Low Calorie Bread Recipe

This low calorie bread is particularly popular for those on a diet:

LOW CALORIE BREAD
2 yeast cakes 2 c. whole-wheat flour
3 tbsp. honey 1 c. soy flour
l 3/4 c. water 1 c. rice flour
2 tbsp. bacon fat or oil 2 tsp. salt

Dissolve yeast in water; add 1 tbsp. of the honey. Heat water to blood temperature. Add fat or oil, remaining honey; stir in all flour. Cover and allow to rise in warm place until double its bulk. Add salt and enough more soy flour to make a stiff dough. Knead well for 3-4 minutes. Pour into greased bread pan and let rise again. Bake at 400°, 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° and bake 40 min¬utes. Brush with softened butter and turn out on rack to cool.



Do you spend half an hour a week going to some special store or bakery for your favorite loaf of bread? Do you spend a couple of hours on odds and ends around the house? Well—then you can actually save 10 or 15 minutes each week by baking your own bread! So "it takes too long to bake bread at home" is no excuse. And the results will soon make all store bread tasteless. Here is your "no excuse" recipe:

Breads & Rolls
3 lbs. freshly ground whole- 1 tsp. salt
wheat flour 1 tsp. honey, raw sugar or un
1 qt. warm water, whey or potato water or milk 1 pkg. dry powdered yeast.

Have all ingredients at room temperature. Soften yeast in a little warm water, add honey, sugar or molasses and set aside about 15 minutes, while you eat breakfast or wash the dishes. Mix flour and salt with a wooden spoon. Gradually stir in yeast mixture. Add water or milk until dough is consistency of thick porridge (more moist than the usual bread dough). Spoon dough into 3 greased pans, set in warm place until dough rises nearly to top of pans. This will allow you another 20-30 minutes to do more of those odds and ends about the house. Bake at 375°, 45-60 minutes, until crusty. Turn out on rack to cool.

OAT BREAD
6 c. whole-wheat flour 2 c. water
1/2 c. soy flour 1 1/2 tbsp. salt
2 c. milk 2 yeast cakes
1/4 c. oil 1 c. steel-cut oats
1/2 c. molasses
Have all ingredients at room temperature. Sift flours. Heat milk to lukewarm and add oil. Add molasses, water and salt. Crumble yeast into mixture and stir until dissolved. Add flour and oats; knead 3 minutes. Allow to rise in warm place for 2 hours. Shape, into 3 or 4 loaves, place in greased pans, cover with damp cloth and allow to stand 1 hour. Bake at 375°, 45-60 minutes.

Dukan Diet - Bread Recipe

During the consolidation phase of the Dukan diet it it nice to know that you are allowed to eat two slices of bread a day.

You will probably enjoy it more if you make it yourself, so here are a few tips for making some really tasty bread.

The whole-wheat bread you bake at home will surpass in flavor, fragrance and nutritive value any bread you can buy. The old excuse that it takes too long to bake your own bread is refuted in the recipes you will find here and your own satisfaction in knowing that you are giving your family the best bread that can be made is more than worth the little time it takes.

You will discover that it's fun to knead and shape the dough, and that it somehow satisfies the elemental desire of woman to prepare fine food for her family. True, bread-making is an art and you may have to experiment to find the exact technique suited to you. But it's worth it, just as it is to take any basic recipe and, by imagination and experiment, make it your own.

The best bread is that made with wheat you grind yourself. However, there are sources of excellent freshly stone-ground flour in most neighborhoods or from reputable mail-order and internet based firms.

It is best to heat milk gently rather than scald it, in order to promote enzymatic action and prevent the destruction of phosphatase in both the grain and the milk.

Allow the sponge or first mixture to rise slowly so that the bran may soften and more gluten may develop. For the rising, cover with a clean linen cloth.

BASIC WHOLE WHEAT BREAD RECIPE

Dissolve 2 yeast cakes or 2 pkgs. dry yeast in 1/3 c. lukewarm water. In a 4-qt. kettle bring to blood heat 2 c. milk. Add 3 tbsp. oil or other fat, 3 tbsp. honey or unsulphured molasses or a mixture of both. Stir in dissolved yeast. Add 3 c. whole wheat flour and beat well for 5 minutes.

Cover tightly and set in warm place, away from draught, until it rises to twice its bulk. Turn out on floured board, add 2 tsp. salt and knead about 10 minutes, until satiny, adding more flour if necessary. Dough should be soft and pliable but not stiff. Divide in half and shape into 2 loaves. Place in greased bread pans and put in warm place until loaves double in size.

Bake in hot oven, 400°, for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° and continue baking for 40 minutes. Brush loaves with soft butter and turn out on rack to cool.

Variations
1. Wheat germ may be substituted for 1 c. flour.
2. Soy flour may be substituted for 2 c. flour.
3. Unbleached white flour may be substituted for 3 c. flour.
4. Cracked wheat may be substituted for 1 c. flour.
5. Sesame seeds may be used to cover the dough when shaping for pans.
Brush loaves with egg white so seeds will stick.
6. Raisins and nuts may be added if a sweet bread is desired.

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