KAF Gluten-Free Bread and Pizza Mix Review
For this experiment with gluten-free bread I used King Arthur Flour’s gluten-free bread and pizza mix. I made two loaves, two different ways. I’ll tell you which method worked best for me.
Last Updated February 2, 2025 – Originally Published November 21, 2016
This bread mix was tested with a Zojirushi machine at sea level. Learn more about the bread machines I own and recommend).My Zojirushi bread machine has a gluten-free setting. I thought it would be perfect for King Arthur Flour’s gluten-free bread and pizza mix. You can order the product from the King Arthur Flour site or from Amazon.
I checked the product description to make sure it could be used in a bread machine.
When I made the bread KAF had a special tips page for making the mix in a bread machine. (I don’t think this page exists any longer.) There were two methods for making the bread. Both of them involved the home made cycle of the bread machine, not the gluten-free cycle.
So, I decided to make two loaves of bread. In one I would follow their instructions. In the other, I’d use my bread machine’s gluten-free setting.
Loaf #1 – Using the Home Made Cycle
The box called for the addition of milk, eggs and oil. (I used olive oil.) I didn’t pay attention to the temperature of these ingredients as the bread machine has a preheat cycle to bring them up to the desired temperature.
I followed the instructions as per the KAF website:
- Add 1 teaspoon baking powder to the mix, in addition to the other ingredients called for.
- Program the following “home made” cycle: preheat 15 minutes, knead 30 minutes, rise 65 minutes, bake 70 minutes, dark crust setting.
The part about “dark crust setting” didn’t quite make sense. The dark crust setting basically tells the bread machine to cook for a longer time. That would have been covered by the baking time of 70 minutes. So I ignored that part.
Loaf #2 – Using the Zojirushi’s Gluten-Free Setting
The box called for the addition of milk, eggs and oil. (Again, I used olive oil.) I didn’t pay attention to the temperature of these ingredients as the bread machine has a preheat cycle to bring them up to the desired temperature.
I used the gluten-free setting with a medium crust setting.
The Results? Use the Gluten-Free Setting!
The loaf on the left was made with the gluten-free setting of the Zojirushi. The loaf on the right was made with the instructions from the King Arthur Flour website.
The loaves of bread tasted about the same, but the loaf made with the Zo’s gluten-free setting had a much better texture. Here’s the loaf I made using KAF’s instructions. See all the holes in the bread?
Here’s the loaf I made with the Zo’s gluten-free setting:
How was the taste? As I said, both loaves of bread tasted the same. It was moist, but it did taste different than traditional bread.
I’d also mention that with this bread you can forget about checking for the “ball of dough” after a few minutes of kneading. Gluten-free bread is a whole different animal. It looked more like cake batter during the first kneading cycle.
Again, you can order the product from the King Arthur Flour site or from Amazon.
King Arthur also makes a GF bread flour. It says on the back of the package that this flour can be used with any ‘regular’ recipe you may have. It claims you would just need to add an extra 2-3 tablespoons of liquid to the dough and it will come out the same. I am anxious to put this to the test but haven’t tried it yet. I would love to try this with your Hawaiian bread recipe,I miss that bread! I’d love it if it really worked as they claim. Again, this is the KAF GF ‘bread’ flour – not their all purpose or measure for measure blends.
I wondered that too. I emailed King Arthur and they say the GF bread flour won’t work in the bread machine. They say heir gluten free all purpose flour DOES work in the bread machine, but you need to have a recipe developed for their flour. You can’t just swap out regular bread flour and use their GF flour instead. 🙁
Hi – King Arthur also makes a gluten free ‘all purpose’ flour. Could that flour be used in your recipes in place of the bread flour using the gluten free setting? What do you think?
The King Arthur gluten-free flour can be used for yeast bread, but not my yeast bread recipes. You’d need to add xanthan gum to the recipes using that flour type.
Hello ,
I have tried to bake gluten free bread 6 times (from Keto bread machine cookbook)and they won’t rise anymore than 2.5 “. I purchased all new ingredients ,followed the machine order and the recipe order to the letter . I am using a Rosewill machine with gluten free setting . I tried both basic and gluten free with same results . Could the machine be at fault ?
Thank for your help
Steve in King ,NC
I’m so sorry the bread recipe isn’t working. I’d advise buying the KAF mix and see what that does. You’ve got photos of how it turned out for me. If it doesn’t turn out then that would leave a problem with the machine or maybe a problem with the water.
Hello,
Where did you find the recipe was it on the box or on the company website?
I used both the box and the company website. The box said to add milk, eggs and oil. The website had a few more instructions like adding baking powder and using the home made cycle.
The best gluten free receipe is the one that comes with the Zo machine that has a GF setting. I need to eat GF and look all the time for different recipes. The key is figuring out which flour combinations work the best.