Gluten-Free Baking for Beginners: Your Simple Bake Quick-Start Guide
If you’re baking gluten-free for the first time, you’re not alone, and you don’t need special skills, a stand mixer, or years of sourdough experience to achieve proper, bakery-style bread, cookies, or pizza bases in your own oven. This guide walks you through exactly what to do, step by step, whether you’re using a Simple Bake sourdough bread, cornbread, cookie, or pizza premix right now. What you’ll need before you start: • A large mixing bowl • Kitchen scales (weighing water is more accurate than using a jug) • A loaf tin, banneton, or baking tray, depending on the premix • A clean tea towel • An oven that reaches 250°C That’s it: no proving drawer, bread machine, or gluten-free baking badge required. Here are the 5 simple steps for our sourdough bread premixes. Most of our sourdough bread premixes (Amaranth, Buckwheat, Chickpea, Oat, Quinoa) follow the same easy rhythm: Just add water and oil, then wait a little while. 1. Wake up your starter. Pour the dried sourdough starter mix i...