100% Teff Sourdough Bread Recipe

Teff Basics The first thing you need to know about teff is that it's a wild card, but only in the best possible way. Unlike other gluten-free grains, teff is the most flexible GF grain for baking, and it's also the most variable grain I've ever worked with for flavor. Nutty, earthy, sour, sweet, spicy, and mild are all flavors that I've gotten from teff bread. I'm still not always sure how to control the flavor, I'm just along for the ride. Teff is one of the world's tiniest grains and has been used in sourdough bread for as long as 40,000 years. (See this recipe for traditional injera flatbread .) It comes in two main varieities in the USA, brown and ivory, though many other varieties exist. It comes originally from Africa. However, Idaho seems to have a climate conducive to growing it, so that is where much of the teff is grown here in the USA. Bob's Red Mill , Maskal and Judee's are the three brands I buy. (I've included affiliate lin