Well Nat has had a few days off and so I haven't really needed to do any baking. He started back at work this morning and when I asked him what type of bread he would like he replied with "Surprise".
I looked through The Big Book of Bread and found a recipe for the Moroccan Seed loaf. This is a white loaf which uses honey and milk instead of sugar and water. It also includes sunflower, sesame and pumpkin seeds.
To veganise, I used agave for the honey and a 50:50 mix of warm water and this soy milk. This bread didn't rise quite as much as I thought it should have and actually sank a little when it went into the oven - I also had to remove it about 10 minutes before the end of the recommended baking time or it would have been burnt to a crisp. I was a little worried that the loaf would be dense as it doesn't have any oil in the dough (aside from a little soy milk) and the fact that it didn't rise, but as you can see it turned out really well. Nat was really impressed and ate about 3 pieces with avocado (our favourite bread spread) yesterday afternoon.
Next time I will reduce the temprature a little and double the amount of seeds as they were quite dispersed throughout the bread. But definitely a loaf with lots of potential that I will make again.
2 comments:
the bread looks great to me, Georgia! mmmmmmmmmmmm! isn't avocado as a spread just the best?! i love it so much! yay!
it looks very yummy... there's nothing like a piece of freshly baked bread. i made some last night as well!
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