Not exact matches
I suspect you can use it for the mixing / kneading /
dough prep part (though you'll still need to proof the yeast outside the machine because it's active dry and not instant or
bread machine yeast, which does not need pre-proofing, hm, yes, I believe this is
why I never use
bread machines: by the time you've done all that, you could have had two
doughs made and kneaded!).
When gluten - free
dough is beaten and pounded and over-kneaded, it actually falls, which would be
why your
bread didn't rise at all.
The first few times I baked homemade
bread, I'd peek every so often at the
dough under the kitchen towel, wondering
why it still hadn't risen.
Halfway through the recipe, I realized
why my gym - averse mother always had such chiseled arms: Kneading cooked wheat berries into 100 % whole - wheat
bread dough is not for the weak of bicep.
It contains a mixture of proteins (more than 100) that gives
dough made with gluten - containing grains its elastic texture, which is
why it is so valuable in foods such as
bread and pasta.
The
dough seemed wetter than it should have been, which might be
why mine looks more like soda
bread than your beautiful boule.
-- Traditional ways of preparing those foods need to be observed and re-learned — there is great wisdom and knowledge there — soaking, sprouting, fermenting reduce phytic acid to a tolerable level and increase the phytase content (enzyme which «breaks down» phytic acid)-- that's
why sour
dough bread is health wise far superior to yeast leavened
bread!