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Millet Flax Gluten-Free Bread Recipe

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This millet flax bread recipe is a delicious homemade gluten-free bread. It’s a healthy, affordable alternative to store-bought gluten-free bread.

This millet flax bread recipe is a delicious, healthy homemade bread. It's an affordable alternative to store-bought gluten-free bread. Recipe from realfoodrealdeals.com

One of the biggest challenges of a gluten-free diet is finding a decent loaf of bread to eat. The store-bought loaves tend to be very expensive and not so tasty.

For those brave souls who want to make their own gluten-free bread, it’s difficult to find a recipe that doesn’t contain at least 6 different types of flour in it. Who wants to buy all that flour? Also, the price of gluten-free flour is much higher than that of regular flour, which is discouraging. I know that some gluten-free folks give up on bread altogether because of these challenges.

I am someone who could never give up bread. The convenience of a sandwich is a comfort that I need in my life. After going gluten-free a couple years ago, I tried a few bread recipes, but none of them came out well.

At the suggestion of a nutritionist, and against my frugal judgment, I started ordering millet flax bread from a bakery in Tampa, Florida called Sami’s. For gluten-free bread, they have really good stuff. If you live in the Tampa area, I highly recommend it. Their prices are fairly reasonable, with a loaf of bread going for $4.50. However, once you add in the shipping costs, you pay way too much for a loaf.

After my last order to Sami’s, I decided it was time to figure out how to make a good loaf of gluten-free bread myself.

I’m happy to say that I’ve done it! I really like this millet flax gluten-free bread recipe.  It tastes wonderful right out of the oven, and it freezes well. I slice it before putting it in the freezer, and I freeze it in pairs of slices so I can take out just enough for a sandwich.

For the millet flour, you can buy millet from the bulk bins at Whole Foods and grind just the right amount into flour using a coffee grinder. Otherwise, I like Bob’s Red Mill for the millet flour as well as the brown rice flour, tapioca starch, and flax meal.

Visit my gallery of gluten free recipes for lots of other ideas of how you can enjoy gluten free snacks and meals.

This millet flax bread recipe is a delicious, healthy homemade bread. It's an affordable alternative to store-bought gluten-free bread.

Millet Flax Bread

Gluten-free bread recipe
4.75 from 8 votes
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Resting Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 150kcal
Author: Annemarie Rossi

Ingredients

  • 2 tsp active dry yeast
  • 1 tsp sugar (or honey)
  • 1 cup water heated to 115 degrees
  • 1 cup millet flour
  • 3/4 cup tapioca starch
  • 1/2 cup brown rice flour
  • 1/4 cup flax meal
  • 2 tsp xanthan gum
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tbs olive oil
  • 2 tbs honey

Instructions

  • Proof the yeast by mixing the yeast, sugar, and warm water together in a small bowl or measuring cup.  It will begin to get frothy after several minutes.
  • Combine the millet flour, tapioca starch, brown rice flour, flax meal, xanthan gum, and salt in a medium bowl.
  • In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, olive oil, and honey. Add the yeast/water mixture. Stir in the dry ingredients and mix until fully combined.
  • Transfer the dough to a 1 pound (9 inch x 5 inch) greased loaf pan.
  • Cover the pan with a warm wet towel and let the dough rise.  It should take between 45 and 90 minutes for the dough to reach the top of the pan (depending on the air temperature).
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • When the dough has risen to the top of the loaf pan, bake it for 40 to 45 minutes. The loaf should rise a bit more while baking, and the top should be well-browned.
  • Cool on a wire rack before removing from the pan. This tastes best the day it's made. You can freeze any leftovers.

Nutrition Estimate

Calories: 150kcal
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Millet Flax Bread Recipe Price Breakdown

The ingredients for this recipe cost a total of $3.07, or $.26 per slice. This may sound a bit expensive to those who don’t eat gluten-free, but it isn’t. It is so liberating to be able to come up with an affordable, tasty loaf of gluten-free bread that I don’t have to order online. Try this millet flax bread for a great alternative to store-bought gluten-free bread.

Adapted from Food Refashionista.

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Comments

  1. Sue says

    I have millet flour that I need to use soon but have a quick question. What is the purpose of xantham gum? Thank you! Looking forward to your response.

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  2. Carol says

    Am looking for a millet flout recipe.this looks good, was wondering if there would be a difference between using brown rice but rather white rice for the flour? Don’t like using brown rice because of arsnic, it picks it up from the soil, organic or not. Thanks, Carol

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      • Carol says

        Made your millet-flax bread. It tastes great. Didn’t have either arrowroot or tapioca. Used a little less than called for if potatoe starch. It rose up nicely to the top and waited about 15 more minutes for it to rise more. Put it in the oven at 350 and checked it a little later and it had fallen instead of risen. My yeast could have been bad. If you have any suggestions…. thanks for a tasty millet-flax recipe. Carol

      • Annemarie says

        I don’t think your yeast was bad if it rose to the top before baking. I can’t say for sure what went wrong since you used a substitute ingredient, but I’m guessing you let it rise too much, or your dough was too moist. If you try it again, I suggest trying it with an extra 2 or 3 tablespoons of millet flour.

