Musings from a Busy Mom

For quite some time my family's favorite bread has been a recipe from King Arthur flour .  We used this bread for everything - for sandwiches, for french toast, a slice with dinner, and even as a snack with honey (well, butter for me, please; I am the only one in the family that does not like honey).  And, yes, I was a flour snob and kept King Arthur flour on hand.  So it was obvious, at least to me, that it was my goal to make a substitute for this bread using gluten-free ingredients. Today I braved that daunting task.  When my daughter came in the kitchen asking what I was making, I joked that I had no idea; we'd see when it was finished.  However, I was quite proud of the texture of the dough and how well it was working.  I prayed this would work.  I suddenly had high hopes.   When the bread was almost finished, I peeked in the oven.  My heart fell.  This recipe that I managed to put together was an epic failure.  I knew the ...

If you have ever tried to go gluten-free, you know the frustrations of finding good bread - and it is even harder to find a good recipe for homemade bread.  I have not found a loaf pre-made at the store that we enjoy, and at $6-7 per loaf, I wanted to make my own.  I found some good mixes, but again, we were talking around $6 per loaf.  I also wanted to make sure I knew that I knew the ingredients because I have a child who is allergic to soy.  So for the past month I have been on a journey to find a good gluten-free, soy-free bread recipe that would not make us regret living without wheat.   While the children and I like the bread I made last time, my husband just thought it was 'okay' (for that recipe, check my pinterest page:   So I took the package of a pre-packaged bread mix that we enjoyed last week and looked at the list of ingredients in order.  I then attempted to replicate that bread mix, but with a couple of changes and substitutions ...