Why does my Gluten Free Bread have a Gummy Texture?

By Christine

Gummy, undercooked, doughy – all words used to describe the same thing – gluten free bread that has this very unappealing look and taste.

Gumminess is an issue that makes gluten free breads almost impossible to eat.

It can happen to any bread - rolls, muffins, loafs, scones, even pancakes.  It’s that terrible gummy texture that you don’t notice till you go to take a bite or tear into that roll.

Problem: Gluten Free Bread that has a gummy texture

Why does it happen?

A lot of times it happens because the blend of flours to starches is out of balance.

The Solution

The solution to a wonderfully textured, non-gummy bread or gluten free baked good starts with the recipe and then ends with the final product and the cooling process.

So starting with the recipe…

The starch to flour ratio the recipe calls for can lead to gummy results.

If the recipe you are following is more than 50% starches, you are going to have a very gummy loaf of bread.

Think of it this way, the total flour / starch combination in your recipe is 100%. There should be no more than 20% - 25% of each type of starch in a recipe.

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