homemade
This is my go-to recipe for homemade bread. My family loves it and asks me to make it often. It is truly dummy proof recipe so if you have never made bread before, you can start with this recipe with no fear of failing.
I got this recipe from Croatian cooking facebook group which I follow, the recipe author's name is Rajka Sunajko and it has become legendary for how easy and simple it is to make, it tastes like old school grandmas bread baked in clay and it stays fresh for a couple of days.
This bread is crispy from outside and soft from inside. The most important parts of the preparation process are:
1. Leave the bread dough to rise for a minimum of 4 hrs, ideally overnight.
2. You should not forget to use the clay or glass casserole dish with a cover and warm the whole empty dish together with the oven before adding risen dough to it.
I hope that you enjoy making and eating this bread as much as I do!
Yield: 6
Grandmas Homemade Bread Baked in Clay.
This bread is crispy from outside and soft from inside. The most important parts of the preparation process are:
1. Leave the bread dough to rise for a minimum of 4 hrs, ideally overnight.
2. You should not forget to use the clay or glass casserole dish with a cover and warm the whole empty dish together with the oven before adding risen dough to it.
1. Leave the bread dough to rise for a minimum of 4 hrs, ideally overnight.
2. You should not forget to use the clay or glass casserole dish with a cover and warm the whole empty dish together with the oven before adding risen dough to it.
prep time: 10 minscook time: 40 minstotal time: 50 mins
Ingredients
- 3 cups of flour of your choice
- 1.5 cups of warm water
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 pack of dry yeast (2 and 1/4 teaspoons)
Instructions
- Spoon mix together well all of the ingredients. No need to hand knead the dough. The dough will be liquidy, that is how it should be.
- Cover the bowl with the dough with the nylon wrap and place it in the fridge for a minimum of 4 hours or ideally overnight.
- Heat the oven to the maximum heat. For my oven that is 250 C / 482 F along with the empty covered clay dish.
- Carefully take out the empty, covered heated clay or casserole dish out of the oven and line it with baking paper.
- Spoon out the dough onto a baking paper, cover and place it in the oven, leave it to bake for 30 minutes on maximum heat.
- Take off the cover off the dish and reduce heat to 200C / 392 F, leave it in the oven baking on this lower temperature for another 10 minutes.
- Take the bread out of the oven and let it cool a bit before serving.
Small protein bars are usually quite expensive in organic stores and juice shops. I really like them as they make a wonderful quick and healthy meal for a young mum who never stops. I often just grab a protein bar and run out with Anabela to park as she rarely lets me eat full meal sitting down while we are home alone (which is often).
Today I tried (and seems like succeeded) to make my own protein bars with no baking and fancy ingredients. I actually had all of the ingredients at home and you can really use any oats and nuts you like in the amounts you like. The important thing is that you add enough 'wet' ingredients to keep grains and nuts together into a bar.
These bars are baby friendly (14 months +), make sure you already tested nuts on your child before and that they aren't alergic to any of the ingredients! I gave Anabela small pieces (with no whole nuts) to try and she absolutely loved it!
INGREDIENTS
1 cup of oats
Handful of walnuts
Handful of hazelnuts
Handful of almonds
Half handful of pistachios
Handful of sliced almonds
Handful of cranberries
Half handful of sunflower seeds
2 big spoons full of almond or peanut butter
2 big spoons full of coconut oil
1 cup of dates (presoak during night in a bowl of water)
1 spoon full of honey or agave syrup
DIRECTIONS
0 - Presoak the dates in the bowl of water night before.
1. Spread the nuts and grains over baking paper evenly edge to edge in a small square pan about 1cm in hight (or as tall you want your bars to be).
2. Remove the pits from the dates and mix them with blender with a spoon full of honey or agave syrup until it looks like a smooth paste.
3. Melt coconut oil and almond or peanut butter over medium to low heat stirring continuously so it doesn't burn.
4. Combine dates paste and melted oil mixture and spread it over the nuts and grains in the pan. Press with spoon and make sure all is evenly coated and there are no spots where grains are not covered with wet mixture.
5. Place in freezer for 30 minutes or in fridge for a couple of hours. Cut the firm bar into even square pieces, wrap individual bars with baking paper and tie them around for a quick and healthy bite on the go.
Let me know how you like this ladies if you decide to try it! :)
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