Gluten-Free Quinoa Bread
A moist, soft sandwich loaf made with quinoa flour and cooked quinoa folded into a gluten-free yeast dough, sweetened with a little honey. The cooked quinoa adds a tender, slightly nubby crumb and mild nutty flavor.
At a glance: This medium baking recipe yields 12 servings in about 4h 10m (25 min prep, 55 min cook). It uses 12 ingredients — including warm water, instant yeast, honey — and walks through 7 steps. Updated . Browse more baking recipes or return to all gluten-free recipes.
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Cross-Contamination Warning for Gluten-Free Quinoa Bread: When preparing this baking recipe, quinoa is often grown and packed alongside grains that contain gluten, so choose quinoa labeled gluten-free. Rolling pins, boards and dough scrapers hold flour in their grain and edges. Use parchment or a freshly washed nonporous surface. Flour dust travels. Bake this on a day the kitchen is not also handling flour that contains gluten, use clean bowls, beaters and baking sheets, and keep the gluten-free flour blend in its own sealed container.
Gluten-Free Notes for Gluten-Free Quinoa Bread: Quinoa is a seed that is naturally free of gluten, and the loaf uses a gluten-free flour blend and psyllium husk instead of flour that contains gluten. Use quinoa, quinoa flour, psyllium and yeast labeled gluten-free.
Ingredients
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Instructions
Tips & Notes
- Rinse the quinoa well before cooking it for this bread. The natural coating on the seeds tastes bitter and soapy.
- Cool the cooked quinoa completely and fluff it dry before folding it in. Wet or warm quinoa makes the loaf gummy.
- Quinoa flour has a strong grassy taste. Toasting it in a dry skillet for a few minutes, then cooling, makes the bread taste milder.
Common questions
What cross-contamination risk is specific to Gluten-Free Quinoa Bread?
Check warm water, about 110°F, instant yeast, honey before they go into Gluten-Free Quinoa Bread. Quinoa is often grown and packed alongside grains that contain gluten, so choose quinoa labeled gluten-free. Rolling pins, boards and dough scrapers hold flour in their grain and edges. Use parchment or a freshly washed nonporous surface. Flour dust travels. Bake this on a day the kitchen is not also handling flour that contains gluten, use clean bowls, beaters and baking sheets, and keep the gluten-free flour blend in its own sealed container.
Which gluten-free swaps does Gluten-Free Quinoa Bread use?
Gluten-Free Quinoa Bread relies on 2 tbsp psyllium husk powder, 1 3/4 cups gluten-free all-purpose flour blend and 1 tsp xanthan gum. Keep those gluten-free-labeled products in place of a gluten-containing flour or sauce.
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