In the Making: Gluten Free Irish Soda Bread, Round 2

Hello and welcome to gluten free baking with Sarah, this week I make a second attempt at creating gluten free Irish soda bread. For those who are following my baking attempts, you may remember that my first attempt at making this bread did not turn out very good. There was a weird aftertaste, it was super dense and not baked through all the way. So without further ado, here is round two (haha fire rhymes).

Baking Begins

Fixing the Problems

This attempt at making soda bread turned out a bit better than the first time. I added some sugar to the mix which (I think) helped with the aftertaste. Now it is less better than it was before, there is still a different taste because it is gluten free and gluten free bread usually has a different taste. The next thing I set out to fix was the crumbliness of the bread, to do that I added some xantham gum to the mix (for those who aren't gluten free, xantham gum is used as a fiber source to bind the bread together). I also tried using less flour to try and make it less crumbly, though I don't think that really did anything. More baking soda was also added to the mix to help it become less dense.

This attempt, looks a little better but not quite there

Preparing for Round 3

New Solutions for Problems

So this round of baking presented me with new challenges but thanks to my friend Lacey (who is a baking wizard) I came up with some new solutions for the problems that keep persisting. Her first suggestion was to knead the dough less so that it wouldn't be as dense, her other suggestion was to let the dough rest and cool down before putting it in the oven which should help it to rise more. My solution to the problem of under-baking, which continues to plague me and make my life difficult, is going to be buying a thermometer to test the inside temperature of the bread and possibly cooking the loaf at a lower temperature for a longer amount of time.

Well that was attempt two everyone! Stay tuned to see if I can manage to make it work out this next time, because I really want to eat some bread.

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