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This Gluten Free Flat Bread is a delicious alternative to pita bread!
Hi Everyone, this is Jack. Over the last few months, Martha and I have completed the Whole30 program with great results, and we are now finding the right balance that will allow us to continue with a healthier lifestyle for the rest of our lives. During the first 30 days on the program, we strictly followed the program rules, and now we are adding back different foods to see how we tolerate them.
One food we’ve missed (and craved) is bread – but we resigned ourselves to live without it because both of us are feeling better when we avoid gluten as much as possible.
Our oldest daughter Courtney has always been a healthy eater, and she told us about a gluten free flat bread that she recently made. (It wasn’t dry and flavorless like most of the gluten free breads we’ve eaten!) Courtney sent us a few flat bread recipes links for inspiration, and I started testing out some of the recipes.
Her favorite recipe used coconut flour, something we’ve only used in the past for baking. Some other recipes used a lot of eggs, and to me, the flat bread ended up tasting more like an omelet than bread. Others versions were so dense, they were almost too much to eat and they overpowered the other foods on the sandwich.
I think I landed on a great middle ground with today’s gluten free flat bread recipe – it has a pita bread feel, it’s moist and flexible, and it has a texture just like bread. (It also doesn’t taste like an omelet!) We added a mix of fresh herbs to our gluten free flat bread – giving it a wonderful savory flavor, but you can leave those out if you’d like.
Holding a ‘sandwich’ in our hands again has been wonderful! (I love the Whole30 life but I sure did miss eating sandwiches!)
We found that you can make these ahead of time and freeze them with layers of parchment in between. When you crave a sandwich, toss the gluten free flat bread in a pan or toaster oven to warm it up before serving.
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Gluten Free Flat Bread
Ingredients
- 4 whole eggs
- 4 egg whites
- 1 tablespoon coconut manna, or extra virgin olive oil, or clarified butter
- 3/4 teaspoon sea salt or kosher salt
- 1/4 cup coconut flour (found online, in some big box stores, or supermarket)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons gluten free baking powder
- 2 teaspoons arrowroot powder (found at some supermarkets or on line)
- 3 tablespoon any fresh herb or a combination such as fresh parsley, basil, rosemary or thyme
- Extra virgin olive oil or non-stick cooking spray for pan
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix whole eggs with egg whites until blended.
- Add melted manna or olive oil or butter, salt, coconut flour, baking powder, arrow root and fresh herbs.
- Mix thoroughly with a whisk then let mixture sit for five minutes. Then whip again. This is necessary so the flour absorbs the liquid.
- Using a flat griddle pan or crepe pan, heat over medium low to low heat. But let the pan fully heat before starting to ensure that the pan is very hot.
- Once hot, spray or brush on some oil and pour about a third of a cup of batter onto pan and then cover with a glass lid . The lid helps retain the heat (like a mini oven) to cook the bread and using a glass lid will help you see when to turn the flat bread.
- After 3-4 minutes, you should see the edges dry and bubbles forming in batter. With a spatula, lift an edge and check. If golden, flip, cover and cook the other side about 2-3 more minutes, or until slightly browned and cooked through.
- Transfer to a platter and continue cooking the remainder of the batter. (Note: I used two pans so I could cook two at a time and found the timing to be slightly different between the two pans, mostly because one pan was thicker than the other, therefore your cooking time will vary depending on your cookware, burner type and heating source.)
- Once cooked, these are great served warm with sandwich ingredients folded in half like a piece of pita bread.
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Sharon says
I made a triple batch of this. Instead of using 12 egg whites, I used six whole eggs. So altogether I used one and a half dozen eggs. I also did not have coconut flour, so I ground up some coconut flakes in my food processor, and used 1/4. a cup of that along with a 1/4 cup each of brown rice flour and flaxseed meal. They tasted great! I will definitely make them again.
Martha says
Thank you for sharing your adaptation Sharon!
Kim says
Nope, just eggy – not a bread or pita at all, bummer
Martha says
Sorry you were disappointed Kim.
Keri says
Can this be made with 1:1 gluten free flower instead of coconut flour? And is the arrow root a necessity?
Martha says
Hi Keri – We’ve only made the recipe as written. If you try it with the 1:1 flour, please let us know how it comes out!
Taryn says
Hello! Do you know how many calories one of these flat breads have?
Martha says
Hi Taryn – I just added the nutritional info to the bottom of the recipe card (we’re slowing working our way through each recipe adding that information). Looks like it calculates out to 242 per serving.
Betty Kramp says
I really dislike the “sponginess” of egg whites. If I used whole eggs without adding egg whites, how many total eggs would I used in this recipe? Eight, or is that too many?
Martha says
Hi Betty – Without testing, this is just a guess – but we’d start with 6 or 7 eggs and more baking powder. The egg whites in the original recipe help the bread stay softer and fluffier so with just the whole eggs it will be denser. More baking powder might help off set that a bit. Please let us know how it comes out!
Marie Giammona says
Am off all grains due to early onset arthritis, so always on the search for good coconut and cassava alternative flour recipes. I liked this recipe as kind of an egg roll up. A stretch to call it “bread” in my book as it is so eggy. Good, quick breakfast, though. I made per recipe (except for only 1/2 t salt as I found a little salty), buttered it, rolled up and enjoyed. Two were very filling. Trying out freezing the rest. Thanks for alternative type recipes. Hope you do more
Martha says
Glad you enjoyed the flat bread Marie!