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These gluten free bread rolls are a soft gluten free bun with a fluffy inside. Perfect as gluten free hamburger buns or using in lunchboxes.
Diets:
Gluten FreeIngredients:
300ml milk (10 fl oz)
2 tbsp caster sugar
7g dried yeast (1 packet)
1 tsp xanthan gum
1 tsp salt
400g gluten free white bread flour (approx 2 1/2 cups)
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
5 tbsp vegetable oil (such as rapeseed oil)
2 large eggs
20g unsalted butter (for brushing)
Instructions:
FIRST ACTIVATE THE YEAST
To do this, warm the milk so it's around the same temperature as your skin - i.e. when you put your finger in it, you can't feel that it's hot or cold. Once it's warm, stir in the sugar then add the yeast - you want a quick yeast for this recipe - and stir. Cover and leave the yeast mixture for 5-10 minutes and it should form a froth on top, kind of like the head on beer.
MAKING YOUR GLUTEN FREE BREAD DOUGH
The flour and remaining dry ingredients go into one bowl, the wet ingredients are all mixed together separately before you add them to the mix with the yeast mixture. Traditional bread dough is kneadable and stretchy - but gluten free bread dough is very different, more of a thick batter! This is because it's the gluten that actually gives dough it's stretch, hence why making gluten free bread is a whole different beast!
Once you have your thick batter, you need to create your rolls in a tin. I use a deep, round cake tin as this is allows the bread rolls to expand upwards. They also join together which is what means you can tear these rolls apart when cooked - the best feeling! I used two spoons to 'dollop' the mixture into roughly 8 blobs, and then dipped my fingers in cold water and shaped the dollops into rolls.
PROVING GLUTEN FREE BREAD ROLLS
Once you have the rolls shaped, cover them loosely with oiled clingfilm and pop them somewhere warm to prove. They should take around 40-45 minutes (might be quicker on a warm day / longer on a very cold day) and you want them to expand in size. The rolls will be touching each other and will have puffed up. When they're ready and you've brushed them with melted butter, it's time to bake.
BAKING GLUTEN FREE BREAD ROLLS
This is the really easy part of making my gluten free bread recipe - popping the bread rolls into the oven! You'll need to bake these for around 25-30 minutes until they are golden on top. The tops of the bread rolls should also sound hollow when you tap them. If you find the rolls are going brown too quickly, you can cover them with some tinfoil for the rest of the bake to prevent them burning. Once baked make sure you allow the rolls to cool for at least 15 minutes before tucking into them.
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