This Is Really Great

[Schlep]

I have tried many of the low carb bread recipes and find them all pretty well tasteless and chewy. I found this one on the net and it is really really good.

1/2 cup water - warmed
1/2 cup cream
1 tablespoon oil
1 large egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup gluten flour
1 cup oat flour
2 teaspoons yeast
1 teaspoon sugar (to feed the yeast)

To your bread machine add the ingredients in the order given above.

60 carbs per loaf and I get 15 slices so it works out to be about 4 carbs per slice.

Warning you can only use this if you tell me how much you liked it.:)

[Scrabblechick]

Sounds like a great recipe! I'll have to try it...

[kmac]

Thanks for the recipe--I like the idea that it is pre-tasted by a real person! I am going to try it. I am not sure where to get gluten flour, though. I am going to check at Bulk Barn.

I also have a bread maker that I have never used--so do you have any tips on that?

If I could find a low carb bread recipe that I like, I think it would be great.
Kathi

[Schlep]

My wife makes it in the bread machine so I will get back to you abot your questions when she gets in

[cyberus]

How did you come up with 60 carbs?

Even if you used 15% Protein commercial Pizza Flour that seems awful low

[poodlebone]

How did you come up with 60 carbs?

Even if you used 15% Protein commercial Pizza Flour that seems awful low

It does seem low. I looked up the two main ingredients on Calorie King - oat flour & gluten - and per cup it says the oat flour has 63g (9g fiber) and the gluten has 48g.

I used the Arrowhead Mills listing for oat flour, whole grain.

[cyberus]

It does seem low. I looked up the two main ingredients on Calorie King - oat flour & gluten - and per cup it says the oat flour has 63g (9g fiber) and the gluten has 48g.

I used the Arrowhead Mills listing for oat flour, whole grain.

Thats the basis I went by for oat flour ... I didn't post any of the numbers because the variance in high gluten flours is dependent on the protein % and the difference can be huge.

[kmac]

I tried the recipe and it came out very well. I like the bread. It is a nice little loaf--fine grained and tasty. It rose well.

I found info on gluten flour here:
Low Carb Luxury: High Gluten Flour or Vital Wheat Gluten? (http://www.lowcarbluxury.com/gluten.html)

Surprisingly, it was easy to find at the store.

I have never used my bread baker, but asked a friend who is a really good bread baker by machine and by hand. She said the recipe looked like I could just throw the stuff in the pan in layers and let the machine do the work which is just what I did. So easy! I did slightly mix up the egg white and yolk but other than that just sprinkled the ingredients as layers and turned on the machine.

Thank you very much for a really nice recipe that was so easy and worked out so well.:)

Kathi

[poodlebone]

I have never used my bread baker, but asked a friend who is a really good bread baker by machine and by hand. She said the recipe looked like I could just throw the stuff in the pan in layers and let the machine do the work which is just what I did. So easy! I did slightly mix up the egg white and yolk but other than that just sprinkled the ingredients as layers and turned on the machine.


The general rule for bread machines is to add the wet ingredients first, then the dry. Mine says to make sure the yeast and salt do not touch when adding the dry, so I make a little well in the flour and put the yeast there. It all gets mixed up anyway, but I follow the rules and it works.

[Schlep]

My wife makes it in the bread machine and says the only thing she does is put the ingredients in in the same order that they are in the recipe.

[Olidus]

Is this
1 cup gluten flour
or 1 cup gluten free flour?

[cyberus]

Ok so the gluten flour is actually vital wheat gluten that clears up some of it but I'm still not getting the 60g total.

1/2 cup water - warmed
1/2 cup cream = (hvy whipping) 4g carb
1 tablespoon oil
1 large egg = 1g carb
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup gluten flour = (4.8oz by weight) 28g carb 0 fiber
1 cup oat flour (4.8oz by weight) = 86g carb 10g fiber
2 teaspoons yeast
1 teaspoon sugar (to feed the yeast)

Sorry if I seem to be nitpicking :o but even ignoring the tsp of sugar for the yeast the carb count seems to be double (119) what you came up with, which for someone eating <20g per meal can make a real difference.