The Best {& Easiest} Grain-Free Bread Ever!
I’ve tried many grain-free bread recipes. And my family does have several favorites (here, here and here are some of them). My personal favorite so far, though, has been Against All Grain’s Grain-Free Sandwich Bread . It is very, very good, but also quite tedious to make. Part of the hassle is making my own cashew butter since buying it ready-made is very expensive. So instead of making cashew butter and beating egg whites (more tedium), I decided to try a version of one of my bread recipes using cashew meal, made the same way that I make almond meal. The result? Pure, unadulterated deliciousness! Wonderful taste without a million bowls, without a hand-mixer, and without standing over the blender for what seems like forever to make cashew butter! The only real “work” here is to make your own cashew meal, which I don’t find takes that long. I usually make a canister full and then keep it in the fridge or freezer so I have it ready when I need it.
I hope this becomes your new favorite bread, too!
Delicious and easy quick bread. Gluten-free, wheat-free, grain-free, low carb.
Ingredients
- -1.5 cups cashew meal (use raw cashews & make same way as almond meal)
- -1/4 cup golden flaxseed meal
- -2 tablespoons coconut flour
- -1/4 teaspoon salt
- -1.5 teaspoons baking soda
- -.75 teaspoon stevia glycerite or sweetener equal to 3/4 cup sugar
- -5 eggs
- -1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
- -1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Directions
Mix all the dry ingredients together in a bowl until well blended. In a separate bowl, slightly beat the eggs, then add the coconut oil and apple cider vinegar.
Pour the dry ingredients into the wet, mixing thoroughly until smooth (this may take a minute). Let the mixture sit while you preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a small loaf pan* (mine measures 7.75 x 3.75") and, after the mixture has set for about 5 minutes, pour batter in, smoothing out the top.
Bake 25-30 minutes until sharp knife in center comes out clean.
Notes
*Baking gluten-free breads requires a small loaf pan. There is not much rise, so if you bake this in a traditional 9x5" pan, your loaf will be extremely short and squatty. When I first started gluten-free baking, I purchased a two-pack of small disposable loaf pans from Walmart and just reused them until I decided to go ahead and buy a "real" pan.
This loaf will make 24 "mini" slices. If you'd like larger slices, as pictured, slice the loaf in half, then lengthwise.
**Adapted from Elana's Pantry.
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I’ve never tried grain-free bread, but the ingredients sound delicious. Almond flour is so yummy. Can’t wait to try cashew flour! Thanks for linking up on Gluten-Free Monday at OneCreativeMommy.com.
Oh this looks great! I’ve tried Elana’s version and I loved it
Does using cashew flour make a great difference in the texture, or is it more of a taste improvement? My mom is convinced that cashews are weight-gaining nuts so she won’t eat foods that contain them unless they are really amazing xD Thanks!
I love Elana’s bread with the almonds, but prefer the taste of the cashews…they really add a lot, flavor-wise. Since I usually use almond meal in my baked goods instead of blanched almond flour (which is finer in texture), the texture of the bread is about the same. If you try it out, let me know what you (and your mom) think!
Your recipes always look so great and simple and this looks wonderful and light! I should get myself some more eggs and give this a try. Thanks for sharing it on Waste Not Want Not Wednesday
This is so innovative! I am able to eat gluten, but this looks so delicious, I may just have to give it a try!
Very creative – thanks it will be great while I am on GAPS!
I would love to have you share this on Thursday at Tasty Traditions: myculturedpalate.com
Thanks Dina-Marie (LOVE the double name! LOL!)! I’ll definitely stop over!
Anne-Marie
Thanks! Just made this and it is delicious!!!
Lori, I’m so happy you like it!
Thank you for your submission on Nourishing Treasures’ Make Your Own! Monday link-up.
Check back tomorrow when the new link-up is running to see if you were one of the top 3 featured posts!
