Gluten Free Bread (With Almond Flour)
photo by Abigail G.
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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1 loaf
- Serves:
- 8-10
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups blanched almond flour
- 3⁄4 cup arrowroot
- 1⁄4 cup flax seed meal
- 1⁄2 teaspoon celtic sea salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon agave nectar
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
directions
- In a medium bowl, combine almond flour, arrowroot, flax meal, salt and baking soda.
- In a larger bowl, blend eggs 3-5 minutes until frothy.
- Stir agave and vinegar into eggs.
- Mix dry ingredients into wet.
- Pour batter into a greased medium sized loaf pan.
- Bake at 350º for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean.
- Cool and serve.
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Reviews
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This bread was AWESOME!! We loved it! Instead of whipping the eggs for 5 minutes, I ran them through the Vita Mix for a minute or so, so the eggs would double in volume. Worked great. UPDATE: I've made this bread again. This time, I added 1/2 tsp minced garlic and 1 tsp. of Italian Herb blend. Mama mia!! Outrageously good! I think it would be good with parmesean and cracked black pepper too.
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After reading about the benefits of almond flour and other wheat/gluten-free products, I set out in search of a flavorful recipe for bread. I was not disappointed after baking up a loaf of this good stuff. Although I am curious how it holds up in a sandwich, I can vouch for the fact that it is absolutely delicious with peanut butter and jelly or straight from the toaster with a little butter. I baked it in an aluminum loaf pan for 30 minutes. Very pleasantly surprised.
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What was I doing, I wondered? I felt like a fish out of water. I wanted to raise my boys in a simple environment, similar to the one in which I grew up in Northern California.
My husband and I decided a change of scenery was in order and within a year we moved our family to Colorado. When the last box was unpacked, I realized I was going to be a restless stay at home mom. Even though I remained involved in my New York consulting business, I was really looking for a new venture relevant to my life as a mother.
In my 20’s I studied ayurvedic cooking. When my son and I were diagnosed with celiac disease, this three-year study came in handy. Celiac disease is an inherited autoimmune disorder triggered by eating gluten. Out of necessity my cooking took on an entirely new dimension as we both went on a gluten-free diet.
Unwilling to cook two separate meals each night for my family, I needed to make gluten free food that tasted like regular food. Would I be able to do this well enough to convince my husband to come home for dinner?
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