Peggy’s Fresh Goat Cheese
- 2 quarts fresh raw goat milk
- 2 teaspoons vegetable or animal rennet
- 1 tablespoon sea salt
- Pour goat milk in clean bowl. Add rennet and stir thoroughly (about 1-2 minutes).
- Cover bowl with lid or large plate. Place on counter away from direct heat for 24 hours.
- After 24 hours remove plate.
- Spoon off whey from milk that has now separated and thickened, (I use the whey for lacto–fermented canning and mayonnaise) leaving only the milk solids in the bowl.
- Place large piece of cheesecloth or thin tea towel inside colander.
- Place colander inside small bucket or bowl. Pour milk solids into the colander. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sea salt and stir well.
- Place plate on top of colander to cover. Place colander in bucket on counter away from direct heat for 24 hours.
- After 24 hours remove plate. Scrape cheese from sides of colander into center of cheesecloth or tea towel.
- Gather ends of cheesecloth and tie into a knot, leaving thickened cheese in a ball in bottom of cheesecloth.
- Hang cheesecloth on a hook above your sink or run a large dowel through the knotted cheesecloth and hang it over the top of a pitcher and let your cheese continue to drain for 12 to 24 hours, depending on how dry or creamy you prefer your cheese to be.
- Remove cheese from cheesecloth and store in refrigerator in glass container. Will keep for up to 2 weeks.
Utensils needed: large glass or plastic bowl, large plate to cover bowl, large piece of cheesecloth or thin tea towel, large mesh colander, and a small bucket or large bowl that colander will fit in but leave lots of room in bottom for draining the cheese, long–handled spoon or dowel and pitcher.
Buttermilk-Poppy Seed Muffins
- 2 cups sprouted flour (your choice)
- 1 cup maple sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 1/2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup whole buttermilk, preferably organic
- 3 large eggs, preferably pastured
- 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup organic butter, melted
- Orange Glaze
- 1 cup Powdered rapadura
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
- Whisk together buttermilk and next 3 ingredients in a medium bowl. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in melted butter.
- Spoon batter into a lightly greased or lined 12–cup muffin pan, filling three–fourths full.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Remove muffins from pan to a wire rack and drizzle with Orange Glaze.
Jose’s Black Beans and Rice
- 1 pound sprouted black beans
- 6 thick bacon slices, diced
- 1 large yellow onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 quarts chicken stock
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- lard
- 1 plantain, cut into ½" cubes
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 7 garlic cloves
- 2 shallots, coarsely chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons roasted red bell peppers, chopped
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- Hot cooked sprouted brown rice
- Prepare Beans: Place beans in a large Dutch oven; add filtered water to depth of 2 inches above beans. Bring to a boil.
- Boil 1 minute; cover, remove from heat, and let stand 1 hour. Drain.
- Cook bacon in Dutch oven over medium heat, stirring often, 8–10 minutes or until crisp.
- Remove bacon and drain on paper towels; reserve drippings in Dutch oven.
- Add onion, 3 garlic cloves, and red bell pepper to hot drippings; cook, stirring often, 10 minutes or until tender.
- Add stock, next 3 ingredients, and beans; bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, 2 hours or until beans are tender.
- Meanwhile, prepare Plantain: Melt lard to depth of 1 inch in a 10" cast–iron skillet; heat to 340 degrees.
- Fry plantain 2–3 minutes or until golden.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Prepare Mojo: Stir together 2 garlic cloves and next 3 ingredients.
- Heat ½ cup olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat 2 3 minutes; whisk into juice mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Prepare Sofrito: Pulse 7 garlic cloves and next 3 ingredients in a food processor until finely chopped.
- Saute garlic mixture in 1 tablespoon hot olive oil (or coconut oil) in a medium saucepan over medium–high heat 5–7 minutes.
- Add paprika and next 3 ingredients; sauté 1 minute.
- Spoon desired amount hot cooked sprouted brown rice onto individual serving plates. Top each with 1 cup black bean mixture and 1 tablespoon Sofrito.
- Drizzle each with a tablespoon Mojo. Sprinkle with bacon and plantain cubes.
Improved Pizza Crust
- 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons water
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cups sprouted flour (red wheat or spelt works best)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons honey
- 1 packet dry active yeast
- 2 tablespoons dried herbs of choice (optional)
- Place all ingredients in a food processor and mix well.
- Continue to blend for about 2 minutes.
- Let dough rise in processor bowl for about 1 hour.
- Remove dough from bowl and spread with fingers onto a baking sheet or pizza pan that has been lightly bushed with olive oil.
- Let dough rest for 15–20 minutes. Load with favorite toppings.
- Bake at 450 degrees for 12–15 minutes.
- Let pizza rest for about 5 minutes before cutting.
I like to preheat my oven for 1 hour with a pizza stone on the bottom shelf. Preheating for this length of time helps heat to evenly distribute throughout your oven for even baking of your crust.
Sour Dough English Muffins
- 3/4 - 1 cup of sourdough starter
- 1 teaspoon maple sugar
- 1 1/4 cups filtered water
- 2 cups sprouted red wheat flour
- 2 cups sprouted wheat or spelt flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- All of preferment
- Make the preferment 14–18 hours before mixing the dough. Leave out on counter.
- Mix the dough: Mix baking soda and salt into preferment. Knead in 1 to 2 cups of flour; stop adding flour as soon as dough is workable.
- Do a quick knead for 5 minutes. Do not add too much flour! This can be sloppy.
- Flour your work surface and roll out dough with a rolling pin until about ½ to ¾ inch thick.
- Cut out muffins with a cookie cutter or inverted glass; place on cornmeal-sprinkled parchment.
- Cover and keep somewhere warm; let rise for 1 hour – longer if they are not warm.
- Preheat frying pan on medium low. When you add butter it should sizzle.
- Butter your pan MINIMALLY.
- Cook muffins 4 minutes – down side should get brown.
- Flip muffins and depress SLIGHTLY if needed to flatten down side.
- Cook 4 minutes on other side.
- Adjust stove heat if muffins cook too fast/slow.
