Gluten Free Buns Recipe

This recipe was adapted from A Little Insanity. I used Bob’s Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten Free flour mix instead of a custom mix. I also omitted extra Xanthan Gum, I seem to have an issue with recipes that have too much and the mix has some included. A few other tweaks, and out came warm buns – ready to go! Since I didn’t have a hamburger bun form, I actually used an over-sized muffin pan. While they made odd shaped burger buns, they actually worked well! This recipe can be tweaked some more to make loaf bread, and the original recipe even said you could use it for pizza crust. Not only were these buns soft and held up great. They taste like a great honey wheat bread and I have a feeling this will be used weekly in our home.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup Hot Water (steaming is fine)
• 4 Tbsp Raw Honey
• 2 1/2 tsp Dry Active Yeast (one package)
• 3 cups Bob’s Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten Free Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 4 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 tsp Salt
• 2 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
• 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
• 2 Large Eggs (room temperature)

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, add in your hot water and honey. Stir together until the majority of your honey is dissolved. Add in your Yeast and stir it in. Let sit for 10 minutes and allow your yeast time to proof.
2. In a medium bowl whisk together your gluten free flour mixture, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
3. In your mixer bowl add in your vinegar, oil and eggs and mix together until just combined. Add in your yeast mixture into the mixing bowl and mixture combine. Add in your dry mixture to the bowl and mix together for about 5 minutes. Scrape down your bowl and mix again for 2 minutes.
4. Preheat your oven to 375 F and spray the inside of a large muffin pan.
5. Fill each well of your muffin pan 2/3rds of the way and set it on top of the stove while it preheats for about 30 minutes.
6. Bake your buns for 25-30 minutes or until the top is brown and flaky.
7. Remove from your oven and allow to cool in the pan 5 minutes before removing. Remove to a cooling rack and allow to finishing cooling. You may need to use a knife to loosen some edges, but they will come out!
8. Enjoy with a meal, with some jam or cut them in half and use them as a bun for burgers!