Flax Bread Recipe

bseidl · 09-15-2009, 01:37 PM

I used a recipe posted by MuscleMom and tweaked it a bit...

Dry Ingredients:
2 cups ground flaxseed
1 tabelspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
6 packets of stevia
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Wet Ingredients:
2 whole eggs
5 egg whites
5 tabelspoons canola oil
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix all dry ingredients together except for walnuts.

Add the wet ingredients and thourghly mix.

Stir in walnuts.

Spray a standard loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray and put batter into loaf pan.

Bake at 350 for 35 to 40 min.

Let cool in pan for 2 hours. Remove from pan and cut bread as desired.

kickchickbecca · 09-15-2009, 09:02 PM

Do you happen to have any pictures?

How did it taste?

bseidl · 09-16-2009, 11:31 AM

The bread looks the same as MuscleMom's, just imagine nuts in it.

pic

Taste:
Sweet and subtle cinnamin taste. Using canola oil really brings out the sweetness where as EVOO and flax oil over-power the bread. Walnuts give it a nutty flavor and texture. This bread is awesome with peanut butter or creame cheese.

kickchickbecca · 09-17-2009, 06:20 PM

Just made these but couldn't find a loaf pan, so I made 8 mini loafs.
I LOVED them, I'm so full and I felt as if I just had 3 loafs of bread!
Who needs carbs when you can have these!

Thank youuuu!
You have cured my craving for bread!

gecko... · 09-18-2009, 05:48 AM

I'm excited - I just read through this recipe on a different forum and it looks like it gets a huge thumbs up from everyone. Going to make it first thing tomorrow morning!

Will take a pic and review then

bseidl · 09-18-2009, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kickchickbecca

Just made these but couldn't find a loaf pan, so I made 8 mini loafs.
I LOVED them, I'm so full and I felt as if I just had 3 loafs of bread!
Who needs carbs when you can have these!

Thank youuuu!
You have cured my craving for bread!

Awesome! Glad you liked it!

gecko... · 09-18-2009, 10:16 PM

Here we are;

The only change to the recipe was I used 5Tbsp of melted coconut oil instead of canola oil. I omitted the walnuts as I didnt have any.

I've sliced it into 16 pieces. I'm not sure if US cup sizes are different or something, but I weighed all ingredients and came up with macros of

whole recipe;
calories 2629
fat 227.3g
protein 86.4g
carbs (net) 14.4g
fiber 82.2g

per slice (16 slices)
calories 164
fat 14.2g
protein 5.4g
carbs (net) 0.9g
fiber 5.1g

I'm eating a piece now with homemade (low carb) nutella. Its good. You have to chew it thoroughly like with anything flax-y but it really is very much like 'normal' bread. Its dense, not crumbly at all and would easily hold up to any sort of sandwich. I bet it would be great toasted too.

Cheers for the recipe! This is definitely going to become one of my staple foods

dfast · 09-25-2009, 06:24 AM

I've not been able to nail this recipe yet; I think it's because I've been using olive oil. It just tastes too strong in something as subtle as this. gecko..., did your recipe mix easily with the melted coconut oil? I love the stuff, especially as it's relatively mild tasting - it looks as though it worked really well in this context.

bseidl · 09-25-2009, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by dfast

I've not been able to nail this recipe yet; I think it's because I've been using olive oil. It just tastes too strong in something as subtle as this. gecko..., did your recipe mix easily with the melted coconut oil? I love the stuff, especially as it's relatively mild tasting - it looks as though it worked really well in this context.

Yeah, olive oil is too strong. That's why I used canola oil. I haven't tried melted coconut oil yet, but will eventually. I might even try using 2 tablespoons of melted butter along with 3 tablespoons of canola oil to give it a buttery taste.

dfast · 09-25-2009, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bseidl

Yeah, olive oil is too strong. That's why I used canola oil. I haven't tried melted coconut oil yet, but will eventually. I might even try using 2 tablespoons of melted butter along with 3 tablespoons of canola oil to give it a buttery taste.

Oh, I completely forgot about butter! I think I'll have to try it again. Thanks.

gecko... · 09-27-2009, 08:07 PM

the trick with coconut oil is to use your eggs at room temperature and the 1/2 cup of water has to be warm, or else the coconut oil with re-solidify while you mix it.

As long as you do that, the coconut oil works just the same as any other oil. Although, butter sounds like a good option, especially for a sweet bread. I plan on making the next loaf with cocoa added and might use butter.

On a side note; the loaf freezes very well. I'm just defrosting it slice by slice as needed. It toasts nicely too

DuWeech · 09-29-2009, 01:12 AM

Just made this today with coconut oil, and all I can say is WOW!!! I was shocked at how much like bread this tasted. Great Recipe!!!

PennState · 10-11-2009, 03:50 PM

Well I can't wait to try this bread. I am making it now, but does anyone know a tsp./Tbl equivalent to a "packet" of stevia?

NoAirNoWayOut · 10-12-2009, 02:20 AM

gecko what it the australian version of pumpkin pie spice?!

syekotk · 10-12-2009, 03:04 AM

I don't know if we have one. Pumpkin pie isn't to popular over here.

I made this last night, agree with the above don't use olive oil. This smelt delicious cooking and I was excited......one bite and the whole loaf went into the bin.

gecko... · 10-12-2009, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by NoAirNoWayOut

gecko what it the australian version of pumpkin pie spice?!

'mixed spice' - not 'all spice'. Dont get them confused because 'all spice' is savoury

bluray2 · 10-13-2009, 09:55 AM

What exactly would the Stevia in 6 packets of Stevia equal by weight or volume? I have been looking for a flax bread recipe for a while, so thank you to all contributors! I may experiment in creating a multi-grain version of this bread with high fat low carb seeds like flax and sunflower seeds, etc.

@ Gecko.

Did you happen to weigh the loaf in grams?

pwillems · 10-13-2009, 07:44 PM

Made this last night. Just chucked all the ingredients in the breadmaker and hit start. Simple and really tasty.

Had to make a few changes to the recipe and the result is really not bad at all. First of all, I replaced the flax meal with almond meal as I couldn't find the flax. Also, couldn't find the pumpkin pie spice (guessing it must be a US thing), so I used an all purpose spice that is mainly nutmeg, cinnamon and clove. Figured those would be the spices I would use if I had to improvise a pumpkin pie, so can't be too far off.

Result is very nice, surpisingly similar to bread in a slightly more eggy/moist way. Had a slice with some keto nutella for brekky. Heaven. Will be enjoying a cheese and mayo sandwich for lunch

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Tdogg2k8 · 11-18-2009, 04:07 PM

Has anyone replaced the canola oil with Light butter? (im not exactly on keto anymore so i dont need that much fat -even though its healthy fats-)

also has anyone added protein to this? give it a better taste?