Buckwheat Flour Bread covered with sunflower seeds

I have written in my previous post Yeast Free Bread how I needed badly a good recipe for the yeast-free gluten free bread. My son was happy what I was baking and he was eating it happily. My family and friends were also happy but I was not satisfied. My breads were tasty enough but something was missing - texture and fluffiness like regular bread. Sometimes they were crumbly and sometimes they were too moist.
 

After a lot of research and experiment I have few successes and I have posted them on my Facebook page - GFCF Rasoi - Breakfast. And time to time my friends asked for the recipes. Now the time has come that I should share my recipes with GFCF Rasoi fans.
 

So I start with my favorite bread - Buckwheat flour bread covered with sunflower seeds. I like sunflower seeds on the bread but my son doesn't. He eats middle part and gives me sunflower seeds crust part.

Ingredients:

5/6 cups Brown Rice Flour

5/6 cups Buckwheat Flour

1/3 cup Tapioca Flour

1 tbsp Xanthan Gum

1 tbsp Baking Powder

1 tbsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Sea Salt

2 tbsp Coconut Oil

2 Eggs, slightly beaten

1-1/3 cups Water

1 tbsp Honey (Any sweetener)

1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar

1/8 cup Sunflower Seeds

 

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 8”X4” loaf pan, and coat with white rice flour. 
2. Combine dry ingredients except sunflower seeds in bowl and mix with electric beater for approximately 30 seconds.
3. Combine oil, water, eggs, apple cider vinegar and sweetener (honey), and add to dry ingredients with mixer on slow. Mix only until well combined. Mix 1/4 sunflower seeds into the batter.
4. Pour batter into prepared pan and spread remaining sunflower seeds on the batter. Smooth the batter with wet spatula and bake for 70 minutes. Test as for cake, with a toothpick. Should be golden on top and test dry in center.

Buckwheat Flour Bread covered with sunflower seeds

Buckwheat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup Brown Rice Flour
1 cup Buckwheat Flour
¼ cup Tapioca Flour
1½ tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Salt
1 cup Canola Oil
¾ cup granulated Sugar
¾ cup Brown Sugar (packed)
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
½ tsp Water
2 Eggs
12 oz package (2 cups) Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
1 cup of Chopped Nuts

Method:

1. Sift together (or stir very well) all the flours, baking powder, and salt: set aside.
2. Combine the oil, sugars, vanilla and water and beat until creamy. Add the eggs into the creamed mixture; beat until well blended.
3. Gradually add the dry ingredients, mixing well. Stir in semi-sweet chocolate chips and any optional chopped nuts.
4. You can mix with an electric mixer or by hand. Dough will be thick. Roll between hands forming roughly 1-inch balls, or drop by spoonfuls, onto a greased cookie sheet.
5. Bake at 375 degrees F for 10-12 minutes. May be done in 10 minutes or less depending on oven and type of cookie sheet. Cookies will be light brown on bottom and top. Loosen with spatula when warm out of the oven (cookies will be soft).
6. Cookies become more hard and crunchy once they cool. Keep well in a covered container. Can also be frozen.