Spelt Banana Blueberry Bread Recipe

I usually send these recipes out through my email list... however, I decided to share this one through my blog to all my lucky readers. I will also send it to my email list, but I thought you might need this one here. My friend Cheryl shared this recipe with me and told me I could share with my readers and friends, so here it is...

(Blueberry) Banana Bread

2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon butter
pinch salt

Add 1 - 1/2 cups spelt flour and mix.

Then add 2 ripe bananas (sometimes I add another half if not using blueberries)
1 level teaspoon baking soda
Beat lightly.
Optional: Add approximately 6 oz. slightly mashed blueberries. Stir in.

Pour into greased, floured loaf pan. Bake 1 hour in 325 oven.

(my variations: I used frozen blueberries, and didn't even try to mash them)
The end product - I tend to bake all my banana bread in glass cake pans. I just like it better that way. I actually LIKED this banana bread. I'm pretty picky with my banana breads, because my favorite recipe has buttermilk in it. But this recipe was actually good. I expected it to be heavier than it was because I used 100% whole spelt flour (no white spelt flour).

In the end - my blueberries sank to the bottom, but they added a nice touch and I'll make this recipe again. Let me know if you try it and what you think.



By the way, if you need spelt berries to grind into spelt flour, I used HiStakes-Spelt's Berries
Enjoy!

I made the Very Simple Spelt Bread!

Yes, it was very easy. A simple quick bread that could be used for breakfast (as toast), lunch (for a sandwich), or dinner (in place of roll). We actually had it alongside our steak, potatoes, salad, and green beans for dinner tonite. It was good with a bit of butter and even better with a drizzle of honey.

The recipe calls for sesame seeds (which I don't care for), but I used half flax & half steel cut oats instead. I also added one tablespoon of honey (as I saw in variations on the recipe link). It was very good- a tad on the heavy side, but that's what you get with a whole grain, non-yeast bread.

Other variations included raisins and cinnamon, which sound fabulous for this type of bread.

So, there you go- I did it, you can too! Happy baking!

*note, if you don't have spelt flour, any whole grain flour (especially wheat) would probably be just as good, but you'd want to check for substitution amounts- you'd likely use 1/2 c to 1c less flour if not using spelt.

FREE Bread Class

I have had a few people ask, so I will publicly answer:

Question: Can I (Jamie) do a bread class at your house (meaning: you who are reading this)? Do I travel? Can I do a bread class for church enrichments or preparedness fairs?

Answer: Yes. All are entirely possible. It depends where you live to say if I will travel to your house. Maybe, if you have lots of friends that want to take the class, too, that might entice me to travel farther than normal... (hint, hint)


Question: How do I schedule a free bread making class?

Answer: Just ask. Send me an email or call me. Suggest a few dates that are good for you and we can figure out which days are good for both of us and voila! We have a class. Not hard and I'm pretty easy to work with. (Unless you live really far away and I am supposed to travel to where you are. I might have to wait for better weather! But I always love a good excuse to travel!)

IMPORTANT NOTE: At the class, you will get all of my secrets for making excellent bread as well as a copy of the best recipe for making any kind of whole wheat (including spelt) bread.


Any more questions? =)

p.s. I hope to see you in a class soon...

Bread Day

Today is bread making day. Everybody loves when I have a bread day. My little boys love to help add flour and even shape loaves. They are such good helpers!
I will probably make bread a lot this summer - every 6-10 days. We go through a lot of bread for sandwiches in summer. I promise that I won't tell you every time I make bread this summer. Just every once in a while. ;)
I just want to report that it turned out beautifully. The dough was a little sticky as I shaped loaves, but it turned out okay in the end. Hooray for small successes. I dare say that my recipe is almost fail proof. Is that possible?

Spelt Cinnamon Rolls

I posted a few days ago about making some AMAZING cinnamon rolls made with spelt bread dough. I wanted to finally post the picture that I took. They were soft and perfect and one of my best attempts, yet. Sometimes I wonder how they can get better. I love the challenge to make my treats better or at least as good as the last time.

Doesn't this make you drool?

You can find the recipe here: www.histakes-spelt.com/recipes.php
It is the first recipe - the 100% whole wheat bread dough recipe.
I made scones, 5 loaves of bread, and cinnamon rolls out of that batch of dough.