Making gluten free artisan bread is not only possible, it’s downright easy! You don’t even need a bread pan — just a baking sheet and parchment, plus the right ingredients, of course — and you’ll be baking crusty bread like a true artisan!
You don’t want to use heavy, gritty gluten free flours if you want your loaf to be light and airy like this one, so follow along and you’ll be serving beautiful, impressive, crusty gluten free artisan breads in no time!
You know me — I’m always here for you with options! This recipe is no exception.
I give two options, use my award-winning super easy gfJules Bread Mix or my from-scratch recipe. And within that from-scratch recipe, there are two major options for baking without a pan for a true gluten free artisan bread look or partially baking in a round or springform pan for a more rounded loaf that even works well as a bread boule for soup!
Which will you choose?
Especially if using bubbly water or gingerale or even gluten free beer(!) as the liquid in this recipe, your dough will need some help holding together until mid-bake (*unless using my gfJules Gluten Free Bread Mix — see recipe cards).
I prefer yogurt (I use vegan yogurt) for this recipe if baking from scratch and without a pan for the best, roundest shape, and using a bowl or proofing basket is always a handy way to help it rise in a rounder shape. How beautiful is this risen bread in a banneton?
Use a proofing basket like this one, a parchment-lined springform pan, or even a glass (oven-safe) bowl lined with oiled parchment, the dough can rest for as little as 30 minutes to overnight (covered) in the refrigerator while rising in the style of sourdough, if you like.
If using a thinner liquid in the recipe — like sparkling water or club soda — you may choose to leave it in the pan or bowl (not the basket) for half the bake time, then gently pull up on the parchment to remove it from the pan and place it (with parchment) onto a baking sheet and return to the oven.
If using yogurt and a proofing basket, remove it before baking and it will keep a lovely round shape but not rise quite as high.
Every time you bake this gluten free artisan bread, it will take its own shape. It’s part of the beauty of this bread. No two breads will ever look alike, nor should they. Like snowflakes, they’re each unique and beautiful.
Here’s a picture of one reader’s lovely loaf. See, you can do it, too!
I can’t stop taking pictures of these loaves because every time they’re show-stoppers.
Check out the video below to watch me make gluten free artisan bread in a springform pan in case you don’t have any of these other options … so you know just how easy it is!
NOTE: my gfJules Gluten Free Bread Mix is now UPDATED and stays soft and fresh even longer! It also doesn’t require a springform pan for rising in this recipe, although I love the look of it after rising in a banneton proofing basket!
Here’s a look at it sliced. This bread, as baked is vegan (egg-free), but feel free to add an egg or two if you prefer a more open cell structure.
Gluten Free Artisan Bread Recipe made with gfJules Bread Mix
Gluten Free Artisan Bread Recipe made with gfJules Bread Mix
Gluten free artisan bread like you dream about! You don't even need a pan! With gfJules UPDATED gluten free bread mix, you have everything you need for success!
Ingredients
PLUS
- 4 1/2 Tbs. sugar (56 grams) or monkfruit sweetener or Swerve or maple sugar
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups warm water
- (no eggs required, but if you prefer a more open cell structure, add 1-2 eggs)
Instructions
- In the large mixing bowl of a stand mixer or just a mixing bowl, stir together the oil and water. Gradually add the gfJules Gluten Free Bread Mix and sugar in with the wet by pouring slowly into the wet bowl while mixing with the paddle attachment. Once incorporated, add the yeast granules, and beat well – 2-3 more minutes.
- Dust a pastry mat or clean counter with more gfJules Flour and transfer the dough onto the surface, rolling gently in the flour to cover all sides. Knead to form a smooth ball.
- Transfer to a proofing basket (as pictured), bowl or oiled parchment-lined glass bowl.
- Cover loosely with a warm, damp tea towel or piece of oiled parchment paper and place in a warm spot to rise for 30 minutes - 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 475º F (static) or 450º F (convection).
- Gently transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet (flip so that the bottom of the proofing basket is the top of the bread). Remove proofing basket or bowl and dust with more gfJules Flour.
