Cocoa Bread

Ingredients:

- 3/4 cup eggs (about 4 large eggs)

- 3/4 cup milk alternative (soy, rice, potato...)

- 1 tsp vinegar (I use lemon juice instead)

- 1/4 cup CF margarine or oil (palm oil or light olive oil)

- 1 1/2 cups white rice flour

- 1/2 brown rice flour

- 1/2 cup tapioca starch

- 1/2 cup corn starch (or arrowroot)

- 1 tsp salt

- 1/4 cup sugar, honey, or sugar alternative

- 3 Tsp cocoa powder

- 1Tsp Xanthan gum

- 2 1/2 tsp GF baker's yeast

You can add nuts of any kind (almonds are nice in this recipe) and/or replace the sugar with cherry preserve.

(I also sometimes replace some of the white rice flour with rice bran for added protein and fiber.)

Directions:

Mix the liquid ingredients first and add the dry ones, finishing with the yeast. 

Leave in a baking pan under a clean towel in a warm spot away from drafts till it has almost doubled in size. 

Bake for 60-70 minutes in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F.

I personally use this recipe in a bread machine. Just add the ingredients in the order listed by the manufacturer and bake on a regular cycle (preferably a GF cycle)

Or you can use the quick method  : Just add to the ingredients 1 tsp of baking soda and 1 Tsp of baking powder, just mix everything together and put directly in the preheated oven.