Here we go!!!! TURKEY!!! and sandcastle stuffing :(

My family prides itself on the timeless stuffing recipe handed down through the generations...seriously...if people mess with the stuffing "THE DINNER IS RUINED!!!"   ;)   SO, since I am the designated turkey maker on holidays...  tonight I am making  the special recipe and crossing my fingers that it will pass as close to the real thing as possible...I WAS going to make bread and then toast it and grind the crumbs but I want to see if there is an EASY way to do it first... SO I bought rice breadcrumbs, (the same ones I use to make the AWESOME gluten free chicken/pork coating mix (like shake and bake only BETTER) and added a little extra butter (3/4 c. to two 500g packages of PaneRiso rice breadcrumbs plus seasonings).  I mixed the secret stuffing,  stuffed the turkey with the sawdust like material..closed it with skewers and prayed a little...
...well the result what pretty much what I expected...and you old-timers with this gluten free thing..are probably giggling at the gritty, sawdust-like stuffing I had to choke down...it eventually had about three cups of butter in it and I am sure we are all about to go into cardiac arrest...honestly, I have tasted better sandcastles...the turkey and gravy (used all purpose gluten free flour for that) and veggies were amazing...they call me the turkey master...but UGH  that  STUFFING!!!  I should not have been so lazy..EPIC FAIL...next time...BEFORE the Easter meal...I will bake the bread and make my own crumbs like I should have in the first place...sigh...maybe I can bread chicken with it...I will let you know...

FLUFFY BREAD FLUFFY BREAD FLUFFY BREAD!!!! woot woot!!!

This bread FINALLY tastes SOOOOO good...not a speck of rice around...

In a medium sized bowl:
Mix 1 packet rapid dry yeast or 2 1/4 teaspoons
with 1 1/4 cups warm water (not hot)
and 1 tablespoon sugar




In a large bowl:
whisk together your dry ingredients and set aside:
1 1/2 cups sorghum flour 
1 cup tapioca starch or potato starch (not potato flour!)
1/2 cup GF oat flour (I grind gluten free oats in a spice mill)
2 teaspoons xanthan gum
1/ 1/4 teaspoons salt


In another medium sized bowl:
Mix until frothy: 
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon vinegar
2 eggs
Add the bubbly yeast mixture to the egg mixture and then mix into the  dry ingredients.

Mix together with a fork for about 90 seconds until well blended

The dough will look closer to a muffin batter than bread dough, soft, but not cake batter wet.
move dough to a bread pan sprayed with Pam and allow to rise in a warm place until it doubles

Bake in a preheated 350 degree F /177 degrees Celsius for 40 minutes.

This bread is just as wonderful three days later <3.  Store in an airtight container.

adapted from a recipe by the gluten free goddess :)

Grind this bread after toasting to make gluten free stuffing :)

Bread that tastes like bread ??? Success???

Yesterday I decided to try yet ANOTHER bread recipe..I picked up some new all purpose flour from the new gluten free bakery...I think it's base was brown rice flour so the bread turned out a light purplish grey colour..with specks in it that looked like kiwi seeds...but when my second youngest (the reason for our switch away from gluten) said WOW!  It's BREAD!!!  I knew it would be a hit...I have a few more to try and who knows what it will be like now that it is cold...but she identified it as bread...so here is the recipe...

Tolerable bread: 

If you don't have a bread machine, preheat your oven to 325 degrees.

• 1 Tbsp. active dry yeast
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 ½ c. water (hot tap water, but not too hot, or the yeast will die)
• 2 ½ cups Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour Mix
• 2 tsp. xanthan gum
• 1tsp. salt
• 2 eggs 
• 1 ½ Tbsp. oil
• 1 tsp. white vinegar
• 
  
  1. Mix the yeast and the sugar in a small bowl. Blend with a fork and set aside until it starts to bubble...about 5-10 mins.
  2. Combine the flour, xanthan gum and salt in a large bowl, making sure it's well blended.
  3. In a third bowl, whisk the eggs, oil and vinegar until the eggs are a bit frothy.
  4. The yeast should be bubbly by now, so you can add all of your wet ingredients to the flour mixture. Stir until all ingredients are well mixed. You don't need to knead this dough. You'll notice with gluten-free mixes, it's more of a cake-like consistency.
  5. If you have a bread machine, you can dump it in there at this point and cook on the 80 minute setting. You don't need the paddle. If you don't have a bread machine, place the bowl in a warm place with a towel over it.  Let the dough rise for about 45 minutes or until it doubles in size. Then place it in a loaf pan and cook until a toothpick comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
  Add butter and ENJOY!!!
  Today I will try this recipe and another using regular gluten-free all purpose flour..