Honey Oat Gluten Free Sourdough Bread in the Bread Machine
This soft, chewy and healthy sourdough bread is easy to make with the help of your bread machine. It’s dairy free, nut free and gluten free. The honey in the recipe cuts through the tangy taste of the sourdough, so if you don’t love the flavor of sourdough, you’ll enjoy this gluten free sourdough bread! It’s delicious as toast, or paired with soup and salad. Plus, there’s no dirty dishes and bowls to wash, just add your ingredients to the bread pan and let it do the kneading, rise time and baking for you!
Equipment
- Bread Machine with 1.5 lb loaf and French bread setting or Gluten Free setting
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Avocado oil or other neutral flavored oil
- 1 1/2 cup Warm water
- 3 Tablespoons Honey
- 2 Tablespoons Psyllium Husk Flakes
- 3 Eggs equally 3/4 cup
- 1 cup Active sourdough starter ideally fed the night before or the day of
- 1/4 cup Quick cooking Gluten Free Oats
- 2 1/2 cups Brown rice flour- freshly milled or prepackaged
- 1 cup Tapioca Starch
- 1 tsp Xanthan gum
- 1/2 tsp Sea salt
Instructions
- Grab your ingredients, bread machine and let’s get started!
- First, add the avocado oil to the the bottom of the bread pan.
- Next, add the warm water (you may need 2 T-1/4 cup more to get the right consistency while the dough is kneading)
- Add the honey
- Then, add the psyllium husk flakes
- Next, add 3 large eggs, equally 3/4 cup
- Now, add 1 cup of active GF sourdough starter, ideally fed the night before you bake this or the same day, a 3+ hours before so that it has time to get bubbly.
- Next, add the quick cooking GF Oats.
- Then, add the brown rice flour and tapioca starch
- Finally add the xanthan gum and sea salt.
- Place the pan into your bread machine. This will make a 1.5 lb loaf.
- Turn on the French Bread or Gluten Free setting.
- You want the setting with the longest rise times for baking gluten free bread. My machine is for 3 hours and 40 minutes for both the French bread setting and the gluten free setting. Set to 1.5 lb loaf size.
- Next, press start and it will begin to stir and knead your dough.
- Here’s where you need to scrape down the sides and possibly add more water.
- The dough should be the consistency of thick pancake batter. If the dough is dry or crumbly add 2 tablespoons of water at a time until it reaches the consistency of thick pancake batter. Add this water while the machine is kneading your bread dough. It's fine to open the lid until it is baking.
- Once the dough reaches the consistency of thick pancake batter. Close the lid and let it go. It will rise, knead, rise again, knead, rise once more and then bake. The baking time is typically about 1 hour. Sometime near the beginning of the baking time you can add 1 Tablespoon of the quick oats, just sprinkle it on top of the bread. It’s not necessary for the bread, but it makes it look really pretty.
- When the bread is done, use hot pads or oven mitts and take it out of the bread machine. Next, gently dump the bread out of the bread pan onto a cooling rack. Allow to fully cool, typically 3 hours or so. Once it is fully cooled, slice and enjoy! Don’t cut into warm bread! I know it’s tempting, but you run the risk of a gummy consistency of the bread if it’s not fully cooled.