Fat Free French Bread (gluten Free)

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups gluten-free flour (2 parts rice flour, 2/3 part potato starch, 1/3 part tapioca flour)
• 2 tablespoons gluten-free flour (same as mix above)
• 2 1/2 teaspoons xanthan gum
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons quick-rising yeast
• 1 teaspoon vinegar or 1 teaspoon dough enhancer
• 2 egg whites (room temperature)
• 1 1/2 cups warm water (110-115 degrees)

Recipe

• 1 place 2 egg whites in a bowl and leave out so they will come up to room temperature.
• 2 spray non-stick cooking spray on a french bread pan (or curve a doubled piece of aluminum foil into the shape of a loaf as long as a cookie sheet). also spray a sheet of plastic wrap that is the length of your pan and set aside.
• 3 warm 1.5 cups of water by placing it in the microwave on high for a minute.
• 4 in an electric mixer bowl, whisk together flours, xanthan gum, sugar, salt and yeast.
• 5 add the vinegar, egg whites and water and beat at medium speed for 3 minutes.
• 6 use a strong rubber spatula to transfer dough into prepared pan, smoothing the top. dough will be very thick and sticky. place the plastic wrap, sprayed-side down, loosely over the dough. let rise in a warm and moist place for 15 minutes.
• 7 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 8 bake for 1 hour. turn oven down to 350 and bake an additional 15 minutes.
• 9 enjoy it hot and crusty out of the oven by tearing off pieces, or let cool and cut into slices.