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This super popular paleo bread recipe has the perfect texture and is such a satisfying grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free bread. It’s perfect for a sandwich, burgers or a slice of toast with nut butter! It uses almond flour and tapioca flour and the batter is put together in just one bowl, making this so incredibly easy to make! Want to to make it but can’t have nuts? We also made this nut-free with this recipe here so everyone can make it and we’ve recently updated this recipe to include instructions on how to make as a bread loaf too!
How to make paleo sandwich bread
This recipe is one of my most popular paleo recipes and for good reason! This recipe can be made in both a loaf pan, or also as rolls. This paleo bread is gluten-free, grain-free, fluffy, sliceable, and TOTALLY BREAD-LIKE with the best texture! Plus, it’s simple to prepare made all in one bowl without any kneading or rest time.
I wasn’t a fan of gluten-free bread, whether store-bought or homemade, until this recipe. I always felt they were dense, not the right flavor, or difficult to make. But this paleo bread recipe? It has the right flavor and it’s fluffy, soft, air-y, and with the perfect bread-like texture.
Can this be made as rolls or a loaf bread?
Originally when this recipe was first made a few years back the bread was made either as rolls, or as a long square loaf. I LOVE making it that way, but per request we’ve done some recent testing to include instructions on how to make it as a loaf pan! This is such a great update and hope you enjoy it too!
Watch how to make it:
Here’s what you need to make it:
- almond flour
- tapioca flour
- eggs
- unsweetened apple sauce
- baking powder
- fine sea salt
We’ve made some updates to this recipe!
This bread recipe has long been a reader favorite and a cornerstone recipe for Lexi’s Clean Kitchen! We’ve recently made some updates to it to include some instructions on how to make it into a loaf pan. We still enjoy the paleo rolls, and prefer making them that way but so many requested the ability to make this into a loaf pan, so we put it through some testing to get it to be able to do that! We call for using a smaller than average sized loaf pan, a 7.75″ x 3.75″ that way you get the proper rise for the loaf. If you use a bigger one the bread loaf won’t be as tall.
What kind of bread can you eat on the Paleo diet?
Making this homemade bread is easy and kid-friendly! Paleo bread is different from gluten free bread because often on the paleo diet most grains are avoided. So gluten-free breads made with gluten-free flours like rice flour, teff flour, and corn meal would not be considered paleo bread! The combination of almond flour and tapioca flour as it creates the most legit paleo bread, and gluten-free I’ve ever tried!
How to use the bread:
- As a sandwich
- For stuffing
- French toast sticks
- Eggs benedict bar
If you like this paleo recipe, check out these others:
- Paleo Banana Bread
- Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
- Garlic Breadsticks
- Lemon Poppyseed Loaf
- P.S. Want a nut-free version? Click HERE.
The BEST Paleo Bread (5-Ingredients and One Bowl)
Ingredients
Base Recipe (to make paleo rolls):
- 1/2 cup 43g blanched almond flour
- 1/2 cup 60g tapioca flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of fine sea salt
Triple Recipe (to make bread loaf):
- 1-½ cup 150g almond flour
- 1-½ cup 180g tapioca flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 6 eggs
- ¾ cup apple sauce
Instructions
For Rolls:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a bowl combine almond flour, tapioca, baking powder, and pinch of sea salt.
- Add in eggs and apple sauce and mix to combine.
- Place round molds or large mason jar lids on a baking sheet and grease well.
- Pour batter into molds until almost at the top, a little less.
- Bake for about 15 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean (see note)
- Let cool slightly, slice in half, and serve.
- Store in the refrigerator.
For Bread Loaf:
- Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 7.75" x 3.75" loaf pan and line with a parchment paper sling.
- In a bowl combine almond flour, tapioca, baking powder, and pinch of sea salt.
- Add in eggs and apple sauce and whisk to combine.
- Place batter into prepared baking pan and smooth over the top.
- Bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool slightly, and then remove bread from the pan and place on a cooling rack to cool completely.
- When cool, slice and use within 3 days. Store in the refrigerator.
