Bob's Red Mill

I've noticed Dove's Farm Bread flours are not as easily available as they used to be. Waitrose seems to have replaced it with an American company called Bob's Red Mill, who seem to do a range of wheat free flour mixes. I've been putting off trying them because they have a much longer list of ingredients (potentially more to be sensitive to), but tonight, having got home late after a training course to see my dear husband (who had taken the day off to look after the kids so I could do my course) had used all the bread in the house. Couldn't face making a loaf that required effort, so thought I'd give Bob's 'Homemade Wonderful Bread Mix' a try, has been lurking in the back of the cupboard for a while. 

Ingredients on pack contain soya lecithin (should be tolerated in most cases), but baking instructions use milk and egg, so trying it with the following adaptations:

Not a great start as the enclosed yeast sachet didn't foam up. Tipped it out and started again with different yeast. Had to leave it to rise for much longer than suggested (could have done with a bit longer, but it was getting late). Beginning to smell good and seems to be rising very well in the oven, look forward to seeing if it sinks back down when removed from the oven.

1 x 450g Bob's Red Mill Bread Mix

2tsp Dried yeast (or sachet from pack)

560mls warm water/milk substitute (hand hot) - I used 1/2 water and 1/2 oat milk

60mls olive oil

5mls vinegar

Add yeast to warm water/milk substitute and leave for 5-10 minutes to froth up.

Tip flour mix into a bowl.

Add all other ingredients and beat with a whisk until well combined.

Pour into a well greased loaf tin and smooth top with the back of a wet spoon.

Cover with oiled cling film and leave in a warm place to rise for 45 minutes (or until doubled in size).

Bake (in a pre-heated oven) at 190ºC for 60-65 minutes. Cover top with foil to prevent over browning if necessary).

Turn out and tap bottom to check cooked (should sound hollow).

Allow to cool completely before slicing.

1st March Update


I didn't expect to like this, but was sort of surprised. I don't like the fact it has added salt, but  it didn't taste overly salty. Much lighter than the my homemade version and had a nice crust, but dry inside and a very expensive mix.  Mini monster and husband both ate it for breakfast, but it got mixed response at work. I probably would buy it again though.