Sponge Bread
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, parmesan 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 Whisk with wire whip.
You can add 1/4 cup of
juice for flavor(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 Whisk 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 Two
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.