Gluten-Free Sandwich Buns
- 2 cups brown rice flour (stone ground)
- 2 cups tapioca flour (or potato starch)
- 4 teaspoons xanthan gum
- 1/4 cup sugar (white)
- 2 tablespoons instant yeast (or bread machine yeast)
- 2 teaspoons salt (fine table, or kosher)
- 3 eggs (or equivalent substitute)
- 1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk (about 100 F) or 1 1/2 cups soy milk (about 100 F)
- 1/2 cup lukewarm water (mix 1/4 c hot tap water with 1/4 c cold tap water to get lukewarm about 100 F temperature)
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
- Topping
- 1 egg white, beaten (or equivalent substitute)
- 2 teaspoons poppy seeds or 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
- Measure flours into a 16 cup bowl, whisk to combine well.
- Whisk in xanthan gum, sugar, yeast & salt.
- Lightly beat eggs in a separate bowl, add milk, water, oil & vinegar to the eggs. Whisk to combine.
- Add wet ingredients to flour mixture, and whisk until a smooth, very loose, batter-like dough forms.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap (or a shower cap) & let rise at room temperature for 2 hours or until the dough has nearly risen to the top of the bowl & has a thick, mashed potato-like appearance.
- Use immediately, or refrigerate for up to 3 days before baking.
- Divide dough between 12 greased 4" mini pie pans, cover with a teatowel & let rest at room temp for 40 minutes.
- For artisan baking, preheat oven to 350u0b0. Heat baking stone on middle rack & broiler pan on lower rack for about 30 minutes while preheating oven.
- Brush tops of buns with egg white & sprinkle with seeds.
- Pour 2 cups hot water into broiler pan. Place 6 mini pie pans on hot baking stone (you will bake in 2 batches).
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, instant read thermometer shuodl resister at least 190u0b0 F or 90u0b0C.
- Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pans & let cool on rack.
brown rice, tapioca flour, xanthan gum, sugar, yeast, salt, eggs, milk, water, vegetable oil, cider vinegar, topping, egg, poppy seeds
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/gluten-free-sandwich-buns-446607 (may not work)