Customer Reviews

Chebe Bread All-Purpose Mix, 7.5-Ounce Bags (Pack of 8)

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i was really ready to hate this, but as they say on the packet---unusual but unusually good. Its 100% manioc (tapioca) and you add oil and eggs and milk or water (i used rice milk). The rolls I made came out surprisingly bread like, chewy in the middle, crispy outside. I think they taste better once cool (less eggy smell) but----seriously----a lot more like bread than i ever imagined, and a healthy tasty snack.

I had used Chebe Bread mix in its original form. That was quite a while ago, and for some reason I'd gotten away from using it until recently. Chebe bread has come a long way! I ordered a case of the All-purpose and used it to make a nice gluten free pie crust for my Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie, and also then used it to make stuffing. And then MORE to make dinner rolls...all came out very well. I am very pleased. If you go to the Chebe website you can find many more recipes which is nice because for each recipe it tells you which versions of Chebe Bread Mix can be used for which recipes (and now there are 5 or more varieties of this Mix). I am planning on trying out the Sticky rolls and a pizza crust with this Mix so I will see how that goes. The mix, is very fine and fly away....so you want to take it easy when opening it and pouring into the bowl or you will have a fine dusting of powder around the area you are mixing it in. I have really been pretty pleased with the items I have made from the Chebe All-Purpose Mix.

I thought our days of having delicious grinders, Cuban midnight sandwiches, calzones and other treats were over when I found out that my children and I had celiac disease. Not so! You can make all kinds of goodies with this mix, and we keep it as a pantry staple. It's quick and easy to mix, needing only egg, oil and milk and unlike a lot of other gluten free doughs, it's not sticky which makes it easy to roll out, or form into shapes. We love it.

I not only have non-celiac gluten intolerance, but anaphylaxis to corn, so I use this mix primarily for tortillas. I figured out that Chebe had changed it's formula when trying to make them one day. I followed the package directions as usual, & got a gooey, sticky mess that would not roll out into tortillas. Then next time I made tortillas I used 2 TBLS water (1/2 the amount called for), 2 TBLS olive oil & 1 egg & omitted the cheese. This mixture seems a little dry, but once kneaded it works perfectly! As one reviewer said, Chebe is changing back to the original formula & if it were unchanged, I would have given the mix 5 stars. My 6 year old is also gluten intolerant & allergic to corn & he loves these topped with cheese to make cheese crisps. Fry the dough & you have a great base for Navajo tacos or tostados!

I have had celiac disease for 5 years now. Chebe is the closest (and easiest to use) product I have found that approximates wheat bread. I have non-allergic friends who choose this for a treat, even (add shredded cheese and roll into 2 inch diameter rounds, just like a gougere). The mouth feel, the working texture and the variations in use are unparalleled. Particularly loving rolling it thin, dressing it like pizza and tossing it on the grill (high) for 3-5 minutes and coming up with a European/wood oven style pizza for the first time since 2004.

I found this to be a little too doughy if I followed the actual directions. Here's what I did for a crispy, delicious crust every time:

Roll out as directed.
Place in oven (at temp on package) for ten minutes, without toppings. I used a pizza stone.
Flip the dough over -- so that the top, slightly crispy side is now the bottom -- and then put the toppings on.

Best gluten free pizza dough I have tasted yet!

I made Chebe rolls this evening for dinner. They needed to be cooked an extra 10 minutes and they still were gooey and sticky in the middle. They tasted somwhat okay, but the texture and color (clear) of the middle was very unappitizing. I won't buy them again.

We bought this mix excited by the many rave reviews. With a few years of experience using gluten free flours I thought why not try something new. The mix works just fine for pizza crusts, but the buns were too chewy to even begin to compare to wheat buns. I can make better ones using Bob's Red Mill All Purpose Gluten Free Mix (just don't taste the batter). Too expensive to keep this as a pantry staple.

For anybody who has food allergies or intolerances (gluten, soy, corn, dairy, etc.), Chebe products are an excellent alternative. You may have to play around with the recipe (or create your own) to get the result you want. With this all-purpose mix I make hard rolls using water instead of milk and scone-like biscuits adding light brown sugar and a teaspoon of baking powder. I highly recommend Chebe products!

My son has several allergies. We were looking for anything that we could use that would pass as bread for his school lunches. We were just hoping that it would be good enough, but we were surprised with Chebe. It is actually very good. We all liked it. With the second batch we tried to make, the dough came out very sticky. We called Chebe customer service and they helped us figure out the problem. Very fast and friendly. They even replaced the goofed up batch. It is perfect for sandwiches at lunch and with jelly on it for breakfast.