One bite of this fluffy gluten free bread without yeast, and you will want more. This homemade yeast-free bread is so easy to make and makes the best sandwich bread. All you need are a few simple ingredients! There is also a tested vegan version!
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Many of my readers have asked if I could create a yeast-free, gluten-free bread recipe. Many with Celiac and gluten intolerance can also not eat recipes baked with yeast. I hate for people to go without foods they love, so I created this recipe.
This new bread recipe is based on my Gluten-Free Biscuit recipe. The biscuits are so big and fluffy that I knew if I could tweak this recipe, it would make excellent baked gluten free bread.
This bread turned out so fluffy that you would never know it was made without yeast. This gluten-free yeast-free bread recipe is the ultimate sandwich bread! My family devoured this new gluten-free, yeast-free bread in record time!
If you love to bake bread, I have some incredible gluten-free bread recipes for you to make. Gluten free baking has never been easier! Try my Gluten-Free Irish Soda Bread recipe if you want another no-yeast bread recipe.
UPDATE 7/30/25 – This recipe has over 180 comments. I went through each and every one and listed successful reader ingredient substitutions and flour blends below the Ingredient Notes section to help you know what swaps work in this bread recipe.
Ingredient Notes:
For the full list of ingredients and amounts, please go to the recipe card below.
- Gluten-Free Flour Blend – I tested this recipe with King Arthur Measure for Measure, Bob’s Red Mill 1:1, and Cup4Cup. All three blends worked well. You may need to adjust the moisture level by adding more flour or milk, depending on the blend you use. See the Reader-Tested Swaps below for more flour blends that work in this recipe.
- Baking Powder – It is important to use aluminum-free baking powder. Regular baking powder will leave a metallic taste.
- Butter – Use salted or unsalted butter. The butter must be cold. See the Reader-Tested Substitutions below for easy butter swaps.
- Eggs – Use large eggs. See the below Reader Tested Swaps for tested egg-free options.
- Milk – I used Oatly Simple Basic gluten-free oat milk. You can also use another plant-based milk or regular milk. See Reader-Tested Substitutions below for more tested swaps.
You can find the ingredients for this quick bread at any grocery store.
Reader-Tested Substitutions:
Quite a few readers have written to me via the comment section, email, and social media to tell me how this recipe has allowed them to eat bread again and which swaps they used that work. I am adding these to the post because I know these swaps will help so many more of my readers.
Flour Blends:
Namaste, Walmart Great Value, Freee Gluten-Free Bread Flour (Ireland), Pillsbury GF, and Cloud9 GF.
Egg Swaps:
Duck eggs, Flax Eggs (ratio is 1 T flax meal and 3 T water), and Applesauce.
Butter Swaps:
Avocado Oil, Sunflower Oil, Goat Butter, Earth Balance, and Miyoko’s.
NOTE: If you make this bread dairy-free, this bread does not get as golden on top. You can add an egg wash over the top to get a more golden color.
The easiest, efforless (can’t stress that enough), delicious GF bread. I just made it for the first time and felt like making it focaccia style (drowned it in olive oil and rosemary) and it worked!Thank you for the recipe, Fearless Dining!🙂”
Aleksandra B., Pinterest comment.
Step-By-Step Photos and Directions:
Step 1: Add the gluten free flour, baking powder, and salt into a large
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Step 2: Use a cheese grater to shred the cold butter into the dry ingredients.
Step 3: Add the cold milk or non-dairy milk to the bowl.
If you use a stand mixer, you will want to add the eggs and milk to the mixer bowl, then add the flour and cold butter shreds. Use a paddle attachment. Since this dough is wetter than other bread dough recipes, a dough hook doesn’t mix it as well.
Step 4: Mix the wet and dry ingredients into a dough with a large spoon.
Step 5: If you are lining the loaf pan with parchment paper, do this now. If you are not using parchment paper, spray the loaf pan with a gluten free baking spray. Add the dough and spread it out in the pan. The dough should be soft but thick, but not pourable.
👀 Sandi Says: If your bread dough is wetter, add more flour one tablespoon at a time until it looks like my dough photo above.
I like to wet my fingers to smooth the top of the bread out so it isn’t lumpy. Optional: Sprinkle the top of the bread with sesame seeds.
Step 6: Bake the bread at 350º F for 40 to 50 minutes. The actual baking time can vary depending on the size and depth of your loaf pan. The top of the bread will be golden brown. If the bread becomes too dark, cover the loaf with aluminum foil toward the end of baking.
Step 7: Remove the loaf from the oven. Insert a toothpick in the loaf. If the toothpick comes out clean, your bread is finished baking. If you see batter or crumbs, the bread will need to bake a little longer. Carefully remove the bread loaf from the loaf pan and place it on a cooling rack to cool.
