17 May The Best Gluten-Free Vegan Sourdough Recipe

Starting My Sourdough Diary Again

I am not going to lie, I felt devastated when I found out that I am gluten intolerance. People who know me know that I live on bread and not being able to consume bread really makes me sad. Fortunately, since I used to sell gluten-free sourdough bread a few years back, I guess it’s time to start making them for myself again.

I had a pretty good recipe I used for a long time while I owned that gluten-free bakery. However, there are always things that I would like to improve. But due to the lack of time and I am busy baking sourdough bread to fulfill the orders, I didn’t really pursue it.

Best Gluten-Free Bread Ever

Don’t be scared by the word “sourdough” and think it’s super complicated to make. Compared with normal gluten-full sourdough bread (check my recipes such as Sourdough Vegan Milk Bread, Seeded Spelt & Kamut Sourdough), gluten-free sourdough is a breeze to bake.

The most complicated part for gluten-free baking, I would say, is that you have to purchase different varieties of flour. Unlike gluten-full baking, which you only need bread flour, or whole grain flour for healthier options; For gluten-free bread, you need to mix 5 or 6 kinds of flour. Mixing different gluten-free flour gives the sourdough a more bread-like texture.

No More Store Bought Gluten-Free Bread

For people who are new to gluten-free world, they tend to purchase store-bought gluten-free bread, only to be disappointed by the crumbly, dry or rubbery texture of the bread. Some might even considered not trying any gluten-free bread anymore as they think all other gluten-free bread will be of same quality.

One beautiful thing about gluten-free sourdough bread is that it uses mostly unprocessed whole food ingredients and gum-free! My flour mix contains rice, buckwheat, sorghum, millet and tapioca starch flour. Moreover, sourdough is naturally leavened so it’s much better for your digestion.

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Close To The Real Deal

If you can’t consume gluten for any reason, and you are missing bread, then you should definitely try this recipe. This recipe makes the softest, fluffiest and the most moist gluten-free vegan bread ever! I have tested it for over a month and I am so glad to finally share this recipe with you!

For simplicity reason, I didn’t show you the recipe for the sourdough starter. But there are a lot of recipes online that you can follow to make your own gluten-free sourdough starter. Here is one from Vanilla & Bean that I recommend.

Serving Suggestions

You can either shape the dough into a boule, batard or simply put them into a bread loaf depending on how you want to serve them. I love to spread some nut butter, jam, avocado on them for a quick snack. Or if you are fancy of making some comfort food, grilled cheese or French toast will be amazing. This bread literally goes well with everything!