Vital What Gluten Bread

I have been missing sandwiches lately so I started looking up some recipes for low carb bread. Many of the ones i came across called for Vital Wheat Gluten (the protein portion of wheat) So I bought some and gave the following recipe a go. It turned out fabulous! Taste and texture is just like store bought!! If you are missing bread, definitely give this one a try.

Ingredients:

• 1 pkg dry active yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar *
• 1 & 1/8 cup warm water
• 3 Tablespoon Olive oil
• 1 & 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 Tablespoon Splenda
• 1 cup Vital Wheat Gluten
• 3.4 cup soy flour
• 1/4 oat flour
• 1/4 cup flax seed meal
• 1/4 cup un-processed wheat bran

Directions

Pour yeast into bottom of bowl. Add sugar and water. Stir, and let sit. (This is "proofing" your yeast to see if your yeast is alive. If it's not bubbling, it's dead and you can replace it without wasting all of the other ingredients

In the meantime, mix all other dry ingredients together in a bowl

After you mix and knead all of the ingredients together, put the dough in a clean bowl and set it into a warm, draft-free place for about 45 minutes to an hour (I turned my oven on for a minute to get it warm, then turned it completely off before setting the dough in to let it rise) The dough should double its original size.

Afterward, knead slightly (do not over-knead!!) Put it in a loaf pan, cover and set in warm draft free place for another 30 to 45 minutes. (I put it back in a slightly warmed oven)  At this point you could also cut the dough into 8 rolls and place on a cookie sheet to rise the second time if you prefer to make rolls instead of a loaf.

Then bake at 380 degrees until done. (35-45 minutes — depending on your oven, you may have to shorten or lengthen the time.)

* The yeast eats the sugar so the small amount of carbs are not present. 

Makes 16 slices. 3.4 carbs per slice, or 8 rolls at 6.8 carbs each