Wait until the loaf is thoroughly cooled before you slice the bread. Use a serrated bread knife. This is a great recipe for gluten free sandwich bread.
Tips For Success
1. Use VERY cold butter. Trust me, it is worth it, and this bread recipe is even more amazing.
2. I lined my bread tin with parchment paper, but this is optional. For some reason, my cast-iron loaf pan leaves a little black on my bread. I didn’t want that on this loaf, so I lined the pan to prevent this. 3. I will say it makes lifting the bread out of the pan nice and easy!
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Frequently Asked Questions:
This recipe relies on aluminum-free baking powder to get its rise.
Yes, you read the quantity correctly. This is what gives the bread its rise without yeast.
If you notice an off flavor of metal, this means you did not use aluminum-free baking powder.
Store the bread in an airtight container. I recommend slicing and freezing the bread if you don’t use it all within two days. Gluten free baked goods tend to spoil quickly. I freeze my bread in a freezer bag with wax paper between each slice.
Thank you so much for this recipe! I used King Arthur Measure for Measure because it was what I had. It turned out great! I did have to cook 10 minutes longer that what you recommended. For those who can’t have yeast or added sugar, this is a great bread!”
Cheryl D., Blog comment
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- Use fresh or dried herbs in this Gluten Free Focaccia Bread recipe.
- We love how fluffy these Gluten Free Honey Dinner Rolls turn out. They also make great slider buns.
- This Gluten Free Hawaiian Bread can be made in your bread machine, or baked in the oven.
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If you made and enjoyed this recipe, I would be incredibly grateful if you could leave a comment below. Please include which flour blend you used. This will help others know this recipe is delicious. Thank you!
The Fluffiest Gluten Free Bread Recipe (No Yeast!)
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups gluten free flour blend * See notes
- 2 tablespoons baking powder Aluminum-free!!
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 5 tablespoons butter Salted or unsalted depending on your preference
- 1 ½ cup milk or non-dairy milk * See notes.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350º F. Set the oven rack to the middle setting.
- Add 2 ½ cups gluten free flour blend, 2 tablespoons baking powder, and 1 teaspoon salt to a large mixing bowl. Whisk to blend the dry ingredients.
- Use a cheese grater to shred the cold 5 tablespoons butter into the dry ingredients and then add 2 large eggs into the dry ingredients. You can also cut the cold butter into the flour mixture with a pastry blender.
- Add the 1 ½ cup milk or non-dairy milk to the bowl.
- Note: If you use a stand mixer, you will want to add the eggs and milk to the mixer bowl, then add the flour and cold butter shreds. Use a paddle attachment. Since this dough is wetter than other bread dough recipes, a dough hook doesn't mix it as well.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients into a dough with a large spoon.
- If you are lining the loaf pan with parchment paper, do this now. If you are not using parchment paper, spray the loaf pan with a gluten free baking spray. Add the dough and spread it out in the pan. (I used an 8.5 inch cast iron loaf pan.)
- I like to wet my fingers to smooth the top of the bread out so it isn't lumpy. Optional: sprinkle the top of the bread with sesame seeds.
- Bake the bread at 350º F for 30-35 minutes. The actual baking time can vary depending on the size and depth of your loaf pan. The top of the bread will be golden brown. If the bread gets too dark, you can put a piece of aluminum foil over the loaf towards the end of baking.
- Remove the loaf from the oven. Insert a toothpick in the loaf. If the toothpick comes out clean, your bread is finished baking. If you see batter or crumbs, the bread will need to bake a little longer. Carefully remove the bread loaf from the loaf pan and place it on a cooling rack to cool.
- Wait until the loaf is thoroughly cooled before you slice the bread. Use a serrated bread knife to cut the bread.
Notes
- I tested this recipe with Cup4Cup. Note: Cup4Cup recently changed its flour blend formulation, and it doesn’t behave as the old formulation. I haven’t had a chance to retest this recipe with the new flour blend formulation.
This bread recipe is based on my gluten-free biscuit recipe, and this flour worked the best in that recipe. You can also use other blends; I tested ten different flour blends in my biscuit recipe. - It is critical to use aluminum-free baking powder, or your bread will taste metallic.
- I used Oatly gluten free oat milk to make this recipe. Any milk or non-dairy milk will work.
- To make this bread dairy-free, use plant-based butter like Smart Balance.
- Store in an airtight container. If you don’t eat it in two days, slice and freeze the remaining bread. I store mine in a freezer-safe zipper bag.
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SPECIAL NOTE
Please know that every gluten free flour blend has a different starch to grain ratio. If you use a blend I didn’t test, my rule of thumb is to add more flour if your dough or batter is wet and add more liquid if the dough or batter is too dry!