Candace’s Sprouted Spelt Bread
- 3 cups sprouted spelt flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon dry active yeast
- 1 1/2 cups filtered water
- Mix all ingredients in a glass or ceramic bowl.
- Stir until all is moist.
- Cover and leave on the counter for 12, 24, or up to 36 hours to allow it to ferment.
- Place a Dutch oven with cover or cloche in your oven and preheat to 500 degrees.
- While oven is heating, place a linen cloth on the counter and sprinkle with flour; scoop wet dough from bowl and let it plop onto the floured cloth.
- Sprinkle the top with flour and pat into a rectangle.
- Fold in all sides and turn over.
- When the oven is hot, drop dough into Dutch oven or cloche, cover and bake 30 minutes.
- Remove the Dutch oven or cloche cover and bake an additional 15 minutes.
- This is amazing crusty, soft on the inside, NY deli bread.
- Keeps well on the counter with cut side down.
- Marvelous toasted.
Quinoa: An Ancient Food Back in Fashion
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 organic onion, chopped
- 1 organic clove garlic, minced
- 3/4 cup sprouted quinoa
- 1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups homemade or organic chicken stock
- 1 14 oz. can organic garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
- 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts
- 1/2 cup raisins, soaked in hot water and drained (optional)
- Stir together the olive oil, onion, and garlic in a saucepan over medium heat until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the quinoa, curry powder, salt, pepper, cumin, cinnamon, and chicken stock.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer 20 minutes until the quinoa is tender.
- Once the quinoa has finished cooking, stir in the drained garbanzo beans, toasted pine nuts, and raisins.
- Serve warm or cold.
Sprouted Millet Herbed Muffins
- 3 cups sprouted millet flour (can use wheat flour or a ½ and ½ combination)
- 2 cups whole organic buttermilk
- 3 organic or pastured eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 cup organic butter, melted
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried dill
- 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
- 1/2 teaspoon each, dried oregano, basil, and thyme
- In a large bowl mix flour and buttermilk into a batter.
- Thoroughly blend in remaining ingredients.
- Pour into well-buttered muffin tins or use muffin liners.
- Bake at 350 degrees approximately 35–45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out clean.
NOTE: Check muffins at 30 minutes to ensure they’re not over browning on top. Do the toothpick test at this time. If need to bake longer place a sheet of aluminum foil loosely on top to prevent further browning.
Carrot Cake
- 4 pastured or organic eggs
- 2 cups maple sugar (or sugar of your choice)
- 1 cup coconut oil, melted
- 2 cups sprouted white wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 cups organic carrots, grated
- 1 8- oz. package cream cheese
- 5 tablespoons organic butter, softened
- 1/3 cup rapadura or maple sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Beat eggs until fluffy; add sugar gradually.
- Pour oil into sugar mixture slowly; beat well.
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Add to batter in 3 additions; beat well after each.
- Fold in carrots.
- Pour into 3 well-buttered 9–inch layer pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
- Let cool 5 minutes and turn out onto a cooling rack. Let cool completely and ice.
- Using an electric mixer beat the cream cheese and butter together until light and creamy.
- Add the vanilla and blend.
- Add the sugar slowly to blend and then mix on high until the sugar has dissolved and the frosting is light and smooth.
- Spread between cooled cake layers and on top and sides.
Sprouted Crackers
- 5 cups of organic sprouted flour (see below for varieties)
- 2 1/4 cups organic whole buttermilk or yogurt
- 1/2 cup organic unsalted melted butter (plus extra for greasing pan and brushing tops of crackers)
- 1 tablespoon aluminum-free baking powder
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
- Lightly butter 2 large baking sheets.
- Place flour and buttermilk in stand mixer and blend until slightly stiff dough forms.
- Add melted butter, baking powder, salt, and flavoring (see below). Blend well.
- Taking a fourth of the dough at a time, roll out to about 1/8 inch thickness on a floured surface.
- Using a knife or pizza wheel, cut crackers into squares.
- Place close together on a lightly buttered baking sheet. Brush tops lightly with extra melted butter.
- For dried crackers place in oven on lowest possible temperature (around 150 degrees).
- Leave in oven all day or overnight until completely dried. Will be crispy and full of flavor.
- For baked crackers place in oven preheated to 300 degrees.
- Bake for 30 minutes until lightly browned on top.
- Reduce heat to 200 degrees and let crackers continue to bake until completely dried and crispy (about 2 – 2 ½ additional hours).
Sprouted Flour Combinations:
all wheat, spelt (will be very crumbley), barley, kamut or mix. All sprouted sorghum flour w/¼ cup sprouted amaranth, equal amounts of sprouted oat and sorghum flour. Be creative.
Variations:
Rosemary/Walnut – to basic recipe add 2 tablespoons of ground rosemary, 1 tbsp. dried rosemary leaves, and ¼ teaspoon of walnut oil.
Sesame/Poppy Seed – add 2 tablespoons each of Sesame and Poppy Seeds
Cinnamon – add 4 tablespoons ground cinnamon, ½ tsp. cinnamon oil, and ¾ cup organic or maple sugar.
Cracked Pepper – add 2 tablespoons of cracked peppercorns. Sprinkle tops with pink Himalayan salt.
Herbed – add 1 ½ tablespoons dried dill, 1 teaspoon each basil, thyme, oregano, and tarragon.
Sprouted Wheat Breakfast Muffins
- 1 1/2 cups TYH Sprouted Red or White Wheat Flour
- 1/2 cup organic sugar or maple sugar
- 1 tablespoon aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 3/4 cup organic raisins
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3/4 cup organic canned coconut milk
- 1/2 cup filtered water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease muffin tin with coconut oil or use muffin liners.
- In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients. In a medium bowl mix together the wet ingredients.
- Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients by hand just until blended, and then spoon into the muffin tin.
- Bake in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool for 5 minutes on a wire rack then remove muffins from tin and let cool completely.
