Healthy Spelt Bread

 




Healthy Spelt Bread (vegan)

2 cups of whole spelt flour

1 cup of white spelt flour 

½ cup of either (quick rolled oats, buck wheat flakes)

¼ cup of sesame seeds (raw or roasted)

2 tablespoons of baking powder

1 teaspoon of salt 

2 cups of unsweetened almond milk warmed 

3 generous tablespoons of honey

2 tablespoons of melted coconut oil

1 teaspoon of vanilla (optional)

2 tablespoons of rolled oats or seeds for topping


Preheat oven to 350 at bake setting

Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl

In a separate bowl, warm the almond milk (1 minute in microwave)

Melt the coconut oil (1 min in microwave)

Add coconut oil and three generous tablespoons of honey to the coconut milk and whisk by hand to blend

Make a well in the dry ingredients pour the milk mixture in and fold until blended 

Grease a bread pan (if staying vegan use a plant based butter) 

Pour the batter into the pan and bake in the oven at 350 for one hour and ten minutes

Let cool on a rack. This bread freezes well so make a few at a time.


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