I will be making these today. They are just what I have been looking for. I also have the muffin top pan and will use it for these. These also look like they can be toasted. I am thinking with jam I really like your quilt blocks. What will be with my comment? Thanks for a great “travel sandwich bread”.
Just made these! Subbed the palm shortening for coconut oil, used sweetened applesauce and cinnamon…They were a sweet DELICIOUS delight! thanks so much!
These came out great!!! I made them with the sloppy joes. I used a muffin pan, so they were smaller, but still worked. I used the leftovers to make PB&J (aka cashew butter and apple butter) sammies 🙂
Those look fabulous!! Did you try them with coconut flour?
Any suggestions if it would work?
Heather
Coconut Flour is not a 1:1 sub. Requires altering the recipe since it needs much more liquid.
Wish I had found the comment about subbing in coconut flour needing more liquid. 🙁 I just made them following the recipe except I used coconut flour. They turned out like playdough textured hockey pucks. Off to the store to buy almond flour to try again.
Coconut flour is not a 1:1 sub. Totally different!
Could I sub ghee or coconut oil for the palm shortening? Thank you!
Yes- I actually made them tonight and left out the palm shortening all together. Just as awesome!
Good to know these can be made without the palm oil. Can’t wait to try them! Many of us looking at these dietary changes see palm oil a lot, and it’s in many things on the grocery shelves. I avoid it completely however as unfortunately it’s production is destroying HUGE amounts of habitat/wildlife so isn’t a good ethical choice. Thanks for your great site!
My round molds came yesterday and I made them using coconut oil instead of the palm shortening. I also used regular almond flour instead of the blanched and they came out looking like whole grain breads. Fantastic!
I am so so glad you liked them. Thanks for sharing your substitutions!
I subbed coconut oil for the shortening and it worked great!
Could I sub another flour for the almond flour? My daughter is allergic to tree nuts (and yeast and eggs). I can work around the eggs, but I need some other flour that would have the right taste….any suggestions?
Try finely ground sunflower seeds!
Leah,
what do you use in place of eggs?
thanks,, recently diagnosed with hashimotos and i cannot have nuts, seeds, eggs or grain…
sue
Egg substitute: 1 Tablespoon Flaxseed meal mixed with 3 Tablespoons water. Let set for 2 minutes and add to recipe in place of an egg.
I was wondering do you need the whole egg or would egg whites do just as well? My daughter is allergic to the yolks
You can try 2 egg whites, but I haven’t tried it so I can’t say for sure!
Hi! I switched the tapioca flour for buckwheat and it works great! I also switched the palm shortening for coconut oil. Buckwheat flour has a tendency to “suck up” flavors, so I add a full teaspoon of salt to make up for that. This is such a great recipe and has become the standard bread recipe in our house!!
Chrissy from Muse of the Morning
Water chestnut flour , or quinoa flour, or maybe chestnut flour if not allergic to it
Bet these would be great for eggs benedict too!
Egg sandwich all the way!
LOVE your blog.
I just made these tonight in my English muffin rings– I was out of applesauce so I used some (homemade) grape jam and added cinnamon for a raisin bread kind of taste– my son gobbled up two of the three! He wants a nut butter sandwich for his lunch tomorrow. Thanks so much for this recipe!
Such an awesome idea! Were they still fluffy?
Yes, they were absolutely fluffy. They looked just like your pictures. 🙂
Thanks so much for this suggestion adaptation. I am on the Atkins diet, so applesauce is a no for me because too many carbs, however sugar free strawberry jelly is fine, so I’m going to try strawberry jelly in mine.. Hope it turns out alright…
Hi I made them substituting water chestnut flour for the tapioca flour , came out great. I loved them.
Now found out can’t tolerate coconut or apples so using Finley shredded courgette in exchange for the apple sauce. ( a bit pig sick as I made a huge batch of applesauce frozen in quarter cup portions , just to make these rolls , from the apple tree in the garden )
Have also used goat butter and quinoa flour in exchange for the tapioca flour.
Texture is OK little bit dry . May add a little more courgette. Flavour better with applesauce. Going to try duck fat for shortening to improve flavour. .
