This Gluten-Free Vegan Almond Bread is soft, bendy and unbelievably easy to make! It's soft on the inside and crusty on the outside, not dry or crumbly, slices well and is perfect for toast and sandwiches! It's also no-knead, yeast-free, completely free from sugar and oil-free too. It's made in one bowl, requires just 15 minutes to put together before baking and there's no proving time needed.
My Gluten-Free Vegan Bread recipe made using chickpea flour has been so popular that I decided to make a similar recipe for an almond flour bread!
How to make this recipe
Scroll down to the bottom of the post to see the full recipe.
- Mix together all the ingredients in a glass mixing bowl.
Tip: Use a measuring jug to measure out the plant-based milk.
- Transfer the batter into a one-pound loaf tin.
Tip: Line the tin with greased baking paper to make the bread easier to remove after.
- Sprinkle over mixed seeds to decorate, if desired.
- Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes.
- Transfer the loaf to a cooling rack to cool down on completely before packing away to store because otherwise the steam from the warm bread will get trapped and you'll end up with soggy bread, which nobody wants!
How long does this Almond Bread keep for?
- This bread keeps well covered in the fridge for a good few days. If not eaten on the day it's made, it's best toasted before eating.
- If you're freezing it, you can just slice it up and put the whole thing in the freezer. Then when you want to eat it you can just pop the slices of bread in the toaster straight from frozen.
Substitutions you can make
- You can replace the ground almonds with ground walnuts.
- If you're not gluten-free, you can use plain flour instead of gluten-free flour.
- You can replace the almond milk with any other plant-based milk.
- You can replace the apple cider vinegar with lemon juice.
- For a nut-free version, replace the ground almonds with ground sunflower seeds and use a nut-free plant-based milk.
Things you can add to the dough
- Mixed seeds.
- Chopped nuts such as walnuts or pecans.
- Dried fruit such as dried cranberries, raisins, chopped dates etc.
- Chopped chestnuts.
- You can make it more savoury by adding grated garlic and chopped herbs!
More gluten-free vegan bread recipes
- Gluten-Free Vegan Chickpea Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Blueberry Banana Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Irish Soda Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Flaxseed Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Oat Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Dinner Rolls
- Gluten-Free Vegan Seeded Buckwheat Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Cornbread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Bread Rolls
- Gluten-Free Vegan Oatmeal Bread
- Gluten-Free Vegan Biscuits
- or browse the whole collection!
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Watch how to make this recipe
Gluten-Free Vegan Almond Bread
Ingredients
- 150 g (1 ¼ cup) ground almonds (almond meal) *
- 150 g (1 ¼ cup) gluten-free flour blend (or sub plain flour if not gluten-free)
- 2 heaped teaspoons baking powder (ensure gluten-free if necessary)
- ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- ¼ teaspoon salt to taste
- 250 ml (1 cup) unsweetened almond milk (or sub any other plant-based milk)
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar ** (ensure gluten-free if necessary)
To decorate (optional):
- Mixed seeds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Place the ground almonds, gluten-free flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt in a large bowl and mix well.
- Add the milk and vinegar and mix again.
- Transfer the mixture to a loaf tin (I used a one-pound loaf tin) lined with greased baking paper.
- Sprinkle over mixed seeds to decorate, if desired.
- Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes, until risen and an inserted skewer comes out clean.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack before putting away to store.
- Keeps well in the fridge for up to a few days.
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Notes
- If you've kept your bread in the oven for the right amount of time and it's still not done in the centre and the outside is becoming hard/burnt, then I would recommend covering it with a piece of baking paper to prevent the outside from becoming burnt, and and continuing to bake it until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
- Make sure to leave the bread to cool down completely on a cooling rack before packing it away to store because otherwise the steam from the warm bread will get trapped and you'll end up with soggy bread, which nobody wants!
- To freeze, you can just slice it up and put the whole thing in the freezer. Then when you want to eat it you can just pop the slices of bread in the toaster straight from frozen.
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Susan
Hi can I do this recipe with all almond flour? I have a friend who can’t have rice, potatoes, corn, soy etc. and I want to make her bread that she can eat. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
Rhian Williams
Hi! I'm sorry all almond flour won't work, but you could use buckwheat flour instead of the gluten-free flour. Hope that helps!
Susan
Unfortunately she can’t have buckwheat could I maybe try sorghum or coconut or quinoa flour?
Rhian Williams
I'm not sure about sorghum or quinoa flour, but chickpea flour could potentially work. Coconut flour might be ok, but would only use 1/5 of the amount as you need to use much less coconut flour. Hope that helps!
Mapusa
Hi, did you try this using coconut flour?
I have dietary restrictions and am not allowed any type of grains so I wanted to know if I could use a blend of coconut and almond flour as well. Thanks!
Rhian Williams
I haven't tried this using coconut flour, but you could potentially replace the gluten-free flour with a fifth of the amount of coconut flour (as you'll need to use much less coconut flour). Would love to hear how you get on if you try it!
Jenn
Hi Rhian, you say the ground almonds/almond meal can be subbed with almond flour. If I do that, am I still using the gluten free flour as well? Just want to clarify :). Thanks!
Rhian Williams
Hi Jenn! Yes you can sub the ground almonds with almond flour, but still need to use gluten-free flour as well!
Tracey
I love it! I put a combo of linseeds, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds on the bottom first before putting in the batter and then added more to the top of the bread and pushed them in.
Rhian Williams
Yay thank you so much, so glad you liked it! And thank you for sharing about the seeds, that sounds delicious.
Rose
Hi Rhian
I'm trying to reduce the amount of almond flour with a gluten free not rice or oat.
Need to reduce the fat content.
Thank you
Rose
Rhian Williams
Hi Rose, you can use my rice flour bread or chickpea flour bread recipe in which case! Here they are: https://www.rhiansrecipes.com/rice-bread/ and https://www.rhiansrecipes.com/gluten-free-vegan-bread/