The best (and easiest) gluten-free bread recipe

It’s hard to find great gluten-free bread at the supermarket. The options are often dry, crumbly, and sometimes weirdly small in stature — not what you’re looking for!

Unsurprisingly, we think the best route is to make your own gluten-free bread at home. If you’re just starting your gluten-free bread journey, the easiest way to begin is with our Gluten-Free English Muffin Bread. It's made in a mixer, there's no kneading required, it has just one short rise (45 minutes!), and it can be enjoyed fresh for several days. It’s so easy, in fact, that it’s almost as simple as picking up a store-bought loaf, and a whole lot better, too. 

Similar to the original English Muffin Toasting Bread on which it’s based, this recipe yields a coarse-textured loaf full of nooks and crannies, perfect for toasting and cradling melted butter or turning into a great gluten-free sandwich. You’d probably never even guess that it’s gluten-free if you didn’t know. The secret is our Gluten-Free Bread Flour, which, true to its name, is designed specifically for baking bread. In addition to including xanthan gum, which helps with binding, this flour also contains gluten-free wheat starch, which helps mimic the flavor of conventional flours and acts as a thickener. As a result, the baked bread has an excellent crumb and crust akin to a conventional loaf. 

Watch our Baking School instructor Jess Meyers show you how it’s done in the video below, and if you want to dive deeper into gluten-free bread baking, check out our new On-Demand Gluten-Free Bread Baking Class.

Cover photo by Rick Holbrook; food styling by Yekaterina Boytsova.