Elderberry Crunch Bread

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Elderberry Crunch Bread

 

3 3/4 cups rye flour and 1 1/3 cups barley flour, or 1 1/3 any

whole-grain flour

5 tablespoons freshly ground flaxeeds

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 1/4 cups apple juice or other unsweetened fruit juice

2 tablespoons corn oil

1 teaspoon coconut extract (optional)

1 teaspoon amaretto extract (optional)

2 cups elderberries

1 cup granola

1 cup shelled raw sunflower seeds

1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

2 tablespoons lecithin granules

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the flour, ground flaxseeds, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.

In a medium-size bowl, mix together the apple juice, liquid stevia, if you are

using it, lemon juice, corn oil, and extracts.

Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, being careful not to overmix.

Stir in the elderberries, granola, sunflower seeds, coconut, and lecithin.

Press the dough into 2 oiled 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2- inch bread pans. Sprinkle

the cinnamon on top. Set a pan of hot water on the bottom of the oven to keep

the crust soft. Bake the loaves until a toothpick inserted in the center emerges

clean, about 1 hour.

Remove the loaves from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack before slicing.

2 loaves.

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Ben. This sounds so good.

I sure wish I could find elderberries!

I used to eat them right off the bushes

back east where I grew up; they just grew

wild. My grams told me stories of making

elderberry wines when she was a girl;

I bet that was delicious, too.

 

Of course who can forget the funny line

from Monty Python's Holy Grail:

" Your mother was a hampster and your father

smelled of ELDERBERRIES! " *lol*

 

~ PT ~

 

When we hold back on life, life holds us back.

~ Mary Manin Boggs

~~~*~~~*~~~>

, Ben T <letscook_freecook wrote:

>

> Elderberry Crunch Bread

[Guest guest]

What could you sub them with? I've never seen an

elderberry. I have no clue to what they look or taste

like.

Donna in avocado-land Calif.

 

--- ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote:

 

> Hi Ben. This sounds so good.

> I sure wish I could find elderberries!

> I used to eat them right off the bushes

> back east where I grew up; they just grew

> wild. My grams told me stories of making

> elderberry wines when she was a girl;

> I bet that was delicious, too.

>

> Of course who can forget the funny line

> from Monty Python's Holy Grail:

> " Your mother was a hampster and your father

> smelled of ELDERBERRIES! " *lol*

>

> ~ PT ~

>

> When we hold back on life, life holds us back.

> ~ Mary Manin Boggs

> ~~~*~~~*~~~>

> , Ben T

> <letscook_freecook wrote:

> >

> > Elderberry Crunch Bread

>

>

>

>

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Good question! I don't know what would

make a good sub for them. They are very

tiny and about the size of a pot seed.

The berry itself is dark purple with a

good-sized seed in it, so they are crunchy,

but sweet like a mulberry. They grow in

clusters that remind me of Queen Anne's

Lace flowers.

The picture at this link shows what the clusters

look like but these are obviously unripe as they

are still in the blossom stage in this picture:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elderberry

 

At this picture you can see them more in the

berry stage, yet still pale and unripe:

 

http://www.hort.cornell.edu/extension/commercial/fruit/mfruit/elderberries.html

 

Here is a good set of drawings and pics at all stages,

but the pics of the ripe berries makes them look much

bigger than I ever saw them get.:

http://wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Elderberry.html

 

~ PT ~

 

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-- this is the brave and happy life.

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, Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower

wrote:

>

> What could you sub them with? I've never seen an

> elderberry. I have no clue to what they look or taste

> like.

> Donna in avocado-land Calif.