6/29/2011

microwaved bread

Can you stand it??  It's certainly not the best bread in the world, but it certainly will do in a pinch, and in a pinch I was tonight.  This is not my original recipe, but I don't feel like finding the original...so you just get my version, safe for the chitlin.


4 T. applesauce
2 Tbs. sorghum flour
1 Tbs. millet flour
1 Tbs.  flax meal
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. cocoa powder
shake of salt


Add all ingredients to a microwavable container of the size and shape desired--probably at least a 2-cup container--and stir well. Cook in microwave on high for 90 seconds. You may have to loosen around the edges with a butter knife. The result is dense but reminds me a little of whole wheat bread.  I might reduce the applesauce a tad next time, and replace a tablespoon of it with a little rice or flax milk.  I had another recipe similar to this once, but can't find it.  It offered the option of replacing the cocoa with cinnamon, which is really, really tasty with the applesauce as egg replacer.  =D
The container...well.  The original poster used a small pyrex flat-bottomed and straight sided bowl to make a nice, neat little hamburger bun.  I don't have any bowls like that, so I used a 20 oz (I think), wide drinking glass to make a more roll-shaped bun.  It works for me, because I can make two little sandwiches for the chitlin, and he will love that.