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I've finally arrived at a recipe which produces a moist,light, tasty bread
with an excellent crust.  It doesn't feel inclined to fall apart at a
moments notice and it tastes great!  You can even enjoy it untoasted in a
sandwich or with jam, honey etc.  Once you get the cycles right for your
bread machine you'll look forward to your next loaf.  It tastes a little
like an egg bread from your days gone by.

It also can be adapted to make 4 good hamburger and 2 hot dog buns at once.
Sounds too good to be true doesen't it?


Not So Basic Rice Bread

Mix wet ingredients in the following order then pour in your bread machine
bucket:

2 large eggs beaten well
1 Tbsp soft butter
1/4 cup low fat sour cream (gf) - preferably without additives
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 cup of warm water

In a mixing bowl mix well the following dry ingredients then pour on top of
the wet ingredients do not mix:

1 cup white rice flour - slightly rounded
1/2 cup skim milk powder (not instant)
1/2 cup potato starch
1/4 cup glutinous (sweet) rice flour - slightly rounded
2 tsp guar gum (or xanthan gum)
1 tsp gelatin
1 tsp sugar rounded to heaping - depending on how fast it rises in your machine
1/2 tsp salt

Sprinkle 2 tsp of Quick rise yeast on top of the dry ingredients and start
your machine.  I use Procter Silex on a medium whole grain cycle with a
round pan.  It needs minimal help with the initial mixing.  Your cycle
should allow for the bread to rise about 2/3 of the pan height then knead it
again.  It may require some help to collapse the top of the loaf but this is
only necessary if you wish to add cheese, onion flakes etc at this time.  I
suspect it would be just as good with a single rise.

When the bread is nicely rounded over the pan top the heat cycle is best
started.  This bread can rise right over the sides if you have too much
time, yeast, sugar or too warm water for your bread maker so experiment a
little and watch the cycles th first few times to see what's happening.

It bakes in 35 to 45 minutes and will brown nicely.  Take it out of the pan
while it's still fairly warm to prevent condensation on the sides and let
cool to near room temperature before slicing.  I stand the bread on end and
slice it with the bread knife handle as one height guide and a second
cutting board as the other guide to get a fairly thin and even slice.
Alternately you can stand it on end in a plate and use the upper edges of
the plate as a cutting guide.  Just don't tell my wife her good plates
happen to be the perfect depth for it.

The bread keeps nicely and moist for a week in the fridge.

Try adding grated cheese and 1/4 cup of onion flakes towards the end of the
second knead for some cheese and onion bread that tastes good by any
standards. You will likely have to manually knock down the loaf to do this
as mentioned above.  Make your favourite herb breads etc. the same way.

Finally make hamburger and hot dog buns as follows.  After the initial
mixing is complete divide the dough roughly in half into an appropriately
sized cake pan and loaf pan.  Cover them and put in a warm place and check
on them in an hour and a half or so.  When they've risen enough bake in the
oven for around 20 minutes till golden brown at 375.  Again let them finish
cooling out of the pan before cutting!  Use the cutting board guide to cut
the cake pan hamburger buns in half and then quarter it to get four buns.
The loaf pan gets divided lengthwise then slit to make two hot dog buns with
rounded edges.  Microwave the hot dog buns to make them more easily opened
with minimal splitting.

When you see the results you'll want to try some of the sweet rice flour in
other recipes.

Enjoy!

Next publication the perfect pizza crust.