My Favorite Mexican Cornbread
- 2 organic or pastured eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup lard, melted
- 1 cup sprouted yellow corn flour
- 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
- 1 cup sour cream (whole fat)
- 1 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 3-5 jalapeno peppers, chopped
- 1 cup fresh or frozen organic corn kernels
- Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.
- Pour into a greased square glass baking dish (double recipe for a 9x13“ baking dish).
- Bake for 1 hour @ 350 degrees until lightly browned on top.
- Let sit for 5 minutes before cutting into squares for serving.
- This cornbread is simply the best!
- I serve it with hardy soups or chili in the fall and winter months.
Corn Tortillas
- 2 cups sprouted yellow corn flour
- 1 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 1/8 cups water
- 3-4 tablespoons lard
- Mix all ingredients well until a dough ball forms (about 3 minutes).
- If dough is a little crumbly add 1 tablespoon of water at a time until dough holds together well.
- Let dough sit, covered, for about 2 hours.
- Uncover and separate dough into sixteen pieces. Form the pieces into small, slightly flattened balls.
- Place a floured (using sprouted corn flour) plastic bag (gallon-sized zip lock) on a bread board.
- Place a ball of dough on top, then top this with another floured plastic bag and roll the tortilla out with a rolling pin.
- You can also use a tortilla press in place of the rolling pin.
- Slowly remove the top plastic bag, flip the tortilla over into your hand and slowly remove the second plastic bag.
- Place a dry iron skillet on a burner set at medium heat. Place a tortilla on the skillet.
- Once you begin to see some bubbles appear, take a spatula and flip the tortilla over to cook on the other side.
- Once the second side is a little browned, remove it from the skillet and place on a plate.
- Repeat the process and simply stack your finished tortillas. Store in zip lock bag.
- I refrigerate mine if not using them all.
Spiced Pumpkin Biscuits
- 9 ounces sprouted flour (about 2 cups), plus extra your choice of flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons full-fat buttermilk
- 5 tablespoons cold organic butter, cut into small pieces
- 2 1/2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 3/4 cup organic canned pumpkin, or fresh baked pumpkin, pureed
- 3 tablespoons honey
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a large bowl.
- Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Chill 10 minutes.
- Combine buttermilk and honey with whisk until well blended.
- Add canned pumpkin and blend well.
- Combine buttermilk, honey and pumpkin mixture with flour mixture until moist.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead lightly 4 times.
- Roll dough into a ½-inch thick 9x5" rectangle and dust top with flour.
- Fold dough crosswise into thirds. Reroll dough and repeat process.
- Gently roll or pat to a ¾" thickness.
- Using a biscuit cutter, cut about 14 biscuits from dough.
- Place biscuits 1 inch apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 14 minutes or until golden.
- Remove from pan.
- Cool 2 minutes on wire racks.
- Serve warm with lots of butter.
Flour Tortillas
- 4 cups sprouted white wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
- 2/3 cup natural lard, cold, cut into chunks
- 1 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons hot water
- Combine flour, salt, and baking powder; stir well.
- Cut in lard with a pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Gradually stir in 1 ¼ cups of water, mixing well.
- Add remaining water one tablespoon at a time only if dough is too dry to handle.
- Let dough sit on counter, covered, for about an hour before pressing.
- Shape dough into 1 ½-inch balls; roll each out on a lightly floured surface into a very thin circle (or use a tortilla press following recommended directions).
- Circles should be about 6 inches in diameter.
- Heat an ungreased iron skillet or griddle to medium heat (about 375 degrees); cook tortillas about 2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.
- Pat tortillas lightly with spatula while browning the second side if they puff during cooking.
Blueberry-Orange Bread
- 1 cup sprouted oats, crushed in food processor or spice grinder Can substitute sprouted rolled oats
- 1 cup filtered water
- 1 tablespoon grated orange rind, preferably organic
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice (from grated orange)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups sprouted wheat, spelt, or brown rice flour
- 1 cup sucanat or date sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 large egg, preferably pastured
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 1 cup fresh organic blueberries (can use frozen)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Stir together first 5 ingredients in a large bowl; let stand 10 minutes or until oats soften.
- Stir in flour and next 6 ingredients just until dry ingredients are moistened (Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, if batter is too dry).
- Gently fold in blueberries. Pour batter into a greased 9"x5" ceramic or glass loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack 10–15 minutes.
- Remove from pan and cool completely.
- Yummy served with homemade lemon sorbet.
Peach Bread
- 1 pound freshly peeled and sliced peaches
- 1/2 cup organic unsweetened apple juice*
- 1 3/4 cups sprouted flour (your choice)
- 1 cup organic sugar (or sweeetner of choice)
- 1 teaspoon each aluminum-free baking powder AND baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten, preferably pastured
- 4 tablespoon melted butter, preferably raw or organic
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup toasted almonds, chopped (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cook peaches and apple juice in a saucepan over medium–high heat, stirring often for 15 minutes or until peaches are tender.
- Process the peach mixture in a blender until smooth.
- Combine flour and next 7 ingredients in a large bowl.
- Stir in peach puree, egg, melted butter, and vanilla; blend well. Stir in almonds.
- Pour into a greased and floured ceramic or glass loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Cover with a parchment tent after 30 minutes if excessive browning occurs. Bake additional 15 minutes until a tooth pick inserted in middle comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack 10-15 minutes.
- Remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
- Very special served with homemade vanilla ice cream topped with a dash of freshly ground nutmeg.
* You may replace apple juice with dry white wine or dark rum, depending on your tastes and preferences.
Sweet Potato Cornbread
- 2 cups sprouted organic yellow corn flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (aluminum-free)
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 3 tablespoons organic sugar or sucanat
- 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 5 large eggs, organic or pastured
- 2 cups cooked mashed sweet potatoes (about 1 ½ lb. sweet potatoes)
- 8 ounces full fat sour cream
- 1/2 cup butter, melted (organic or raw)
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Stir together flour, baking soda and powder, salt, sugar and pie spice in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
- Whisk together eggs, sweet potatoes, sour cream and butter; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened.
- Spoon batter into a lightly buttered 9" square pan.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 35 minutes or until golden brown.
