wheat free bread and bread making machines?????

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Help, d1 is allergic to a host of foods and for nearly 2 years she has been living on the Energy rice based bread (well, more like a brick really) recommended by the Dietician. Anyway this delicacy appears to be only good for toasting and making breadcrumbs. I know my limitations with cooking and bread making is one of them - this is based on experience! Has anyone out there been making wheat/soya/barley/spelt/rye FREE bread using a bread making machine? If so, which machines are good and do you have any recipes or which books have you been using? Is this bread fit to make sandwiches? I've been using Dove Farms' range of gluten free flour for cooking and has anyone tried this in bread making machines?

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ps: d1 is 2 yrs 8 months old and has tested positive in RAST/skin prick tests and had allergic reactions to dairy, soya, eggs and wheat. Dieticians have recommended we avoid rye/barley/spelt as well...

I use Juvela Gluten Free Fibre Bread (sliced). It would be worth searching The Gluten-free Message Board . For example, I quickly found this comment:

"Sadly, no Gf bread is like real bread but I agree Glutafin fresh white & Juvela fresh white are somewhat similar to white gluten version, good for sandwiches.
These are prescribed in packs of 8.

Lifestyle fresh brown is a bit like Hovis & comes in packs of six.

You may want to make your own GF bread. Any fresh GF bread is quite palatable, I think.
I generally use Juvela GF white flour mix following their recipe on the pack, with added xanthan, but there are many different GF bread recipes, please see Supp for some."

I make gluten free bread using the Doves Farm gluten free bread flour (I use the white flour, but I think they do a brown one too). I follow their recipe on the back of the packet. However, it does contain eggs, although there may be egg alternatives that you can use?

I have tried making the wheat/gluten free bread using the recipie on the back of the Dove's farm flour. I am sure it would work out just fine if that is all your allergic too. I had to replace the egg & the milk and it just turned into a flat, oil soaked brick at the bottom of the pan. I have yet to find a recipe that is suitable, without using packet mix. The main reason we bought a bread maker was to make bread for my ds, but we use it for making out own bread, lol! We have a panisonic SD-253, which has a gluten free setting.

Your ds has almost identical allergies to my ds, dairy, soya, eggs, nuts & wheat

Good luck in your search and if you come across something, be sure to come back and let me know

I have just had a look at the Glutafin & Juvela breads, neither of them are suitable for those with a wheat allergy. I asked about getting bread for my ds on prescription and was told that prescription foods are not suitable as the breads, like mentioned above, still contain wheat startch that is cleansed of the gluten part. Plus, the Juvela bread contains dried skimmed milk. It is minefield

OMG!!! I have just found a site that looks perfect. The lady will adapt a recipie to suit allergies/intolerances and according to your breadmaker or if you will be making by hand. I need to talk dh into letting me get the starter pack!

Here's the site if you are interested!

thanks for all the suggestions and for checking out the bread mix contents. I've also contacted quite a few of these specialist manufacturers for wheat free etc products without any joy. One company only stocked one item which would be suitable - crispbreads. They sent me a sample of this rather chewy cardboard which surprise, surprise d wouldn't eat.... How could they refuse?

The ENERG bread we use was recommended by a state registered dietician and is supposed to be suitable for a gluten and wheat free diet (plus soya, milk and egg free.) If it helps the listed ingredients for the ENERG Brown Rice Bread are: filtered water, tapioca starch, cold pressed safflower oil, brown rice flour, pear juice, yeast, stabilisers (methylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose), salt, raising agent (glucono-delta-lactone), humectant (calcium phosphate), thiamin, riboflavin, iron and folic acid. Sounds delightful doesn't it. Costs about £3.5 in Sainsburys. Tescoe's stock an Energ `loaf' which is a bit lighter (weight and purse wise)and costs £2 but haven't got the ingredients list for that. Makes terrible sandwiches!
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