Sponge Bread Link to page without images for printing This basic bread can be made any way you like. Your imagination is the limit. Once you get the hang of it you can make it from start to finish in 10 min. All that's left to do is let it cool. I make it with bananas, lemon juice and zest, blueberries, cherry w/almond flour only. Pineapple, apples, cinnamon and spices, Peanut butter, Pumpkin. Savory with garlic and herbs, parmesian cheese. When adding fruit for flavor I think in terms of 1/2 cup to 1 cup depending on fruit. Heavy fruit breads cook better in oven in square pan. I use many combinations of different nut flours to vary the breads. The recipe calls for 2 Cups of nut flour. I always vary my divisions. For a hearty whole wheat rye type bread I use 1 heaping tsp. of caraway seeds with 1 cup almond flour and 1 cup of pecan meal. or ½ cup of pecan and ½ cup of walnut. Banana breads I will use the walnut meal 1 Cup with 1 Cup of Almond meal. You can begin to see how easy and versatile this recipe is.
Place generous 3Tbsp of butter in glass load pan (K-mart has a great glass loaf pan by Martha Stewart, which I have seen on ebay) and melt in microwave or hot oven. When you take melted butter out of glass loaf pan make sure you cover side of pan with melted butter before pouring into bread mix. Place 2 eggs in mixing bowel Place 2 med dollops of yogurt in mixing bowel (if your breads too moist then decrease dollops) approximately 1/3 cup. Honey, if making a sweet bread. 2Tbsp. or sweeter if you like Place pinch of salt and 1 tsp. Baking Soda in bowel and Wisk with wire whip. you can add 1/4 cup of juice (increase cooking time) If making a banana or pumpkin bread use electric mixer and place ingredients in now. Pour melted butter in to mixture and Wisk again Now add 2 Cups of Nut flours any flavoring or fruit can be added at this time. Part one for Micro ovens Now this is the tricky part. You need to adjust the microwave time to vary with the fruit and other ingredients you’ve added. The basic cook time is in two segments you cook the first time till center is completely cooked 5-7 minutes depending on the power of your microwave. If you added bananas or other fruit add 1 min increments till cooked. If you added a lot of honey you’ll add extra time. You get the ideal. After 5 min check and add one minute at a time. Till done in the center try to catch that perfect time in your micro. It's done when the center is just turned solid. You’ll learn the timings for your favorites. Part Twos When first cook time completed place a large plate over loaf pan and flip over so bread drops out. If not enough time there will be uncooked bread sticking to pan. not to worry this recipe is very forgiving if still raw just add more time to next section. Now cook bread another 1.30 to dry bread out. Let cool before cutting. For oven directions Cook low and slow. 300 degrees till done in center dry when pricked. 30 min I sometimes cook for 40-45 minutes for dryer breads to turn into crackers. This makes great toast but you get a better toast if you toast it in a toaster oven 300 degrees for while. The toaster seems to burn the edges. Where as baking gives you real toast. I will take a loaf and cut it thinly and then slowly dry out in toaster over and make a cracker out of them. For these I use savory flavorings, spices, parmesan cheese, garlic. You can caramelize an onion and add to mix and then bake in 9"x9" square pan for a cornbread like bread that so close to a bagel it's like old times. With the french cream it just like having bagels and cream cheese. |
