who has purchased frozen bread knows getting the slices apart is a huge pain. Although this takes a couple of extra minutes, I feel that it is worthwhile.
I hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Let us know in the comments!
This recipe was adapted from the Land O Lakes Sandwich bread recipe. https://www.landolakes.com/recipe/20192/sandwich-bread-gluten-free-recipe/