NOTE: Top each slice with mounds of shredded pork barbeque and creamy cole slaw or fermented onions and peppers. Yum
Bacon and Cheddar Corn Muffins
- 6 bacon slices
- 2 cups sprouted organic yellow corn flour
- 1 tablespoon organic sugar or sucanat
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (aluminum-free)
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 1/2 cups whole organic buttermilk, plus 3 tablespoons
- 1 large egg, organic or pastured
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted (organic or raw)
- 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat 12-14 minutes or until crisp; remove bacon to paper towel to drain. Crumble.
- Heat a 12-cup stoneware or stainless steel muffin pan in the preheated oven for 5 minutes.
- Combine corn flour, baking powder and soda, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
- Stir together 1 ½ cups buttermilk and egg; add to cornmeal mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
- If dough is dry add additional buttermilk one tablespoon at a time just until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Stir in melted butter, cheese, and bacon. Remove pan from oven and brush with melted butter to coat.
- Spoon batter into hot muffin pan, filling almost completely full.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden.
- Remove from pan to a wire rack, and let cool 10 minutes.
NOTE: Heating the muffin pan beforehand results in a nice crispy bottom. You may choose to skip this step.
VARIATIONS:
Scrambled Egg Muffin Sliders: Prepare recipe as directed. Whisk together 8 large eggs, 1 tablespoon heavy cream, and ½ teaspoon Creole seasoning in a medium bowl. Melt 3 tablespoons butter (or use bacon drippings) in a large skillet. Add egg mixture and cook as you would scrambled eggs. Cut muffins in half and spoon eggs over bottom halves. Cover with top halves of muffins.
Ham and Swiss Corn Muffins: Substitute Swiss cheese for Cheddar cheese and 1 cup diced cooked ham for bacon. Brown ham in small amount of melted butter for 5-6 minutes. Proceed as directed, whisking in 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard with buttermilk and egg.
Southwestern Chile-Cheese Corn Muffins: Omit bacon. Substitute pepper Jack cheese for Cheddar cheese. Proceed as directed, stirring in 1 (4.5 oz.) can, or fresh, chopped green chiles, drained, with cheese and butter.
Sour Cream Apple Pie
- 1 unbaked sprouted pie crust
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons sprouted flour (your choice)
- 1 slightly beaten egg, organic or pastured
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 3-4 cups chopped organic apples
- 1/2 cup organic sugar
- 1/4 cup organic butter, softened
- 1/3 cup sprouted flour (your choice)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Mix sour cream, flour, salt, vanilla, egg and apples together.
- Pour into pie crust; bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.
- Mix topping ingredients well.
- Will be crumbly.
- Remove pie from oven after 25 minutes.
- Cover with topping and bake an additional 20 minutes.
Chef Banjo’s Sprouted Tortillas Two Ways
- 2 cups sprouted white wheat flour (try sprouted sorghum flour for a gluten-free version)
- 1 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 cup naturally rendered lard
- 3/4 - 1 cup hot filtered water (115-130 degrees)
- Combine flour, baking powder, salt and lard in a stand mixer with a paddle.
- Mix until it resembles a coarse cornmeal mixture.
- With a dough hook add water to mixture. Mix for 4-6 minutes.
- Remove dough from bowl onto a floured surface.
- Divide dough into 1 oz. portions. Roll into balls and cover with a clean towel to rest for 20 minutes.
- Heat a cast iron pan to medium high (dry).
- Press each ball of dough using a tortilla press or rolling pin (silpat works great for a non-stick surface to roll tortillas) making them very thin, about 6-7" in diameter.
- Place each tortilla, one at a time into a dry hot skillet and cook until a speckled golden brown.
- Replace 2 cups of sprouted white wheat or sorghum flour with: • 1 1/2 cups sprouted white wheat or sorghum flour • 1/2 cup sprouted black bean flour or sprouted garbanzo bean flour • Pinch of cayenne pepper
Sprouted Yeasted Waffles
- 1 packet (or 2 1/2 teaspoons) active dry yeast
- 3/4 cup warm water (about 80 degrees)
- 3 eggs, pastured or organic
- 3 cups whole organic milk
- 1 cup sprouted yellow cornmeal
- 2 cups sprouted red wheat flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons coconut sap sugar (or sugar of choice)
- 3/4 cup organic butter, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- • Olive or coconut oil for greasing waffle iron
- 1 1/2 cups coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 cups organic apple cider
- 2 cinnamon sticks (or 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon stirred into sugar thoroughly before adding liquids)
- 2 tablespoons organic butter
- In a small bowl stir together yeast and water. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl whisk together eggs and milk. In a medium bowl blend cornmeal, flour, salt, and sugar.
- Add yeast mixture to eggs and milk and blend. Whisk in dry ingredients, then the butter.
- Cover the bowl and let batter stand on counter about 1 hour. (You could also place batter in frig overnight for a stronger fermented taste. Remove from frig and let batter warm up on counter next morning for at least 30 minutes before cooking.)
- Stir baking soda into batter.
- Preheat waffle iron and brush lightly with coconut or olive oil.
- Cook waffles until golden brown - about 4-5 minutes.
- Keep finished waffles in a single layer on a large baking sheet in a 200 degree oven to stay crisp.
- Combine all syrup ingredients in a medium saucepan.
- Bring to a boil and reduce until liquid coats the back of a spoon - 10-15 minutes.
- To serve - butter up your waffles, drizzle with cider syrup and dig in!
Gluten-Free Sprouted Waffles
- 1 cup sprouted brown rice or sorghum flour (or 50/50)
- 1/2 cup sprouted yellow cornmeal
- 1 1/2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 large eggs, preferably pastured or organic
- 1/4 cup coconut sap sugar (or brown sugar)
- 2 cups whole organic buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or 2 teaspoons coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
- Place a large baking sheet on middle rack.
- Whisk flour, cornmeal, baking powder, soda, and salt in a large bowl.
- Lightly beat eggs and sugar in a medium bowl. Add buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. Whisk until well blended.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring just until combined.
- Preheat your waffle iron.