- Wet a large serrated knife or use dough lame and cut into the bread in 2 or 3 lines rocking the knife back and forth to open the cuts slightly wider or use a lame to cut into the bread in a decorative pattern. This will give the bread natural rifts to rise from, and make it even prettier once baked.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes on the lower rack, testing with an instant read thermometer to ensure it's fully baked before removing from the oven. The thermometer should have reached 205º F.
- Remove to cool on a wire rack (at least 20 min) before slicing or the bread may get rubbery when pushed down upon while slicing.
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Gluten Free Artisan Bread Recipe from Scratch with gfJules Flour
Gluten Free Artisan Bread Recipe
Beautiful homemade gluten free bread baked without the formality of a pan. It's gluten free artisan bread that will impress anyone every time!
Ingredients
- 3 cups (405 grams) gfJules® Gluten Free All Purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup flax seed meal (or gfJules Gluten Free Multigrain Baking Flour)
- 1/4 cup dry milk powder, dairy or non-dairy (e.g. Coconut Milk Powder) - preferred - OR almond meal (in a pinch)
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
PLUS:
- 2 Tbs. honey, agave nectar or coconut palm nectar
- 1 1/4 cup room temperature liquid: EITHER plain yogurt* OR milk (not skim) OR sparkling water OR ginger ale OR gluten free beer (bubbly liquids make the bread rise higher and lighter but will need support from a bowl to rise and partially bake - see intro before recipe card)
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 large eggs (OR 2 Tbs. flax seed meal steeped for 10 minutes in 6 Tbs. hot water)
- 2 1/4 tsp. (one packet) rapid rise or bread machine yeast, gluten-free (Red Star Quick Rise®)
toppings (optional):
- flaxseeds or sesame seeds
- coarse sea salt
- egg mixed with 1 Tbs. water to brush onto crust for darker color (optional)
- oil to brush on top
Instructions
- Whisk these dry ingredients together in a large bowl: flours, milk powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In the large mixing bowl of a stand mixer or just a mixing bowl, stir together the wet ingredients (honey, yogurt, apple cider vinegar, oil, and egg or flax seed and water mixture). Gradually add the dry ingredients in with the wet by pouring slowly into the wet bowl while mixing with the paddle attachment. Once incorporated, add the yeast granules, and beat well – 2-3 more minutes.
If baking with yogurt:
- The dough will be very thick (much more like regular wheat flour bread dough than you may be used to with gluten free); however, if the dough seems too thick or dry, gradually mix in milk, one tablespoon at a time, until the dough is still thick, but able to be smoothed with a spatula.
- Liberally dust a pastry mat or clean counter with more gfJules Flour and transfer the dough onto the surface, rolling gently in the flour to cover all sides. Knead slightly, if necessary, to form a smoother ball.
- Transfer to a proofing basket, bowl or oiled parchment-lined glass bowl.
- Cover loosely with a piece of oiled parchment paper and place in a warm spot to rise for 30 minutes - 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350º F (static) or 325º F (convection).
- Gently transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Brush with egg wash or oil, then lightly dust the top with more gfJules Flour.
- Wet a large serrated knife and press into the bread in 2 or 3 lines 1/2 inch deep, rocking the knife back and forth to open the cuts slightly wider or use a lame to cut into the bread in a decorative pattern. This will give the bread natural rifts to rise from, and make it even prettier once baked.
- Spritz with water once risen, if you prefer an even crunchier crust.
- Place an oven-safe bowl or pan on the bottom shelf of your oven and fill with ice cubes. The steam from melting ice cubes will help your bread get even crustier!
- Bake for 30-40 minutes, testing with an instant read thermometer to ensure it's fully baked before removing from the oven. The thermometer should have reached 200º F.
- Remove to fully cool on a wire rack.
If baking with another liquid:
- The dough will be more batter-like, so it still needs some support while rising and baking. Choose an oven-safe deep, round pan or bowl, pyrex, or even a springform pan. Line with oiled parchment and transfer the dough to the pan, smoothing the top with a wet spatula and mounding it more in the middle of the pan rather than flattening it out.
