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Though this bread machine has what is called a "gluten free" setting, and there are several recipes in the manual that apparently work, the folks at HB did not do their homework on the needs of gluten free ingredients. The GF setting still has THREEE rises instead of one, and the baking time is not extended for the wetter ingredient mix in GF recipes. Thus the whole GF cycle from start to finish for a 2lb loaf is 3 hrs 42 min, (3 hr 32 min for 1.5 lb loaf) instead of what it should be (about 1.5 hrs.). Gluten free ingredients are more like batter than dough and are easy to mix, though need some scraping of the sides of the pan at the very first. There is no benefit from all these rises and knock downs, since you do not have to develop the gluten. In fact they contribute to a lower rise in the end. Calling their cycle "gluten free" is a marketing scam. For better loaves, quicker cooking and more versatility, just use the first part of the dough cycle, then time your rise. Then use the bake setting. Test your loaf for doneness with an instant thermometer (about 200°F and comes out clean) . If you want a machine with an actual gluten free setting with the parameters geared to real gluten free recipes, try a Cuisinart CBK 100 or 200 or a programmable " Z ". I myself am waiting to find a Cuisinart at a thrift store and meanwhile making do with this machine that I got for $40 at Walmart, thinking it had a GF cycle. There are make-do recipes online that use regular Basic White cycles for gluten free bread if you do not mind the extra total cooking time and reduced quality loaves. In general they are better than what is available ready made in the stores. There is no reason in particular to buy this machine just because it says it has a gluten free cycle
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