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Aquafaba Soda Bread

Aquafaba Soda Bread

I always have leftover chickpea water, called aqufaba, after cooking chickpeas. I use this in my hummus recipe but I found it works great in bread too. Preheat oven to 170c/388f Ingredients: 2 cups buckwheat Flour 1 cup Oats (use gluten free if needed) Small handful of seeds. I use pumpkin and sunflower. 1 tsp baking soda 1 cup aquafaba 1 cup oat milk or milk of choice 1 tbsp molasses (optional) Add the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix Add the wet ingredients and mix Add t

Simple Yeast Bread

Simple Yeast Bread

I usually make soda bread here in the cottage, made with bread soda. I thought for a change I'd make yeast bread. I use quick acting yeast that I bought in my local health shop in one package. Some use individual packets which increases waste. The secret to getting the hard crust is cooking the bread in a pre-heated casserole dish with a lid. It's called a dutch oven. The bread effectively steams in the oven creating this wonderful crispy crust. Recipe: This recipe is adapted