The nutritious and gluten-free Buckwheat Flour is widely available from supermarket stores these days. It’s a little tricky to make bread using only Buckwheat Flour which has no gluten, but this recipe is super easy and you can make rather moist Buckwheat Bread. The dough is very soft and runny. You may wish to add extra ingredients such as seeds and nuts.
*Note: Please note that this bread has quite dense texture and it is not a fluffy bread. You may wish to add some Baking Powder. Replacing a portion of Buckwheat Flour with regular Bread Flour is an option to make softer bread.
Loaf Tin
Standard Loaf Tin
Ingredients
300ml Warm Water
2 teaspoons Dry Yeast
2 cups Buckwheat Flour *about 300g
1 tablespoon Caster Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt *can be reduced
1 tablespoon Olive Oil, melted Butter OR Oil of your choice
Sesame Seeds *optional
Method
- Place Warm Water and Dry Yeast in a bowl, mix gently, and set aside.
- Combine Buckwheat Flour, Sugar and Salt in a large bowl. Add Yeast mixture and Oil, and mix well. Cover with a plate or plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
- Line a loaf tin with baking paper, use a scraper or spatula to pour the dough into the tin. Flatten the surface and sprinkle with some Sesame Seeds. Cover with a tea towel or plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place for 30-60 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 200°C. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from loaf tin to a wire rack to cool.
Comments
marlene
19/01/2024
Great recipe. I will tried it
Thank you for sharing it
Hiroko
28/01/2024
Marlene, if you don’t mind using ordinary wheat flour as well, replace a part of buckwheat flour with wheat flour, the flavour of the bread is less overwhelming and the texture is nicer. My family members don’t enjoy 100% version.
Sean
10/01/2024
Great recipe , I used milk instead of water and substituted 1 cup of buckwheat flour with 1 cup of whole grain, I also added 2 tablespoons of seeds to the mix and sprinkled seeds on top at the second rise.
Wonderful results. Have made it 3 times
Hiroko
10/01/2024
Thank you, Sean, for trying the recipe. The whole grain flour must have improved the texture of the bread, and made the flavour less overwhelming. My family members love Buckwheat Noodles but not Buckwheat Bread. I never wished to add white wheat flour but whole grain flour sounds a great option. Thank you for the inspiration.
Mary
3/02/2023
I tried this bread yesterday and we are so pleased with the result! It’s so tasty, and my son even ate some! It’s going to be a permanent fixture in this home, thanks so much for developing this recipe! 🙂
Hiroko
4/02/2023
Thank you, Mary, for trying this recipe, and I am glad it worked for you. I rarely bake this bread because my family members say they don’t like buckwheat flavoured bread even though they eat buckwheat cookies. https://www.hirokoliston.com/100-buckwheat-cookies/
Yaya
20/12/2022
This is the perfect gluten free bread!! It’s really easy to follow, no exotic ingredients needed that other recipes call for and are hard to get and it leaves a lot of room for variation.
Thank you! 🙂
Hiroko
20/12/2022
Yaya, thank you for your positive comment. Do you like Buckwheat? Try my Buckwheat Cookies. I am actually eating it now, with a cup of green tea. https://www.hirokoliston.com/100-buckwheat-cookies/
Tanya
15/06/2022
Just tried this, Hiroko, with wholemeal buckwheat flour and I love it. Dense and delicious. Thanks for the recipe and its development.
Hiroko
16/06/2022
Tanya, thank you for your comment. It was the first positive one. My family members don’t enjoy this bread at all. I sliced it and baked in the oven at low temp to dry them. It was quite nice with dips and cheese.
AC
21/04/2021
Hi, I tried this recipe with Bob’s Red Mill Buckwheat Flour and got a pretty different result. Can you post what brand of flour you used and it’s composition?
Lisa D
28/05/2022
I am curious of how the bread turned out using Bob’s Red Mill buckwheat flour. That is what I had purchased, did it turn out badly?
Hiroko
21/04/2021
What happened? I would like to know your result.
Lisa D
29/05/2022
I just made this recipe and they didn’t rise and are extremely dense. My yeast had activated but didn’t get any rise. Why would this happen?
Hiroko
31/05/2022
This bread is not fluffy, and it is always quite dense. However, if it turned extremely dense, I don’t know why. I apologies for the result. Might it be a good idea to add some baking powder?
Hiroko
21/04/2021
I used McKenzie’s Buckwheat Flour. 100% Buckwheat
You can find more info at https://www.mckenziesfoods.com.au/product/mckenzies-buckwheat-flour/