My Disgustingly Healthful Homemade Bread Machine (ABM) BreadMix
Anne Mitchell Young wrote:
> I just posted this over at my raw food site (which just goes to show how
> non-militant a raw food site it is :-) ):
>
>
> Annie's Disgustingly Healthful Homemade Bread Machine Bread Mix
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> (Makes enough for several loaves)
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> 5 pounds bread flour
> 5 pounds whole wheat flour <b>minus 4 cups of the whole wheat flour</b>
> 3 cups oat flour
> 1/2 cup ground flax seeds
> 1/2 cup walnut meal
> 2 cups date sugar
> 1 cup powdered milk
> 6 Tablespoons powdered egg replacer
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> Mix all ingredients really well (we put it in the bottom of a big
> container and then use a hand-held electric mixer on it!)
>
> To make bread, put in your bread machine:
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> 3 1/2 cups bread mix
> 1 1/3 cup lukewarm water
> 1 1/2 teaspoons (or 1 envelope) yeast
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> You can also add 1-2 Tablespoons of oil to this, although we don't.
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> Bake in bread machine <b>using the whole wheat or whole grain</b> setting.
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> <b>Note: You <u>must</u> use the whole wheat or whole grain setting or
> it will not rise properly</b>
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>
What makes this "healful" given that it has a bunch of sugar, and is
only 50 percent whole wheat? I can buy healthier bread than that at the
grocery store.
--
Del Cecchi
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strategies or opinions.”
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