- Lightly coat it with olive or coconut oil.
- Add enough batter to cover about 2/3 of surface (about 2/3 cup). Distribute batter evenly across surface. Close and cook until golden brown - 4-5 minutes.
- Transfer the waffles to the baking sheet to keep warm until ready to serve. Don't stack so they'll stay crisp.
- Butter them up, add your favorite syrup or fruit sauce, and serve for a yummy breakfast.
Best Beans Ever
- 3 cups of TYH Sprouted Black Beans
- 3 cups organic apple cider or juice
- 8 ounces thick-sliced bacon
- 2 small organic yellow onions, peeled
- 1 tablespoon dry mustard
- 1 cup sorghum or cane syrup
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- Place sprouted black beans in large bowl and cover with filtered water at least 3 inches above beans.
- Let beans soak at least 24 hours to reduce cooking time.
- Drain beans and transfer to a large Dutch oven.
- Add 3 cups of cider or juice.
- Bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Gently boil, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour. Remove from heat. Drain, reserving liquid.
- Layer half of thick-sliced bacon on the bottom of Dutch oven or bean pot. Spoon beans on top. Nestle onions in beans.
- Heat syrup, mustard and salt until salt dissolves. Pour mixture over beans. Top with remaining bacon.
- Add reserved cider liquid. If necessary add water or additional cider (I add more cider) to cover all.
- Cover bean mixture and bake at 300 degrees for 3 hours, adding cider as needed.
- Bake 2 more hours until beans are tender.
Carrot Poppy Seed Muffins
- 1 1/2 cups sprouted flour (your choice)
- 3/4 cup coconut sap sugar (can reduce to 1/2 cup)
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 1 1/4 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 large pastured or organic eggs, lightly beaten
- 5 tablespoons olive oil (or 3 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil)
- 1 tablespoon firmly packed orange zest
- 2 cups shredded organic carrots
- 3/4 cup whole organic buttermilk or kefir
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- In a large bowl measure the sprouted flour, sugar, poppy seeds, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir well.
- Stir in eggs, olive or coconut oil, and orange zest.
- Fold in shredded carrots and buttermilk.
- If batter is dry add buttermilk, one tablespoon at a time until batter is soft, but not runny.
- Place paper liners in a 12-cup muffin pan.
- Spoon batter into cups, filling two-thirds full.
- Bake for 20-23 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly.
- Great with butter or cream cheese.
Sprouted Skillet Cornbread
- 2 cups sprouted yellow cornmeal
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 large pastured or organic eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup whole fat organic buttermilk or kefir
- 1/4 cup bacon grease
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the sprouted cornmeal, baking soda, and salt. Stir until well blended.
- Add the eggs and buttermilk. Stir with a wooden spoon until well blended and smooth.
- In a 9-10" cast-iron skillet heat the bacon grease, add it to the cornmeal mixture, and stir until well blended.
- Scrape the batter into the hot skillet, place the skillet in the oven, and bake until the cornbread is golden brown, about 20-25 minutes.
- Turn the cornbread out onto a serving plate of serve directly from the skillet, cutting it into small wedges.
- Bring out the butter! Lots of butter!
Paula’s Tomato Grits
- 2 cups filtered water
- 1 1/2 cups whole organic milk
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup sprouted yellow corn grits
- 9 tablespoons organic butter
- 3-4 scallions, thinly sliced
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- • One can organic diced tomatoes with green chiles, drained
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a large saucepan, combine the water, milk, and salt. Bring to a boil.
- Gradually add the grits and stir well. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add 8 tablespoons of butter stirring until melted.
- Cover and continue to cook grits until thick and creamy, about 3-4 more minutes. Remove the pan from heat.
- In a small skillet, melt the remaining tablespoon of butter over moderate heat, add the scallions, and stir until softened, about 1 minute.
- Add the scallions to the grits along with the garlic powder and 1 1/2 cups of the cheese. Stir until the cheese melts.
- Add the tomatoes with chiles, stirring until well blended.
- Spoon the mixture into a shallow buttered 2-quart baking dish and bake for 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top and continue baking till golden, about 10 minutes.
- Serve it up hot. Great with spicy grilled or boiled shrimp.
Brandied Apricot Teacakes
- 6 ounces dried apricots, finely chopped (I use unsulfured)
- 1/2 cup organic currants
- 1/2 cup boiling filtered water
- 1/2 cup organic butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups coconut sap sugar
- 3 eggs, organic or pastured
- 2 cups sprouted white wheat or brown rice flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup apricot brandy
- Powdered rapadura sugar (optional)
- Combine apricots and currants in a bowl; add boiling water. Cover and let stand overnight.
- Pre-heat oven to 325°.
- Beat butter; gradually add sugar, beating well with an electric mixer.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Combine flour and next 5 ingredients in a separate bowl.
- Add to creamed mixture alternately with brandy, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Blend well. Stir in fruit mixture.
- Spoon batter into paper-lined miniature muffin pans, filling 3/4 full. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
- Remove muffins from pans and let cool on wire racks.
- Sprinkle with powdered rapadura for an added touch.
Maria Lamb’s Sprouted Pinole
- 1 cup sprouted purple or yellow corn flour
- 1/4 cup chopped dates
- 2/3 cup filtered water
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 3 tablespoons brown rice syrup
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- Dash of cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Toast the sprouted corn flour and chia seeds - Add both ingredients to a dry skillet and toast over medium-high heat for 5-8 minutes.
- This step is essential, but can be tricky: If the heat is too low the corn flour won't toast; if too high, it will burn. Keep a constant eye on it and stir regularly.
- Add all the ingredients in a food processor and pulse until there are no large chunks of dates remaining.
- If the mixture is too crumbly, add a little more water, 1 tablespoon at a time until you have a thick paste.
- Form the mixture into 3 or 4 rounds, about 3/8" thick and 4-5" in diameter.
- Bake on a parchment-lined baking sheet for about 10-12 minutes until the outside forms a solid crust and begins to show small cracks.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
- They can be eaten immediately or saved in the refrigerator for several days.
