If you are gluten-free or on a grain-free diet, it’s nice to have a grain-free bread alternative every once in a while. I am grain-free and do enjoy a nice grain-free bread from time to time. With all these great recipes out there I would say that some of these grain-free recipes are even better than their grain-filled counterparts!
For grain-free baking you’ll need some special ingredients. Most grain-free breads will use one or more of the following ingredients:
- Coconut flour (where to buy coconut flour)
- Almond flour
- Ground flax seeds
- Pastured eggs
- Butter or Coconut Oil (where to buy coconut oil)
I give you (in no particular order of importance) the top 10 grain-free bread recipes! Enjoy!
1. Almond Flax Bread– Healy Eats Real (From The Nourished Kitchen Guide to Grain-Free Baking)
This bread stands on it’s own with a wonderfully dynamic, unique and even flavor. The crunchy crust has a hint of sweetness yet the bread works as a savory or sweet treat. You could slather it with butter and jam for the perfect accompaniment to your morning tea or top it with a slice of cheese (where to buy grassfed cheese) for an afternoon snack.
Main ingredients you will need:
- 1½ cups blanched almond flour
- ¼ cup ground flax seeds
- 1 tbsp whole flax seeds
- ½ tsp unrefined sea salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 4 eggs beaten
- 2 tsp honey, optional
- ½ tsp raw cider vinegar
- butter, to grease a loaf pan
- Preheat the oven to 300°.
- Grease a loaf pan.
- Mix all ingredients together until thoroughly combined, then pour into a greased standard sized loaf pan and bake at 300° for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the bread’s center comes out clean.
- Cool completely before serving.
See the full recipe–> Almond Flax Bread
2. Grain-Free Butternut Flatbread– Empowered Sustenance
From Empowered Sustenance: “This healthy bread alternative fits the bill when you crave something–for lack of a better term–bready. Even better, it requires only about 5 minutes of prep!
If you are on a grain free diet, then you know how comforting it is to have something that can be used for sandwiches. That’s one reason why I’m so excited about this recipe! It works for sweet (think jam or honey) or savory (like guacamole and sliced turkey) sandwich fillings.”
Main ingredients you will need:
- Butternut Squash
- Coconut Flour
- You can try substituting agar agar or possibly ground chia seeds for gelatin
See the full recipe–> Grain-Free Butternut Flatbread
3. Grain-free Bread Rolls– Strands of My Life
From Strands of My Life: “Here is my fabulous grain-free and dairy-free bread. When you are making it, it is all rather foreign feeling because the flours behave quite differently from wheat flour but persist because it will work out. The dough holds together brilliantly but looks more transparent than ordinary dough. It is more gel-like. The rolls take quite a while to cook but brown up nicely.”
Main ingredients you will need:
See the full recipe–> Grain-free bread rolls
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4. Lemon Bread– Primally Inspired
From Primally Inspired: “Some of you may be familiar with the Starbucks lemon loaf: Delightfully lemony and delicious, but full of artificial ingredients, refined sugars and flour. This lemon bread tastes just like it, but this is full of wholesome, real, and good for you ingredients! Score!”
Main ingredients you will need:
See the full recipe–> Lemon Bread
5. Paleo Flax Tortillas– Real Sustenance
From Real Sustenance: “Tortillas (in my mind) should be nice and soft, easy to bend and wrap. I was never a fan of those dry hard corn ones that broke into a million pieces. I had a hunch that flax would give me this flexible texture that I was looking for. I was very pleased with my results.”
Main ingredients you will need:
See the full recipe–> Paleo Flax Tortillas
6. Grain-free Walnut Shortbread– Grass Fed Girl
Main ingredients you will need:
See the full recipe–> Grain-free Walnut Shortbread
7. Coconut Flour Banana Bread– Gutsy
From Gutsy: “No too dry but not mushy in the middle. Its JUST right, spongy yet moist! The texture of this coconut flour banana bread reminds me of the kind my mom used to make when I was little.”
Main ingredients you will need:
- Bananas
- Coconut Flour
See the full recipe–> Coconut Flour Banana Bread
8. Coconut Bread French Toast– Real Food Forager
From Real Food Forager: “Here is a great breakfast comfort food for those lazy mornings over vacation week. The recipe below is a grain-free, dairy-free adaptation of French Toast.”
Main ingredients you will need:
- Coconut Flour
- Eggs
See the full recipe–> Coconut Bread French Toast
9. Coconut Flour Pumpkin Bread– The Coconut Mama
Main ingredients you will need:
See the full recipe–> Coconut Flour Pumpkin Bread
10. Coconut Flour Bread– Nourishing Days
From Nourishing Days: “This is a great bread for those who are looking for something gluten free and lower in carbohydrates at the same time. Coconut oil, and coconut products in general, are fantastic for anyone who is looking to lose weight and improve their health. Coconut oil not only increases your metabolism, but it helps keep you feeling full so that you eat less and is an antifungal to boot.”
Main ingredients you will need:
- Coconut Flour
- Eggs
See the full recipe–> Coconut Flour Bread
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Woo! These look awesome and I’m excited to try some of these! So excited that you included my Lemon Bread!! Thank you 🙂
Lemon bread is such a great idea! It looks great!
Kelly’s bread is DELICIOUS!
Thanks so much for featuring my tapioca bread rolls. They really do taste good but the rest of these recipes look amazing too.
Is there a way to make bread without: nuts, soy, corn, dairy, olive, wheat,egg
My kid is allergic to all these ingredients.