- Cover loosely with a piece of oiled parchment paper and place in a warm spot to rise for 30 minutes - 1 hour.
- Brush with egg wash or oil, then lightly dust the top with more gfJules Flour.
- Wet a large serrated knife and press into the bread in 2 or 3 lines 1/2 inch deep, rocking the knife back and forth to open the cuts slightly wider or use a lame to cut into the bread in a decorative pattern. This will give the bread natural rifts to rise from, and make it even prettier once baked.
- Spritz with water once risen, if you prefer an even crunchier crust.
- Preheat oven to 350º F (static) or 325º F (convection).
- Place an oven-safe bowl or pan on the bottom shelf of your oven and fill with ice cubes. The steam from melting ice cubes will help your bread get even crustier!
- Bake for approximately 15 minutes, then lift up on parchment and remove the bread from the pan. Lay parchment with bread on top of a flat baking sheet. Otherwise, leave dough inside the pan for support.
- Bake for 20-25 more minutes, testing with an instant read thermometer to ensure it's fully baked before removing from the oven
- Depending on the size of the pan used, and therefore the height of the loaf, it may need to cook longer to be fully done. The thermometer should have reached at least 200º F.
- Remove to full cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
Notes
*All yogurts have different thicknesses/viscosities. If the yogurt you're using (like Greek Yogurt) is particularly thick, you will want to add additional liquid like milk to the dough so that the dough is not so thick that it is dry or tight and will not rise. There should still be give to the dough and it should not be dry.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 10 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 235Total Fat 14gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 9gCholesterol 57mgSodium 564mgCarbohydrates 21gFiber 2gSugar 13gProtein 6g
Please keep in mind that nutrition information provided is per serving, which may vary. While we have taken care to provide you with the most accurate nutritional values possible, please note that this information will differ depending on the exact ingredients and brands that you choose to use to make this recipe.
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I can’t wait to try this recipe. I have a mild food sensitivity to gluten and many other additives. I tried a popular GF bread mix and was very disappointed. The bread seemed to dissolve before I finished chewing, and when I tried to toast it fell apart easily. I live at high altitude so might have been part of the problem, but I don’t plan to use that brand again. Will try yours. Thank you.
I can’t wait to hear what you think, Sandra! I think you’re going to be excited to have REAL bread again! 🙂 Check my High Altitude Baking Tips when you have a chance, too. They may help with other aspects of your GF baking.
~jules
Is this recipe good for diabetes?
Can I add fresh garlic and rosemary while mixing?
We love the bread at Macaroni Grill and I’d like to be able to ‘duplicate/GF’ as much as possible for our daughter-in-law.
Oh yes, Linn, I think that would be wonderful!
~jules
Hi there,
New to your page but loving it so far. 🙂
I have a quick question, if I were to add some grains to this recipe, which ones would you recommend? Or even if I wanted to make a brown bread, what would you recommend?
And are there any alternatives to yeast (such as bi-carb?) that would work well? Yeast (even gf) doesn’t sit too well on my tummy.
Thanks a bunch!
Hi – check out this article on gluten free grains. At the end I give some suggested grains to use if you want to substitute in place of my flour blend. I would suggest substituting only 1/2 cup of my flour with one of the whole grains in the article so that it won’t throw the proportions off. For really brown bread, you’d want to look to darker grains like quinoa, teff or even unblanched almond; for flavor but not necessarily dark color, look to buckwheat, millet, or sorghum. To make it without yeast, follow the ingredients in this recipe to substitute for yeast, but follow the directions for the artisan bread if you’d still like it to be baked without a pan.
Happy baking!
~jules
In the photo, it looks like you have sesame and poppy seeds on the top of the bread. When do you add them and how? Thank you!
Hi Kathy, I love to sprinkle on seeds and sea salt on my breads. As soon as I’ve shaped the bread, I sprinkle them on. If you’re brushing on milk or oil or spritzing a bread with water, do that first and then the seeds will stick better. Happy baking!
~jules
I’ve read on many other GF sites that an egg wash is required with GF breads. That the dough needs to be “sealed” with the egg wash. Obviously, yours doesn’t require this, so wondering what the difference is in yours and others.