Pecan Pockets
- 1 cup organic butter, softened
- 8 ounces extra-sharp cheddar cheese, grated
- 2 cups sprouted flour (your choice)
- 1 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 pound pecan halves
- Cream together butter and cheese.
- In a separate bowl stir together flour, baking powder, pepper, and salt.
- Add to butter and cheese mixture and blend together until creamy.
- Place mixture on wax paper and form a ball.
- Cover and chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat your oven to 350°.
- Roll out refrigerated dough until thin.
- Cut out 1-inch circles using a bottle cap or very small cookie cutter.
- Put 1 pecan half on the left or right edge of each dough circle.
- Fold dough over and seal edges with a fork.
- Bake about 15 minutes until browned.
- Let cool slightly on pan.
- Transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
Sprouted Whole Wheat Challah
- 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
- 5 large egg yolks (reserve one white for bread glaze or use one whole egg for glaze)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup honey
- 4 1/2 cups organic sprouted red wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- • Optional topping: sesame, poppy, or anise seeds, dried rosemary or dill
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Place all ingredients in your bread machine and process on the dough cycle (my machine requires the liquid ingredients to be added first).
- Alternatively, mix the liquid ingredients in a stand mixer or by hand.
- Then add in the flour and knead until a smooth, uniform dough is formed.
- Allow to rise for 2 hours or until it has doubled in bulk.
- Lightly flour a work surface.
- Divide the dough in half and shape as desired.
- If not using loaf pans, you can place the braided dough on parchment-lined baking sheets.
- Cover the dough and allow to rise for 45 minutes.
- Whisk the reserved egg white with a tablespoon of water in a small bowl.
- If you are using white flour for the challah, whisk a whole egg for the glaze to give the dough more color.
- Brush the challah with the glaze and sprinkle with desired topping.
- Bake for 30 minutes - less for smaller loaves - until the loaves sound hollow when tapped on the bottom or register 195° with an instant read thermometer.
- Let cool on a wire rack.
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
- 3/4 cup organic butter, softened
- 8 ounces organic cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup organic brown or coconut sap sugar
- 1 cup maple or organic sugar
- 2 large organic or pastured eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sprouted brown rice flour
- 1 1/2 cups sprouted sorghum flour
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon free baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 1/2 cups cups canned organic pumpkin (or freshly cooked and mashed)
- 1/2 cup toasted pecans, chopped
- 1/2 cup cup sweetened organic dried cranberries
- 1/2 teaspoon teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Beat butter and cream cheese (I use an electric stand mixer) until creamy.
- Gradually add sugars, beating until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
- Stir together flour and next 4 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed.
- Stir in pumpkin and next 3 ingredients.
- Spoon batter into 2 lightly greased or lined (12-cup) muffin pans, filling 2/3 full. Sprinkle with Pumpkin Pie Streusel.
- Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in pans on a wire rack 5 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack and cool 20 minutes.
Pumpkin Pie Streusel - Stir together 1/2 cup chopped pecans, 1/2 cup muscavado or coconut sap sugar, 1 tablespoon sprouted flour, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice.
Sprouted Sally Lunn
- 1 cup warm organic whole milk (100-110°)
- 1 envelope Active Dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon organic sugar
- 4 cups sprouted red wheat flour
- 1/4 cup organic sugar
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 3 large organic or pastured eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup warm water (100-110°)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup organic butter, melted
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Stir together first 3 ingredients in a 2-cup glass measuring cup; let stand 5 minutes.
- Stir together flour and next 2 ingredients in a large bowl.
- Stir in eggs until well blended (Dough will look shaggy.)
- Stir together warm water and baking soda.
- Stir yeast mixture, soda mixture, and melted butter into flour mixture until well blended.
- Spoon batter into a well-buttered tube pan.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place (80-85°), 45 minutes to 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
- Carefully place pan in preheated oven. Try not to agitate dough.
- Bake 25-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove from pan to a wire rack, and cool 30 minutes before slicing.
Pumpkin-Date Corn Bread
- 2 cups sprouted flour (your choice)
- 1 cup sprouted yellow corn flour
- 2/3 cup organic brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons each aluminum-free baking powder AND baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 1 cup mashed organic pumpkin (or canned)
- 1 cup whole organic or raw milk
- 1 cup olive oil or 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 organic or pastured eggs, beaten
- Heat oven to 350°.
- Lightly grease a 5"x9" loaf pan with butter.
- Combine the flour, corn flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
- Stir in the dates, then the pumpkin, milk, oil, and eggs until well blended.
- Pour into pan. Bake 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
- Remove from pan and cool completely on rack.
- *Variations: Substitute 1 cup golden or brown raisins for the dates or add 3/4 cup toasted chopped pecans or macadamia nuts.
*Can substitute 1 cup water w/1 teaspoon lemon juice
Bacon Scallion Hoecakes
- 1 cup sprouted spelt or sorghum flour
- 1 cup sprouted yellow corn flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon organic sugar or sucanat
- 2/3 cup whole organic buttermilk, plus more
- 1/3 cup filtered water
- 1/4 cup bacon fat
- 1/3 cup creme fraiche or sour cream
- 2 large eggs, preferably pastured or organic
- 1/3 cup scallions, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup crisp bacon, finely chopped
- Lard or beef tallow
- In a medium bowl, whisk together sprouted flours, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
- In another small bowl, combine buttermilk, water, bacon fat, and creme fraiche or sour cream. Blend well.
- Add eggs, and mix until just combined.
- Pour liquid into dry ingredients, and mix just until a thick batter has formed. Stir in scallions and bacon.
- To keep the hoecakes tender, avoid over-mixing.
- Let batter sit, covered, on counter for 30 minutes.
- If batter has become stiff, add extra buttermilk and lightly stir to achieve original batter consistency when first mixed.
- Heat lard or tallow in a cast-iron skillet over medium-low to medium heat.
- Use about a 1/4 cup of the batter for large cakes, or 1/8 cup for small cakes.
- Cook them as you would sprouted breakfast pancakes, allowing them to slowly cook on one side for several minutes until golden brown.
