Wednesday 16 April 2014

Coconut Bread

This recipe is so simple and I was so surprised at how perfect this bread came out. The coconut components add a subtle sweetness and the spelt flour adds that nutty, earthy taste that bread has. It was so crisp on the outside and had the perfect moist, fluffy texture on the inside.

This coconut bread is also filled with health benefits containing essential vitamins & minerals to your bodies health, could it get any better?

Because it's only subtly sweet, it's versatile. Toast it for breakfast with some almond butter and toasted coconut (like I did :) ) or use it for lunch as your sandwich bread, or maybe even for dinner as a dipper into your coconut curry dish. The possibilities are endless!




Ingredients:

Dry
1/2 cup of coconut flour
1/2 cup of spelt flour*
1/2 tsp of Himalayan salt (I switched over to only Himalayan Salt, I suggest you do too!)
1 tsp of aluminum free baking powder
Dash of stevia

Wet
3 Tbsp of coconut milk
2 Tbsp of coconut oil
3 eggs*
2 flax eggs (2 flax eggs = 2 Tbsp of flax meal combined with 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp of water: mix together and let sit until the flax absorbs the water and thickens to take on an egg like texture)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a small loaf pan with coconut oil. (I don't own a baking pan so I cut off a large piece of foil and folded up the sides to make my own!)

Combine dry ingredients and mix well. In a separate bowl, combine wet ingredients and mix well. Then fold the wet ingredients into the dry to make your bread dough. Once combined, place into your loaf pan and place in the oven for about 30 minutes or until it becomes firm to touch and golden on the outside.

Notes:
*This recipe is practically gluten-free as spelt flour can be tolerated by most people with gluten sensitivity as it's much easier digestible than wheat. You could replace spelt flour with a gluten free flour like Buckwheat. I personally LOVE spelt flour and the flavor notes it adds to this recipe....just saying :)
*To make completely dairy free you could replace the eggs with 3 more flax eggs. If the moisture level is low try adding some more coconut oil.


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