Hi Ruthie, I suppose on some breads the egg wash could be used as you say to ‘seal’ the bread, but mostly it’s used to give crispiness and shine to a crust, as well as to help gluten-free bread crusts to brown. When I want a browner crust or am baking something like my Cuban Bread or Baguettes, I usually do use an egg wash.
~jules
Thank you, Jules! I appreciate your response.
Absolutely, Ruthie! I hope it helps!
~jules
Hi Jules….thought I’d let you know I baked the bread last week, did not put an egg wash on and it turned out great!! I don’t think it really needs a crunchier crust. And I must say that this GF recipe behaved the most like “real” bread dough that I’ve tried.
Hi Ruthie, I’m so glad!!!! Thanks so very much for coming back to let me know how it turned out for you! So glad you loved it and that it behaved! 😉
~jules
Hi Jules,
My family likes the taste as close to white bread as possible. Which of the additional 1/4 cup of flour would you recommend to get closer to that – GF buckwheat, sorghum, millet or brown rice flour?
Hi Taryn, personally I like millet as a milder flour flavor. I also like buckwheat but I hear from some others that they notice that taste. Sorghum can have more of a flavor; brown rice flour is pretty mild, but can make the bread a bit drier. I hope that helps!!!
~jules
Flax seeds tear me up inside. Anything I can use to substitute?
Hi Lissa, are you ok with chia seeds? I assume you’re asking about the ingredient line for flaxseed meal and water as an egg replacer? Where I include it as an ingredient, I list several other choices as options: GF buckwheat; millet; sorghum or brown rice flour.
Hope that helps!
~jules
Jules,
After a year of you recommending the T-Fal bread machine and me using it CONSTANTLY , I can’t thank you enough for the tip about this great, inexpensive machine. Whether I use a mix or an artisan bread recipe (from scratch) , it’s always a success.
So, again, thanks!
Oh Yvonne, that’s wonderful to hear! I’m thrilled that you have delicious GF bread in your life now!!!!!
~jules
Hi Jules
Can i make all of your recipes with a bread maker? If yes, do have to change or substitute the recipes in anyway? I have to get some your flours. I just purchased super fine brown rice and white rice flours. Once i finish them i will try your flours. I have had so many unsuccessful breads. 5 to be exact i think it is my kitchen scale. I ordered another scale.this has been what a journey. I am going to try your bread recipe next Gluten Free Artisan Bread Recipe. I have high hopes. Rita
I’m so glad you haven’t given up hope, Rita! Great GF bread is TRULY possible! I do hope you get to try my flour and recipes (they’ll be much better than baking with rice flour), but may I suggest that the first thing you do is try a bread mix? It takes all the guess work (and scales!) out of it and will give you great bread with little effort … which I daresay at this point, you deserve!!!! 🙂 You can use it in this artisan bread recipe or in a bread maker or to make focaccia. So fun! And yes, you can make any of my breads in a bread maker, but shaped breads (challah, bread sticks, etc) need to be baked in an oven. Here are more bread maker tips! Save your rice flours and use them in my graham cracker recipe! It’s s’mores season, you know!
🙂
~jules
This looks so awesome, I cannot wait to try it!
I can’t wait to hear how you like it, Amanda!
~jules
Hi. I’m very curious why this recipe calls for honey. I’ve also noticed on the ingredient lists for most gf breads there is cane sugar or something like this. Bread recipes (gluten-full) that I’m aware of don’t call for sweetness of any kind. Why do gluten-free breads do this? I would much prefer not to do this. Does it change the outcome at all if I leave out the honey?
Hi Kim, most GF bread recipes you see that call for sugar are masking the off-flavor of certain gluten-free flours with added sugar. My flour doesn’t have any such funkiness (luckily!), so there’s no sweetener added to it for that purpose. The meager 2 Tbs. of honey is added as a humectant, helping the bread stay moist and fresh for longer. If you ever see one of my breads with a dash of sugar, it would be to help activate the yeast only, not as a sweetener. I offer lots of options for liquids to add; if you don’t want sweet, don’t use the gingerale. Use club soda or another tasteless liquid or if you like GF beer, try one of those. I hope this information helps!
