www.food4lifecounseling.com

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Yeast Free Bread

Ingredients:
· 3 cups whole grain flour - preferably organic (i.e. whole wheat, barley, rye, oat, spelt, kamut, and etc.).

Note: If using non-glutenous flours such as rice, millet, buckwheat, amaranth, corn, potato and etc., they will not hold together well unless mixed with glutenous flour(s) or a binding agent such as egg.

· 1 1/2 cups (~ 360 ml) distilled/purified water
· 1 TBS. (non-aluminum) baking powder (Featherweight or Rumford)
· 1 TBS. Olive Oil
· 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. sea salt

Batter Preparation and Cooking:
Mix liquids and dry ingredients separately; then combine and mix well

Place in greased and floured 9" x 5" loaf pan or 9" x 9" cake pan or completely line pan with unbleached parchment paper.

Bake at 375 F (middle rack of pre-heated oven) for 50 - 55 minutes.

When bakers pick comes out clean and top is light to medium brown, bread is ready to cool on rack. Let cool in pan for at least 1/2 hour. Do not cut until bread has completely cooled.

Approximate Nutrition Facts Per Slice (recipe makes about 16 slices)
Calories: 84
Protein: 3 g
Carbohydrate: 16 g
Fat: 1 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sodium: 37 mg
Potassium: 91.1 mg
Phosphorus: 77.9 mg