Monday, August 27, 2012

Softest whole wheat honey rolls

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 Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup warm milk or almond milk
1 egg beaten
2 TBS butter softened
1/4 cup honey
3/4 tsp salt
4 1/4 cups freshly ground whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp dry yeast
1 TBS chia seeds (optional)

Place all ingredients in your breadmaker in the order given. Select the dough cycle on the bread machine and let that machine do its job!
When the dough cycle is finished, punch it down and separate into 15-20 even balls. Pinch into a round ball and place in a greased 9x13 pan. I stuff as many in as I can.
Let rise for about an hour until doubled in size. Bake at 350 for 12-14 min.

To me, there is nothing better than a fresh, warm roll with butter and honey on it. Yumm! I hope you enjoy these very soft rolls as much as my family does. Its our favorite bread recipe. Yes, you can shape it into a loaf instead and make a nice loaf of bread. Its a large loaf but very yummy. I'd cook it on a slightly lower rack at 350 for 20-25 min. Good luck!

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Most moist and tasty banana bread...

 I've found the best way to make healthy, moist, banana bread. There are a few tricks that may surprise you.
Ingredients:
3 ripe bananas (I use thawed out bananas from my freezer)
2 eggs
2/3 cup coconut oil (or sub apple sauce)
1/2 cup greek yogurt
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup agave
1/3 cup stevia in the raw
1/3 cup organic cane sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cups freshly ground whole wheat
walnuts are optional
1-2 TBS chia seeds optional

In a mixer, combine bananas, eggs, oil, greek yogurt, oil, sugar, stevia, agave, and vanilla. In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Combine in your mixer. Stir in nuts if desired. Stir in desired chia seeds. Pour into 2 loaf pans evenly. This recipe makes 2 medium size loaves. If you doubled it, you'd get 3 nice and large loaves. Bake at 325 for 50 min.
My family took care of both loaves in 1 day. Its pretty darn good!

In case you are wondering why I use so many different types of sugars... The answer is that I just like the flavor. I don't like plain stevia, but if you do, use that. I like a little bit of sugar flavor from the cane sugar and try to hide the stevia. I'd use agave more, but it costs a lot of money and its very liquidy. I find this to be the best combination. Work with what you like. Enjoy!