  5. Kim says

    5 stars
    I tried your recipe and liked it alot! My family did also. The only problem i had was the first loaf sunk when i took it out, the second time i didnt let it rise as much but when it was cooling it seemed to start sinkinking so i flipped it over and let it cool unsidedown in the pan,on the wirerack, any suggestion? Cause ill be making it again soon!

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    • Annemarie says

      I’m glad your family liked it! When bread sinks in the middle, I think it’s often due to too much moisture. So I would try adding a couple extra tablespoons of millet flour next time. The other possibility is that you let it rise too much, as you mentioned with the first loaf. Please let me know if you try it with a bit more flour.

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  6. Lynn Tapper says

    3 stars
    Looks like a great recipe – if you can eat yeast. What I like about Samis is it does not contain yeast (they use the cultured brown rice flour to replace yeast and I’ve not had success with that). Sami’s only uses baking soda in their millet breads. Still trying to find a great bread recipe without yeast.

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  8. Chris says

    5 stars
    I’m not much of a baker, but this looks so delicious and easy! Thanks so much for the recipe, will have to give it a go 🙂

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  9. Adriana says

    5 stars
    wow that bread looks amazing moist and with great color. I am not a baker but would love to make a sandwich or two with this loaf!

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  13. Laura Edgington says

    I love Sami’s Bakery, but we don’t live in Florida anymore and I have been too cheap to order it and have it shipped. I’ll have to try this. Thanks.

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  15. Noa @ 1000 crumbs says

    I made this the other day and it was really good!
    I also had the problem with the rising and then “collapsing” in the oven, but I will try your tip about the light in the oven and not let it rise too much.
    It was still really good, though.
    My husband and son both eat normal bread and they both preferred this GF one on the normal one.

    Thanks for a great recipe 🙂

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  17. Cortney says

    My family loves this bread! My only problem is getting it to rise! I follow recipe and check water temp…when covering with a towel I just use a tea towel I notice the towel gets cool quick am I supposed to keep rewetting it or use a big towel?

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    • Annemarie says

      Cortney, it rises better in a warm environment. Try putting it the oven with the light on during the rise time (but don’t turn the oven on). The light from the oven might warm things up enough to get a good rise.

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      • Cortney says

        Well I tried ur trick of using the oven light n it works like a charm but bread seems to fall a little more n more as it bakes can u tell me what I could b doin wrong? Sorry for all the trouble

      • Annemarie says

        I love your persistence! When bread caves in while it’s baking, it means you let it rise too much before you put it in the oven. So try the oven light trick again, but don’t let it rise quite as much. It’s never going to be perfect with gluten-free flour, but hopefully you’ll find the right rise point to keep it from caving in.

  18. Donna says

    This bread just came out of my oven. Love it! So easy to make. Just the right amount of honey/sweetness to this bread.

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  19. Cooking for my Quiver says

    This bread is amazing!!! I have searched and searched for a good gluten free bread recipe and I am now satisfied. My sister told me about Sami’s bread. I used to bake homemade gluten bread all the time so of course I went on a search for a recipe like Sami’s bread (though I never tried it her raves were worth the search). Feeding a family of 7 on a gluten free diet can be spendy not to mention bending over backwards to make up for the gluten recipes we once enjoyed. We also stay away from refined sugar. So, long story short…I doubled this recipe and it came out scrumptious. Everyone was pleased and my kids were jumping for joy. I made some modifications: I subbed some milk for some of the water. For the process I mixed xanthan gum with the oil to ensure even distribution of the xanthan gum. For mixing I followed King Arthur’s gluten-free bread making process and only did one rise (instead of two that they do for their bread). When the bread came out I buttered the top and covered it with a towel to keep in the moisture. When cooled I took it out of the pan and sliced it. WOW!!! AMAZING!!! Thank you SOOOOO much. Wish I could hug you!

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    • Annemarie says

      Thank you so much for this wonderful report! I’m very happy for you and your family. It can be difficult to find GF substitutions at first. There’s nothing like a fresh loaf of bread coming out of the oven. 🙂

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  21. Valerie says

    I am so grateful to you for this recipe! We loved Sami’s bread for our highly allergic little boys but it is very pricey (6.05 at local store) and they have started using potato flour which is an anaphylactic no-no for our 5 year old. Wondering if anyone has tried this recipe without the eggs? We can’t have those either. Will likely try “flax egg” first but thought I would see if anyone else has substituted with success. Thank you, again!

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    • Annemarie says

      I’m so glad you found the recipe, Valerie! That Sami’s bread is great, but the price is hard to swallow. I haven’t tried this without eggs, but flax eggs should be fine. You’ll want to add a little more yeast or a tsp. of baking powder though, because the egg does help the loaf to rise. Let me know how it turns out.

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