- Flip and cook for another few minutes.
- Replenish fat as needed, to maintain a generous film in the pan.
Zucchini Cake
- 3 eggs, pastured or organic
- 1 cup coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups organic sugar
- 2 cups grated zucchini
- 3 cups sprouted whole grain red or white wheat flour Can substitute TYH Gluten-Free Baking Mix
- 2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup organic non-sweetened applesauce
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- Beat eggs well in a large bowl with an electric mixer and then add the next 4 ingredients.
- In another large bowl sift together: • 3 cups sprouted whole grain sprouted wheat flour • 2 teaspoons baking powder • 2 teaspoons cinnamon • 1 tsp. sea salt
- Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients. Then add and blend well: • 1 cup organic non-sweetened applesauce • 1 cup chopped walnuts
- Bake in 2 greased loaf pans for 1 hour at 350 degrees or until done.
Caramelized Onion Sourdough Biscuits
- 1-2 tablespoons organic butter
- 1 medium organic sweet onion, sliced thinly
- 1 tablespoon muscavado sugar (or other brown sugar)
- 1 cup sprouted red or white wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 cup cold, unsalted organic butter
- 2-3 tablespoons chives, chopped
- 1 cup sourdough starter, unfed
- Combine the butter, onion, and sugar in a pan set over medium-low heat.
- Cook the onions, covered, for about 30 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes; they should be nicely caramelized.
- Transfer the onions to a bowl, cool to room temperature, then refrigerate at least 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Work the butter into the flour until the mixture is unevenly crumbly.
- Toss in the chives and caramelized onions. Cut in the starter until the dough becomes cohesive.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and fold it over on itself 5 or 6 times, until it comes together. Pat out to a 1" thickness.
- Using a sharp biscuit cutter, cut biscuits.
- Bake biscuits for 15-18 minutes until just turning golden brown.
Gluten–Free Banana Bread
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup chopped dates
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups mashed, over-ripe bananas (about 4)
- 3/4 cup maple sugar (or sweetener of choice)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups organic sprouted brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup organic sprouted sorghum flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Pour boiling water over dates in a small bowl.
- Let stand 10 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
- Lightly beat eggs in a large bowl. Whisk in bananas and next 3 ingredients until blended.
- Stir together sprouted brown rice flour and next 4 ingredients in a small bowl.
- Gently stir flour mixture into egg mixture, stirring just until blended.
- Gently stir in melted butter, walnuts, and dates. Spoon mixture into a well-greased 9x5" loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes.
- Remove from pan to wire rack and cool completely before slicing.
Poppy Seed-Swiss Cheese Batter Bread
- 3 1/2 cups sprouted white wheat flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 tbsp maple sugar
- 1/3 cup cup cold butter, cut in pieces
- 2 cups (8 oz.) grated Swiss cheese
- 1 tbsp poppy seeds
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 1/2 cups plus 3 tablespoons (whole fat) milk
- 2 teasoons prepared mustard
- Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl.
- Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Stir in cheese and poppy seeds.
- Make a well in the center of mixture.
- Combine eggs, milk, and mustard. Add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.
- Spoon batter into a greased and floured 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 10-15 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. (After 50 minutes you can tent the loaf with aluminum foil to prevent over browning on top.)
- Cool bread in pan for 10 minutes before removing.
- Yield one loaf.
Cheddar-Raisin Muffins
- 2 cups sprouted wheat or white wheat flour
- 3 1/2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 cup cold butter, cut into pieces
- 1 cup (4 oz.) grated Cheddar cheese
- 2/3 cup raisins
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (whole fat) milk
- Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl.
- Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Stir in cheese and raisins. Make a well in the center of mixture.
- Combine egg and milk. Add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened. (If dough is too dry add more milk, 1 tablespoon at a time until you get a moistened batter.)
- Spoon batter into greased and floured muffin pans.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
- Yield about 14 muffins.
Ana Sofia’s Pizza
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So, here it is my pizza recipe!!! It’s really simple!!!! I also sent you some pictures from the process. I didn’t send a picture of myself because I am shy and I don’t want to have my face in the newsletter(LOL). I hope you’ll understand this!!! Of course, you can change what you want 😉
So here is the story:
I was in Rome last summer and was really surprised with their pizzas. The ingredients are fantastic and most of the pizzas were made in a traditional fired wood oven. I found that one of the most amazing traditional places to eat a nice pizza in Rome was in the Trastevere neighborhood. You can eat a big, big pizza for just 8 euros and share it with your friends, love, or family! However, in all the city you can eat fantastic slices of pizza for a couple of euros, while you are checking the sights.
I was really inspired with their fresh ingredients. Of course, if you eat in a big pizza chain it’s not that great. First, the “base“ it’s not so yummy and the “topping ingredients“ are not fresh, and I can say that most of them come straight from the package or can! Surprising, in Italy, big pizza chains don’t exist!
So, going back to my story: I was missing the flavor of these homemade Italian pizzas and I decided to make one at home, with fresh ingredients but using the normal oven so I went to the supermarket and I bought, for the topping:
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- 3 oz. mozzarella cheese (whole milk fresh), sliced
- 1/2 cup organic tomato sauce (or homemade)
- 3 oz. feta cheese, crumbled
- 1 zucchini, sliced thin
- 1 red pepper, sliced thin or chopped
- fresh basil and oregano, chopped
- 5 cups sprouted wheat or spelt flour (plus extra for kneading surface)
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 10 oz. plus 4 tbsp warm filtered water (80 degrees)
- 1 package or 1/2 tsp dry active yeast
- Put the flour and the sugar into a large bowl. Mix them. Then, make a hole in the middle of the flour.
- In a small bowl, mix the yeast, olive oil, and salt in ¼ cup of warm water.
- After that you have to put the mixture of the warm water with the yeast in the hole. After that, add the remainder of the warm water (except the 4 tablespoons).
- Mix, mix, and mix until it looks like a “plasticine“ ball (knead well). But be careful because when you mix this ball, you need to put a bit of flour on the table and on your hands. Otherwise it’s going to be sticky and you cannot mix the ball with your hands. NOTE: If your dough is too dry add 1 tablespoon of water during the kneading process until you get the consistency you want; not too sticky, but not dry).