~jules
SO helpful! Thank you!! Very very excited to try this recipe. 😀
Wonderful, Kim! I can’t wait to hear how you like it!
~jules
I’ve been baking homemade bread for 40 years. EVERY recipe I’ve ever seen calls for a small amount of a sweetener of some description, honey, sugar, brown sugar, agave, etc. NOT artificial sweeteners though. This is to boost the food supply for the yeast, which primarily relies on the flour for “fuel”. The sugar speeds it up some.
I’ve most often used honey both for the flavor, slight though it is, and, as Jules says, helps it stay moist.
Trying to relearn my bread making techniques to fit GF needs is a challenge, but the relationship between yeast and sweet would remain.
Jules, thank your for these artisanal versions. I hope it can bring back the crunchy crust I so love in home made bread.
This is THE BEST GF BREAD RECIPE bar none. It’s got wonderful texture and flavor, and is very straightforward to make. We like to use yogurt in the recipe, but have successfully used a combination of yogurt and Asti Spumanti in a pinch! We also like to add Bragg’s Organic Sprinkles to the mixture to make an herb bread. It’s fantastic. Thank you, Jules.
Hi,
Any adjustments to do it in a bread maker?
BTW, THANKS for the review on the T-Fal Actibread. I got it for $73 on Amazon and it’s great!!!
That’s great, Yvonne! For bread machine directions, hop to this recipe!
~jules
Hi Jules!
I’m new to the whole gluten free thing, I purchased a Cuisinart bread maker with GF settings and have your all purpose gluten free bread mix, do I need to add all this other stuff to the mix and liquids in the machine? No directions came in my bread packages from GF Jules.com order. Just want to make it right. Thanks for your help.
MSeverance
Hi Michele, sounds like you’re well on your way to bread baking bliss! You’ve got an excellent bread maker and the best GF bread mix, but I’m so sorry there was’t an instruction sheet in your bread mix box! You can view the directions on the product page below the video, and the bread machine directions are laid out in the “Bread Machine” section of my Sandwich Bread Recipe. It’s super easy! Just add the liquid ingredients listed in the directions to the bread pan first, then the bread mix, then the yeast packet and press “start” on the gluten free setting for that machine! Please email me at [email protected] if you have any questions! I can’t wait to hear how it goes!
~jules
Yum just made this bread and it is so good!! Hardest part is waiting for it to cool!
Wish i could post a picture…
That’s wonderful, Rachelle! So glad you tried the recipe! You can always post on social media and make us drool …! 🙂
~jules
jules can this artisan be made in a bread machine? or at least to rise?
Also i wanted to make an olive bread for my in-laws that are here from Italy, how much do you recommend? thank you
Hi aeveriesmommy – this recipe can absolutely be made in the bread machine. Read here for all the directions (scroll to the bottom through the other options). I’ll have to read up on how much olive to add and get back to you. That’s a new one on me! Sounds totally yummy, though!
~jules
Love your recipes. Don’t bake as much now that the ‘grands” have moved to another state. (. But I do appreciate your recipes. I am searching for an awesome french baguette recipe. I am thinking that gluten free breads don’t rise twice. Is that true?
I used to make baguettes and gift them at Christmas time. That was before I knew I was a celiac. Lots of things have changed…
Hi Marti,
Here’s my baguette recipe. It’s really yummy, but I’ll be honest, I’ve been experimenting a ton lately trying to devise a recipe that’s even easier (not that this one is hard!). Hope you don’t give up on gf breads just yet! Keep on baking – you’ll get it right, taste lots of experimenting in the process and probably store up a lot of croutons and bread crumbs for other recipes in the process!!!
~jules
This bread sounds wonderful and I can’t wait to make it. I wasn’t able to get the nutrition information to show up. All that came up was the two words “Nutrition Information” but no actual numbers. Would love to have that since I have to watch my carbs and would need to know the counts for carbs, fiber etc. Thanks for another great recipe!!!
Hi Jujie – we’re still working out the kinks in my new site and we don’t have nutritionals available yet, but hopefully soon!
~jules