I was just diagnosed with a wheat allergy so I am very interested in your recipe. Thanks for sharing it on foodie friday.
Oh how I wish we didn’t have nut allergies in our house! This looks so good!
Anne Marie this looks amazing!!! I’d love to be able to use almond products!! Darn those nut allergies!! :0 LOL Can’t wait to share this recipe with others! Thanks for kicking off the Gluten Free Fridays party this weekend! WOOT! We have some awesome recipes and they just keep coming!! So….Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest!
Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com
Too bad I”m the only one in the house who could eat this. It looks delicious! Thanks for linking up to Healthy 2Day Wednesday!
Anne-Marie, this post was featured on the Waste Not Want Not link up this week
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Yum! Can’t wait to give this a try! Thanks for linking up to Snacktime Saturday! Your post is featured this week – hope you’ll come back and link up again.
Ha Anne marie,
All my familly love the texture and the taste of this bread but still I have one questionb where is little bitter after taste coming from?
I tryed on without stevia and it was soooo bitter I had to throught all of it!
Thanks for helping me
Hi Martine,
I’m not sure…the loaves I make aren’t bitter at all. I do know that every sweetener is different and I have heard that some brands of stevia have some bitterness to them. Here is the one we use and love:
http://www.amazon.com/Foods-Stevia-Glycerite-Liquid-Extract/dp/B0017WI3F4/?tag=annmarcai-20
I think I found out
The taste of the AC bvinegar gave a biter taste to my bread so I omit it and was perfect!
Thanks for writing back to let me know what worked for you! I’m so happy the adjustment fixed the bread for your family!
Hi , just made this and loved it! A few questions tho… Took a lot longer than 20-25 mins… Bit more like 40-45 mins? Also, it’s was a lot darker? And it was quite sweet… I used nativa ( stevia based sweetener)) 3/4 cup? It is white and granulated… I used baking soda and apple cider vinegar… Everything as directed but it appears to be more dense and not quite as airated as yrs? I mixed by hand with a whisk … Do you use electric mixer? Thanks
I’m so glad you like the bread!
I use a whisk, not a hand mixer. The bread is definitely a bit sweet, but that’s just the way my family prefers it.
I really don’t know why your bread would be darker or more dense…I always resist the urge to open the oven to peek until it has been in for at least 20 minutes. Otherwise steam escapes and could affect the bread height. Perhaps that would affect the density, too?
Every oven is different, but in my convection oven 25 minutes is perfect. You might experiment with raising the temp by 25 degrees or so to cut your cook time down. Did you check your wet ingredients? If your bread is too wet, it’ll take longer to cook. Just a thought…
If you make adjustments, please write back and let us know how they turn out!
Sasha, here’s another thought… you need to allow the batter to sit for about 10 minutes (I do that while the oven preheats). The batter does fluff up a lot during this time, which might explain why my loaf was lighter than yours.
Hi! Did you really mean 3/4 cup of usga? I out that much honey in and the batter was super sweet…so I’m trying to double and a half it to cut the sweetness. I noticed the original recipe uses just a tablespoon of sweetener. Anyway, just wanted to let ou know. Thanks!
Hi Jen,
Yes, my family does like their bread on the sweet side. Sweetener equal to 3/4 cups of sugar might be too much for some, but we really love it that way.
Thanks for sharing this recipe! Just curious, is the sugar at all necessary? You mentioned your family like it quite sweet, but I’m trying to cut back on sugar and don’t mind when certain things don’t taste sweet. Just wasn’t sure if the stevia/sugar was crucial to the recipe working out.
No, the sweetener (NOT sugar…we try to do very little sugar, if any) is not necessary. I have found that to make new recipes appealing to my children, I usually need to sweeten them a bit. It just hedges my bet.
Feel free to reduce or omit the sweetener…whatever works best for you!
This is great news! Thanks so much for taking the time to reply. I’m excited to give this recipe a whirl!
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