I also have those allergies. Can your child have gluten free oats? I use these in place of EVERYTHING! Soaked, rinsed and blended to make “milk,” ground as flour, seasoned as bread crumbs. I replace the AP flour in recipies with my oat flour. Just know that the oat flour makes things heavier. You’ll need more liquid. Good luck!
I know this is an old post but wanted to chime in in case it’s helpful… Not sure how to make a real bread without eggs, you might be better off with a quickbread, flatbread or pancake recipe. There are some good gluten-free grain-free nut-free flours. Buckwheat & quinoa are 2 of my faves. I don’t care for bean flours personally. Starches like tapioca & potato help lighten & create structure. If you’re ok with grains, teff & sorghum are great too. I like coconut flour only when it’s blended with other flours, otherwise it’s too dense & fiberous in texture for me.
I know there’s a good egg replacer a lot of vegans use called EnerG but don’t know if it’s soy & dairy free? You can create the binding effect of eggs with flax & water and add apple cider vinegar to your liquids for more rise.
You might want to check out Gluten-Free Goddess – she bakes without dairy & eggs.
Sorry I don’t have any specific recipes for you…
Good luck! 🙂
While I can’t currently help with all of that, to replace eggs, use applesauce and a pinch of baking powder.
Thanks for linking to my shortbread!
These look awesome and i’m excited to try them out. When I click on the lemon bread recipe and main website that recipe is on, it has a 403 forbidden error message that comes up. Is there a different link for that?
Wow, this is great! But I can’t get to the link for the lemon bread. It keeps asking me to log in. Is that a mistake? Or is there a different link?
Theres a problem with primallyinspired.com. Hopefully they fix it soon. All of Kelly’s recipes are great. Ive made several, and even my non-paleo family love them.
Thanks for sharing this!
buckwheat flour can also be used as substitute for grain. Taste is rather dry so some people might not like it, unlike me…
an excellent post!
You should try Against All Grains cashew bread – amazing!
was excited to check these out, but the 1st one I clicked on (Butternut squash flatbread) called for grass fed gelatin. not vegetarian
You can easily substitute the gelatin for a vegetarian gelatin or agar agar like this- http://amzn.to/19GmWHY (affiliate)
Great selection! Thank you for putting it all together 🙂
I will have to learn to give up bread. I am intolerant to coconut and starches like tapioca or potato. Flax tastes awful. It’s surprising how much one relies on bread and how hard it is to give it up.
I am working my way to gluten free eating. Could you tell me what is the best all-purpose grain free flour? I do not do a lot of baking. I use flour for coating chicken etc. But in case I want to bake I will not need several different types of flour.
We use a lot of sorghum and gf oat flour. I also use brown rice. I find it works best in combination with other flours though. 2:1 ratio of gf flour to starch ( like 1 cup of sorghum, 1 cup of oat flour, and 1 cup of tapioca starch in say muffins). Hope this helps.
Wonderful list, thank you for sharing. Sadly we can’t eat any of these. Although they look delightful (maybe I can modify one? ). Any ideas on a good gf ( I like the idea of grain free but bc of my daughter’s extensive intolerances we can’t go grain free) bread/flatbread? She can’t have soy, corn, nuts, eggs, gluten, coconut, yeast, or dairy. I’ve looked through countless recipes (and have become adept at modifying them to suit her diet) but can’t come up with small adequate bread recipe. My goal having children with food intolerances is to cook so they don’t think they’re missing out. Bread is the one thing my kiddos say they really miss (I used to make it before we discovered their intolerances). Thanks for your input!
These look great. I need to find a source for coconut flour, however.
Great post!! Love finding quick breads to try that are both gluten and dairy free!
I have a question I’m hoping you can help with! All of these recipes call for almond and/or coconut flour. How come none use other grain-free gluten-free flours like buckwheat and quinoa? I personally really like baking with these flours and wondered why they’re being passed by in grain-free lineups.
Thanks!!
Hi Elysia, Buckwheat is a grain, so it wouldn’t be considered grain-free and while quinoa is technically a seed it is similar to grain and called a pseudo-grain. Grains of any kind can be hard to digest and hard on the gut/digestive system especially if you have any autoimmune disorders or allergies/sensitivities. These grains are also not paleo, and a lot of people are on the paleo diet to fix gut or autoimmune issues. Both almond and coconut flour is paleo so it’s more accessible for people with different allergies and dietary restrictions.
Not to say that these foods are inherently bad…I myself enjoy quinoa every once in a while, but then again I don’t have any serious autoimmune issues or allergies/sensitivities. Hope that helps! 🙂
Wow!! your lemon bread looks so delicious. Your site is mouth – watering. I just need a glass of milk. AWESOME!!!!!!
can I make these grain free breads in a bread machine??
to think I discovered this by accident
#godsend
I just learned that ALL grains have gluten. There are different kinds of gluten with different names but they are all gluten. So all grains would include corn, oats and all the grains. Nuts and seeds do NOT have gluten and neither does coco(nut). So if you are using rice, corn, sorghum or ANY of the grains, you are eating gluten of some type and all the gluten types are an irritant to the gut.
Not all grains contain gluten. However, grains can trigger antibodies that cross-react with gluten and can cause the same issues that gluten does. As with most health issues, it really depends on your body type and your specific sensitivities. Some people are sensitive to gluten, but not other grains, while others are very sensitive to all grains because of cross-reactive antibodies.
I’m egg allergic so will these work with flax eggs or egg replacer? Regards!
You would have to check with each individual blogger since all the recipes are from separate bloggers.
Thanks so much for this article. I am off to the Health Bulk food shop to buy ingredients so I can try them out tomorrow – so excited!