Comments on: Gluten-free Vegan French Bread Recipe http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-vegan-french-bread-recipe-4704.html Yummy Adventures in Gluten Free Cuisine Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:33:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Linda McEntee http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-vegan-french-bread-recipe-4704.html/comment-page-1#comment-596371 Linda McEntee Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:01:01 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=4704#comment-596371 Hi :) ! I am so glad i found your site - am trying to go GF and follow the GenoType diet which for arthritis issues disallows nightshades - so no potato, which you thankfully don't use in the alternative flour recipe as well as a long sought after sub for tapioca which i cannot have as well ( UGGH). So - your bread recipe fits the bill, especially since you've included an alternative to millet! Thanks so much again and i look forward to learning and trying more from your exceptionally informative/interesting site. What a service to the world, peace, Linda Hi :) ! I am so glad i found your site – am trying to go GF and follow the GenoType diet which for arthritis issues disallows nightshades – so no potato, which you thankfully don’t use in the alternative flour recipe as well as a long sought after sub for tapioca which i cannot have as well ( UGGH). So – your bread recipe fits the bill, especially since you’ve included an alternative to millet! Thanks so much again and i look forward to learning and trying more from your exceptionally informative/interesting site. What a service to the world, peace, Linda

]]> By: yum http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-vegan-french-bread-recipe-4704.html/comment-page-1#comment-499487 yum Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:28:27 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=4704#comment-499487 Hi julia, I'm so sorry your bread didn't work out! This is my go-to recipe for bread and so I'm surprised that it didn't work well. Let's see... I don't use all of 3 little yeast packets for this, just 6 tsp (2 tbsp.) so I end up with some annoying fiddley bits of yeast left in the packet. ;) I've never tried using more because it is an unusually large amount of yeast anyway. Make sure your water is not too warm, as that will kill the yeast, and dissolve your sugar in the warm water before adding the yeast. Make sure your yeast is not past its expiration date. Also, the pan you use to bake the bread will make a difference. I highly recommend a french bread pan, but if you don't have one and just want nice results, you could also bake the bread in a greased muffin tin sprinkled with millet grits or cornmeal for tasty white rolls. Or try doing it on a flat baking sheet knowing it won't be as fluffy and nice. Oops, just noticed you had a french bread pan. Ok, scratch that. Did you let the bread rise before putting it in? It is a delicate balance between letting it rise enough and having it over-proof and rise too much (which will then result in deflation.) You know, as I read this, I think what happened is the excess yeast made it overproof in the oven and then spill out, leaving you with a flat loaf. Definitely try it again with the proper amount of yeast. I'm so sorry you had a disappointing experience. Wish I could bring you a loaf from my house! Please tell me how it goes if you try again. It really is a reliable recipe so I have high hopes for you!!! -Sea Hi julia, I’m so sorry your bread didn’t work out! This is my go-to recipe for bread and so I’m surprised that it didn’t work well. Let’s see… I don’t use all of 3 little yeast packets for this, just 6 tsp (2 tbsp.) so I end up with some annoying fiddley bits of yeast left in the packet. ;) I’ve never tried using more because it is an unusually large amount of yeast anyway. Make sure your water is not too warm, as that will kill the yeast, and dissolve your sugar in the warm water before adding the yeast. Make sure your yeast is not past its expiration date. Also, the pan you use to bake the bread will make a difference. I highly recommend a french bread pan, but if you don’t have one and just want nice results, you could also bake the bread in a greased muffin tin sprinkled with millet grits or cornmeal for tasty white rolls. Or try doing it on a flat baking sheet knowing it won’t be as fluffy and nice. Oops, just noticed you had a french bread pan. Ok, scratch that. Did you let the bread rise before putting it in? It is a delicate balance between letting it rise enough and having it over-proof and rise too much (which will then result in deflation.)

You know, as I read this, I think what happened is the excess yeast made it overproof in the oven and then spill out, leaving you with a flat loaf. Definitely try it again with the proper amount of yeast. I’m so sorry you had a disappointing experience. Wish I could bring you a loaf from my house!

Please tell me how it goes if you try again. It really is a reliable recipe so I have high hopes for you!!!
-Sea

]]> By: Julia http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-vegan-french-bread-recipe-4704.html/comment-page-1#comment-499368 Julia Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:07:47 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=4704#comment-499368 Hi, I attempted to make your wonderful bread! This was my first experience baking with yeast. It turned out totally flat and super yeasty-tasting. I think I may have used nearly 7 tsp of yeast instead of 6 (three of those little yeast packets that come together), but would that cause the bread not to bake up? The bread clearly wanted to be as wonderful as your pic, but it came out of the oven flat and spilled over the sides of the french bread pan. Any ideas what I did wrong?! Thanks! Hi, I attempted to make your wonderful bread! This was my first experience baking with yeast. It turned out totally flat and super yeasty-tasting. I think I may have used nearly 7 tsp of yeast instead of 6 (three of those little yeast packets that come together), but would that cause the bread not to bake up? The bread clearly wanted to be as wonderful as your pic, but it came out of the oven flat and spilled over the sides of the french bread pan. Any ideas what I did wrong?! Thanks!

]]> By: baker mama http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-vegan-french-bread-recipe-4704.html/comment-page-1#comment-217329 baker mama Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:22:30 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=4704#comment-217329 Just made this bread and am quite impressed - like the fact that it has no potato starch and just a bit of tapioca. The bread came out quite nice even though I don't have the right pan - used wax paper. Flavor good, texture nice. I used agave instead of sugar for the yeast. A lot of gf breads out there are so high in starch. And it's nice to find a vegan version as well. Just made this bread and am quite impressed – like the fact that it has no potato starch and just a bit of tapioca. The bread came out quite nice even though I don’t have the right pan – used wax paper. Flavor good, texture nice.
I used agave instead of sugar for the yeast. A lot of gf breads out there are so high in starch. And it’s nice to find a vegan version as well.

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]]> By: ak http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-vegan-french-bread-recipe-4704.html/comment-page-1#comment-212394 ak Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:05:51 +0000 http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/?p=4704#comment-212394 brilliant! I love this! brilliant! I love this!

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