Thank you for forging into the GF world. With KAF's extensive baking expertise, it will be great to see what you all contribute to improve the world of GF baking. I've started baking for a GF friend and am trying it out on my family as well. The best bread recipe I've come across so far is Oatmeal Millet bread from www.glutenfreemommy.com. There are some variations to this recipe at www.glutenfreegobsmacked.com. Delicious!! Best flavor bread my GF friend ever had. It's hard to get a fluffy GF bread. I also want recipes I can make myself instead of relying on a prepackaged mix. If you can offer recommendations on how to work with GF dough I think that would be helpful. It tends to be super sticky and I don't know at times if I should be adding more flour to combat this. As a previous poster mentioned, a side by side comparison of alternative flours would be awesome! I would also like to know shelf life of the alternative flours and their whole counter parts so I can take advantage of trying to buy in bulk as these kinds of flours are much more expensive than wheat. EX. So, how long does whole millet last vs. millet flour? Then I wonder if I bought bulk quantities and stored them in food safe buckets with oxygen packets, how long would they last that way. Lots to think about! In my limited experience so far I've learned GF bread only needs one rise. Many bread machines that say GF cycle often omit a rise time, big problem. GF bread machine bakers have more success with a machine that you can do a dough cycle on, then let the dough rest as long as needed to rise fully before selecting the bake cycle. Older machines do not have both manual dough and bake cycles. Your Zo does. I've seen some specific ways to program the Zo and work around problems people have with the Breadman GF cycle machine on www.glutenfreegoddess.com. Read the bread machine page and all of the blog comments and you'll see wonderful user input. Well worth your time for the project KAF is working on with this subject matter. I'm going to give these rolls a try this week! My discount grocery store (WinCo) sells tapioca flour/starch in bulk as does my health food store so I'll see how that compares to the preboxed kinds. It's kind of funny to be working on GF eating when I live in the wheat heartland, the Palouse of Idaho!

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