Nutrition
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Nutritional information is an estimate provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the actual nutritional information with the products and brands you are using with your preferred nutritional calculator.
I truly hope you enjoy this recipe. I have been testing and creating gluten-free recipes for over 15 years. Creating gluten-free recipes that do not taste gluten-free is my goal for every recipe. Sometimes I only have to test a new recipe a couple of times, and others it takes multiple times. I do this so you get reliable, delicious results every time!
I made this today, OMG! That’s sensational . I had some forgotten (expired) coconut yogurt, so replaced milk with it. Baking powder had a blast with yogurt and bread came out unbelievably tall and fluffy, like cake))
So glad I found this recipe.
I love your experiment. I will have to try non-dairy yogurt in this recipe next time. Thank you so much, Irma!
Could you double the recipe and use a Dutch oven? I am excited to try this recipe.
Hi Stacy, I haven’t tried doubling this recipe. I did make it in a cast iron skillet with some modifications to make it into an Irish soda bread.
hello, can l use my bread machine? it has a gluten free button
thanks Jennifer
Hi Jennifer, I have not tested this recipe in a bread machine. The gluten free setting is for yeast recipes.
I made this recipe with flax eggs, soy milk and bobs red mill flour, followed the recipe to a tee and baked at 350. I checked at 30,40,50,60 and 70 minutes but it never turned golden brown or became fully cooked inside. Where my substitutions the reason? Any solution? It tasted great despite the raw inside.
Hi Violet, I have used non-dairy milk so this wouldn’t be the reason. I haven’t made this recipe with flax eggs, and I suspect that is the culprit. I don’t often have luck with flax eggs and I wonder if it is the starch in the flour blend? Also, you don’t specify if you used Bob’s 1:1 or the All Purpose. The All Purpose has bean flour and that could also be a reason for it to turn out oddly. I have had good luck with Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer in a few recipes, I would try that next.
Have you made this with a GF flour that doesn’t have potato starch?
Hi Joanne, I have not, but I keep track of blends my readers use and have success with. One reader wrote they used Namaste Gluten Free Flour and it worked well. This blend has no potato starch. I hope this helps!
Recipe looks nice and I’m eager to try it but are you sure it has 2 TABLEspoons of baking powder instead of TEAspoons…?
Hi. Yes the amount is correct, and it is very important to use aluminum-free baking powder. Thank you.
I made this recipe with Pillsbury gluten free flour. When first baked it was tasty, but after a few hours it was rather dry. Tastes better toasted with butter or jam on it.
Hi Rebecca, I haven’t used that flour blend yet. I know it uses pea protein and I am not sure how that affects things. How wet was your dough?
This is more of a question/comment…..
I LOVE this bread. It is easy and delicious. It can be whipped up quickly with little mess.
Question, can this recipe be trade in a New England Bun Pan? Hopefully I can attach a picture.
Soon I am part of a team feeding a bunch of kids and some are GF/Celiac so we need to be very careful.
Hot Dogs are on the menu one night. I am thinking to make this bread recipe in this pan for the kids bun
Hi Melissa, I am so glad you love this bread recipe. I haven’t heard of this bun pan. You can email a photo to admin@fearlessdining.com I suspect it would be fine, and I love you want to make things safe for the kids who are gluten free.
Could I use water instead of milk? I ran out of milk and didn’t plan on going to store today
Hi Hailey, I think it should be okay. I haven’t tested it but I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t work.
Fourth time making this bread. Today’s loaf had a big hole or tunnel through the middle. Just the ends were complete so I got only three slices. Any idea why I got the tunnel? Same ingredients as prior bakes: Cup4Cup flour, Rumford baking powder (only 2 months old), salt, cold butter, milk and eggs. Thanks for all of your recipes!
Hi Nancy, That is tough because it worked the other three times. The question is what changed this last time. Maybe the dry ingredients weren’t mixed well and there was a pocket of baking powder that made the big hole? There is no yeast in this recipe, so that is the ingredient that would affect the rise.
Potentially yummy rather than just edible but I think I got it wrong somewhere.
What consistency should the dough have when it goes into the loaf tin?
Mine was nearer to a runny batter than a dough – I decided to add extra flour which looked a more promising consistency but turned out dry and pasty.
Yours in hope I can make a better job of it!!
Thanks Sally
Hmmm, what flour blend did you use? Every blend has a different starch to grain ratio, and it definitely isn’t runny. In your situation, it sounds like you needed more flour. It would be helpful for me to see if you have a photo of the dough. You can email it to me at admin@fearlessdining.com
Can you use Casava flour for this recipe? My son has severe anaphylaxis allergies.
Hi Dawn, I am sorry for the late response, I was out of town. I haven’t tested using Cassava flour in this recipe. If you try it, please let me know if it worked.