So this has a quarter +an eighth of raw grated courgette,duck fat 1tbsp and water chestnut flour in exchange for tapioca.
15mins later ….
Mms texture not so open but tastes good. A bit like Yorkshire pudding.
I guess this is just a brilliant basic roll recipe that seems to work and be perfectly edible however you have to do it. Will post again when perfected for me .
Thankyou so much for encouraging me to play in the kitchen a bit. More. Xx
Just wondering how long they keep in the fridge? Want to be frugal and make a double batch.
A week!
I love these rolls. But I, too would love to make a double batch. Even with a single batch, I stored in airtight container with parchment paper and after 2 days they were a little dried out. Any idea what the best way is to store? Fridge vs freezer? Wrapped? TIA
I can’t wait to make these! THANKS!
Serious question: How hard is it to be on the paleo side? I’ve learn the term just a few weeks ago and I didn’t have time to wrap my head around it. I’ve just started to learn a bit about the “gluten-free” world.
Since you seem to know your stuff, is there any general guidelines to turn a recipe into a paleo recipe?
I’m sure you were asking Lexi but I have found it to be fairly easy. We already ate a traditional diet and I cook from scratch. I’ve been paleo since last Oct and have found lots of great recipes from bloggers. I do occasionally miss pasta though.
Thank you for sharing your experience Erin. I appreciate it.
Try the paleo pasta from Capellos Gluten Free. They make excellent paleo pasta. It’s pricey but worth it, especially for those who haven’t had pasta in a while. Find them on Amazon.com.
I wanted to comment on the person who was missing pasta and suggest this recipe. It is super delicious and easy. I’ve made it twice (since eating it every night would defeat the purpose of being paleo) 🙂
I hope you try it and like it.
http://www.paleocupboard.com/paleo-pasta.html
Try this paleo pasta recipe. I’ve used it a few times. It takes some work to get the pasta to the right texture and to keep it from breaking up. I typically add a little olive oil to the mix (not just for cooking) and it holds together better for me. And definitely make sure you used blanched almond flour.
http://www.paleocupboard.com/paleo-pasta.html
Yesssss! I love your cauliflower rolls so I am super excited to try these!
I just made these sandwich rolls and they are amazing! I didn’t have round rings so I used a cupcake tin and they turned out perfect (I just shortened the cook time by 2 minutes). Thank you Lexi for this easy and tasty recipe! 🙂
Awesome, I was just going to ask if you could use a muffin tin!
Do you happen to know the macronutrient values per roll?
loving the look of these sandwiches.. definitely taking the idea of using moulds to make the bun shape. they look delicious.
Hi Lexi,
Could you please tell me what brand of almond flour you used? Thanks for a great looking recipe, I’m going to give it a try tomorrow!
I use this one! http://amzn.to/2peGL83
What would you recommend if one is allergic to almond
Gaaaahhhh! These look amazing! One question, do u think i could sub coconut oil for the palm shortening?? Thanks 🙂
I like your recipes. They are easy, don’t contain a lot of weird/unusual ingredients and work. Thank you.
What size round molds? I don’t have any, but would order them to make these (and 3 rolls is the exact amount to make for DH and me).
If you click the link it takes you to them 🙂
This is very similar to my recipe I posted on Instagram a few weeks ago.
Great minds think alike! They came about from my pancake recipe =)
Thank you thank you thank you! 🙂 My kids and my husband do paleo but they do miss sandwiches on occasion and I hate buying gluten free bread. Never tastes right, has weird texture, very expensive, and they still have funky ingredients! I’m always on the hunt for good paleo bread recipes and have found few but I’m always excited when I see one that looks to be very promising! Will be trying this tonight for lunches this week.
Cannot wait to hear how your family likes them! 🙂
It took me a few days to finally getting around to making these but I did because of your sloppy joe recipe you just posted. They are awesome!!! Next time I will make a double batch of buns! I used a muffin top pan for the buns and they came out perfect for tops and bottoms so I didn’t even have to split them. They bakes up really smooth and held together perfectly for wet sloppy joes! Thanks so much for developing and sharing your recipes. I am definitely becoming one of your biggest followers! Everything you make “works”!