Really Quick Bread – gluten-free, yeast-free, dairy-free, vegan – in less than 20 minutes!
This recipe is great for when you don’t have any gluten-free bread and you want some right away! It is not the most perfect copy of wheat bread, but it’s quick and warm and good, very allergy safe, and lightning-fast!
The recipe as written makes four slices of bread. I like that it’s a small amount, because I don’t eat much bread, so four slices is exactly the right amount. But you can multiply the recipe to make more. Or double the recipe and make it into a round freeform loaf — yum!
This recipe is loosely based on a recipe for Ciabatta bread that was posted by a Russian woman named Jenn. I am not finding her site anymore, which is sad because she had some excellent recipes there!
Really Quick Gluten-Free Bread - yeast-free, dairy-free, vegan
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups gluten-free flour - I use 1/2 cup each of quinoa flour, teff flour, and garbanzo flour - Choose flour(s) that taste good to you: The bread will taste like whichever flour(s) you use!
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon EITHER apple cider vinegar OR lemon juice
- 5/8 cup water - (this is the same as 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Choose a pan. This is perfect in an 8x8 nonstick pan, but you can use a larger pan and just shape the bread dough into the size you want. If the pan is not nonstick, oil it.
- In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Then add the wet ingredients and stir.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth it out into an 8x8 inch square.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Ciabatta bread variation: Shape the ingredients into a ball and bake a small loaf on a nonstick or oiled baking sheet for 15-20 minutes.Or double the ingredients, shape them into a ball, and bake the loaf on a nonstick or oiled baking sheet for 30 minutes.
Hello valerie,just wondering what this bread tastes like as it has an interesting mix of flours ? Thankyou
Hi Katie – The taste of the bread depends on which flours you choose.
I wrote in the recipe notes, “The bread will taste like whatever flour mix you choose. I like to mix teff, quinoa, and garbanzo flours for a sort of whole-wheat type of bread. The teff makes it tan colored. If you use a flour mix that doesn’t have teff and does have some potato starch in it, then your bread will be closer to white bread.”
Also, “It’s not a perfect copy of wheat bread, but it is warm and quick!”
That is, I think this recipe’s appeal is that it makes okay, warm, fresh bread very quickly. There are other recipes for gluten-free bread that taste more bread-like but take a lot more time to make. To me, this is an acceptable bread, and it’s fast and warm and pretty decent. If that makes sense? And being warm and fresh adds a lot of appeal to any bread!
Thankyou valarie !! Just wondering if the temperature is 400 degrees farenheit which converts to around 204.444 degrees celcius ? I live in Australia .
Katie — Yes, you are correct. Thanks for checking!