gluten free breads

Dfracassa
Dfracassa Posts: 318 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
My husband and I like to eat gluten-free options whenever we can, without sacrificing taste. We are looking for a tasty, easy to find, reasonably priced gluten-free burger bun, and haven't had much luck. Neither of us is particularly great at baking, and I don't really want to waste a lot of time and ingredients with trial and error, at least as far as bread goes. Suggestions? We live in southeast Michigan, about a mile from Detroit.

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  • Dfracassa
    Dfracassa Posts: 318 Member
    bippity boppity bump
  • ActuarialChef
    ActuarialChef Posts: 1,413 Member
    Have you tried Schar? They make a lot of gluten free items and most are tasty (for being GF, haha). I personally find them at my Wegmans store (they're located in the frozen section), but they're also at our Giant Food and Safeway stores.

    Wegmans search results (I shortened the URL with goo.gl: http://goo.gl/SpLkPL
    Schar website: www.schar.com --- they have a location finder there

    Good luck!!
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    Kinnikinnick has THE best GF breads, I find.

    http://consumer.kinnikinnick.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/consumer.home.html
  • Dfracassa
    Dfracassa Posts: 318 Member
    Thanks! I have tried Schar, actually -- Meijer sells it, and I think the French baguettes are perfect. But the sandwich bread and burger buns are so weak in comparison. Actually, the sandwich bread wasn't bad once it was toasted. Maybe that's the secret?
  • Dfracassa
    Dfracassa Posts: 318 Member
    Thank you! I just checked out the store finder and it looks like the Meijer by my work carries some products. I'll have to take a look! It seems like the GF section at any grocery store (any convenient one, at least) is so pathetic. But hopefully they'll grow!
  • ActuarialChef
    ActuarialChef Posts: 1,413 Member
    Thanks! I have tried Schar, actually -- Meijer sells it, and I think the French baguettes are perfect. But the sandwich bread and burger buns are so weak in comparison. Actually, the sandwich bread wasn't bad once it was toasted. Maybe that's the secret?

    I think toasting is the way to go. I don't eat GF products regularly, but I buy them for my MIL (she has celiac disease) and have them on hand for when she comes over to eat, and she will only eat them toasted.
  • pepgab
    pepgab Posts: 80 Member
    Have you tried any of the Udi's products. Their bread is probably my favorite. I know I should like the whole grain bred but Udi's white bread is pretty good. I can eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich which I hard to being gluten free because of Celiac.
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    Thanks! I have tried Schar, actually -- Meijer sells it, and I think the French baguettes are perfect. But the sandwich bread and burger buns are so weak in comparison. Actually, the sandwich bread wasn't bad once it was toasted. Maybe that's the secret?

    I think toasting is the way to go. I don't eat GF products regularly, but I buy them for my MIL (she has celiac disease) and have them on hand for when she comes over to eat, and she will only eat them toasted.
    Yes, the best way to eat GF bread is toasted.

    I also find tapioca or rice breads to be a lot more dry/crumbly. Instead, when they mix various GF flours it comes out with a better, more moist product.
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    Have you tried any of the Udi's products. Their bread is probably my favorite. I know I should like the whole grain bred but Udi's white bread is pretty good. I can eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich which I hard to being gluten free because of Celiac.

    Their bread is also good, and easy to find everywhere.

    Though I find it has lots of more ingredients on the list than Kinnickinnic.
  • Flips37
    Flips37 Posts: 81 Member
    Resurrecting an old thread to ask a follow-up question. I'd like to make some traditional bread-based stuffing this Thanksgiving, but my mom has Celiac disease. Any suggestions for brands of GF bread that might hold up to a recipe for stuffing?
  • CorlissaEats
    CorlissaEats Posts: 493 Member
    Try a gluten-free cornbread stuffing recipe? Honestly, I have yet to have any luck with Gluten-free traditional stuffing. It absorbs moisture like crazy so it always ends up being mush. Even when I toasted the cubes into dry croutons, it turned to mush. I have seen gf stuffing mixes in stores but haven't been willing to spend the $8-9 to try them when I might end up throwing it all out...
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    Our all-around favorite is Udi's - they make a whole grain and a white sandwich bread, available at trader joe's in Ann Arbor for more-or-less cheap.

    Meijer carries a GF tortilla that's pretty good, too, usually on the ankle-high rack in front of the deli counter. I forget the brand, something like "Talafayan" maybe?
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    You can buy various GF stuffing mixes on Amazon. Glutino is a good brand although I have not had the stuffing.
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    I agree with the Kinnikinnick recommendation, it is the only GF bread product I buy (and for me, GF is not a choice, but a necessity)
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    Kinnikinnick and Udi's are both good brands to check out for sure, not just for breads either. I do think Kinnikinnick might have better bread though, I have only really liked Udi's cinnamon bagel and their other desserts so far.
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