Learn to Love Crumbs

Wheat-Yeast-Dairy-Sugar-Potato-Corn-Free Bread.  Yeah, you heard me.

I'm not sure if you know this, but there aren't a lot of bread recipes that don't contain:
-wheat
-yeast
-sugar (usually for the yeast)
-milk
-corn starch
-potato starch
or some combination of these ingredients.  Every recipe I found online had at least one of these ingredients, and I am allowed ZERO of these ingredients.  But I was making soup on a cold Sunday...  I don't know about you, but to me, this SCREAMS for a nice, warm, crusty bread to go along with it.  Because I like to live vicariously through my husband (and also I am clearly slightly masochistic), I bought Scott a fresh, three-cheese baguette sort of thing at the grocery store.  For me, I bought some brown rice flour.  I really know how to treat myself!

Finding nothing on the Internet that could really help me, I decided to experiment.  This is what I came up with:
4 cups of brown rice flour
1 cup of spelt flour
2 tsp of salt (I'd use one if I made it again)
2 eggs
1 tsp of baking soda
2 tbsp of olive oil (plus some for brushing)
1 tsp of cream of tartar (I don't know, some recipes had it)
1 tbsp of lemon juice  (I knew I needed acid)
about a cup of water

I mixed everything together and formed a loaf.  Then I brushed the top with olive oil and baked it at 425 for about an hour.  The result was crumbly, but without gluten or yeast, this is to be expected.  I think next time I will try xantham gum, but from what I hear, if you want dairy-sugar-wheat-yeast-sugar-corn-potato-free bread, you better learn to love crumbly!  Side note:  I'm still working on the order for the ingredients this bread does not contain.  I wish there were a vowel so I could make some clever acronym for it!

All in all, a very successful experiment.  More importantly, a really nice, warm, hearty dinner on a winter night :)

Ingredients (minus the spelt flour I added for extra flavour)

Pre-Oven Olive Oil Brushing

Post-Oven Crumbly Goodness

Cozy in a bowl :)

xox