Several years ago, I asked hubby for a bread maker. My big plan was to make lots of fresh-baked loaves of bread and never have to buy another loaf again. Ah, to be young with such lofty goals. I baked one loaf, it wasn’t great, and the unit was stored in the garage for several years. My older, and much wiser self decided to dust that bad boy off and give the whole bread-making thing another shot. SO glad I did! My amazingly wonderful friend Donna makes bread all the time and is always telling me how fun and easy it is – and how great it makes the house smell. She was so right!
I did some research and played around a bit with ingredients and ultimately came up with this whole grain treat. If you don’t have a bread maker, ask Santa or whomever to bring you one. You literally dump the ingredients in the metal “bowl”, and walk away. Definitely the lazy man’s way to make bread (though not as lazy as buying a loaf at the store!).
- 1 cup almond milk
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 TBS Earth Balance vegan butter
- 2 TBS agave or honey
- 2 tsp salt
- 3 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 2 TBS ground flax seeds
- 2 TBS sunflower seeds
- 1 tsp orange zest
- 2 1/4 tsp active yeast 1 package
- Place all ingredients in the order listed into bread maker. Choose whole wheat, medium color crust, and 2 lb loaf settings.
- When loaf is done (in about 3:45), immediately transfer to cooling rack and let cool at least one hour before slicing.