- Split this in two balls and leave to rest in a bowl for 2 hours (inside the oven, but the oven must be off. The important thing is that the balls need to rest to grow more and to be ready to be used). NOTE: cover the dough with plastic wrap or a damp tea towel and let it rise to double in volume, about 1 to 1 ½ hours in a warm spot in your kitchen.
- Punch down a ball of dough and using your fingers stretch your pizza dough to the shape and thinness you like. Spread on the tomato sauce, arrange cheeses and veggies, sprinkle with fresh herbs and bake.
- Ana suggested preheating your oven to 220 degrees and baking for 20 minutes. Note From Peggy: I’m thinking she may have meant 420 degrees, but I recommend at least preheating your oven to 380 degrees.
- If you’re only going to bake one pizza, you can wrap ½ of your dough in plastic wrap or place in an airtight glass container once you’ve completed the kneading process and place in the refrigerator overnight. Just bring it out to your warm spot to rise 2 hours or more before you’re ready to bake with it. Try making bread sticks or maybe herbed pinwheels for variety with the second half of dough.
Herbed Roquefort Biscuits
- 3 oz. Roquefort cheese, crumbled
- 2 tbsp minced green onion tops
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 cups sprouted white wheat flour
- 1 tbsp aluminum-free baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 6 tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut in pieces
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (whole fat) buttermilk
- Combine first 4 ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
- Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl.
- Cut in cheese mixture and butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Stir in buttermilk. (If dough is too dry add more buttermilk, 1 tablespoon at a time until you get a pliable dough consistency.)
- Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead lightly 7 or 8 times.
- Roll dough to ½ inch thickness.
- Cut with a biscuit cutter.
- Place biscuits on a lightly greased baking sheet.
- Bake at 450 degrees for 13-15 minutes.
- Yield about 14 biscuits.
Gingerbread Muffins
- 1 cup lard
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup molasses
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons (whole fat) buttermilk
- 3 cups sprouted flour (your choice)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 1/2 tbsp ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Beat lard and sugar together in electric mixer until creamy.
- Add molasses and beat until blended.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
- Add buttermilk and beat until blended.
- Combine flour and next 5 ingredients.
- Gradually add to buttermilk mixture and beat until blended.
- Spoon batter into greased muffin pans, filling two-thirds full.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-23 minutes.
- Remove from pans immediately.
- Makes about 2 ½ dozen muffins.
Caraway Puffs
- 2 packets of Dry Active yeast
- 1/2 cup + 3-4 tablespoons warm water (105-115 degrees)
- 2 cups small-curd (whole fat) cottage cheese
- 1/4 cup date or maple sugar
- 2 tbsp sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 4 1/2 sprouted wheat flour
- melted butter
- Combine yeast and warm water in a large mixing bowl; stir and set aside.
- Heat cottage cheese over low heat until lukewarm.
- Stir cottage cheese, sugar, caraway seeds, salt, soda, and eggs into yeast mixture.
- Gradually add sprouted flour, stirring until dough leaves the sides of the mixing bowl. I like to use my hands or my Kitchen Aide stand mixer.
- Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, 1 hour.
- Stir dough down. Spoon into two well-greased muffin pans.
- Cover; let rise in a warm place about 45 minutes or until doubled in bulk.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Brush tops with butter. Makes 2 dozen muffins.
Sprouted Honey Whole Wheat Bread
- 2 cups warm filtered water
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2-4 tsp honey
- 1 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 6-7 cups sprouted whole wheat flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp dry active yeast
- 1 1/2 tbsp vinegar
- Measure ingredients into bowl, liquids first, then dry ingredients, using only half the flour and adding yeast last.
- Mix gently until the flour is moistened. Continue mixing, adding flour until the dough comes away from the sides and bottom of bowl.
- Knead according to your machine directions (8–10 minutes if kneading by hand).
- Check thoroughness of kneading using the window pane test (see March newsletter). Knead more if needed.
- Divide dough into portions and deflate
- Shape into loaves or rolls and place in greased pans.
- Let rise until doubled or 1" above pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until 190 degrees internal temperature.
- Cool on racks.
- Slice after 15 minutes, store or freeze after 3–5 hours.
Sprouted Whole Wheat Challah
- 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
- 5 large egg yolks (reserve one white for bread glaze or use one whole egg for glaze)
- 1 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup honey
- 4 1/2 cups organic sprouted whole wheat flour or any other flour
- 1 tbsp active dry yeast
- optional topping: seasame seeds, poppy seeds, anise seeds, dried rosemary or dill
- Place all ingredients in the bread machine and process on the dough cycle (my machine requires the liquid ingredients to be added first).
- Alternatively, mix the liquid ingredients in a stand mixer or by hand then add in the flour and knead until a smooth, uniform dough is formed.
- Allow to rise for 2 hours or until it has doubled in bulk.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly flour a work surface.
- Divide the dough in half and shape as desired. If not using loaf pans, you can place the braided dough on parchment-lined baking sheets.
- Cover the dough and allow to rise for 45 minutes.
- Whisk the reserved egg white with a tablespoon of water in a small bowl.
- If you are using white flour for the challah, whisk a whole egg for the glaze to give the dough more color.
- Brush the challah with the glaze and sprinkle with desired topping.
- Bake for 30 minutes—less for smaller loaves—until the loaves sound hollow when tapped on the bottom or registers 195 degrees with an instant read thermometer.
- Let cool on a wire rack
from: www.realfoodddigest.com by: Lisa Rose
To Your Health’s Sprouted Brownies
- 3 cups to your health sprouted flour
- 2 cups whole buttermilk
- 12 tbsp butter softened
- 1 1/2 cups date or maple sugar
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp chocolate extract
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder (or carob powder)
- crispy pecans or walnuts chopped
- Place softened butter and sugar into a large bowl or stand mixer and cream.
- Add eggs, vanilla and chocolate extract.
- Blend well. Stir baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder into the flour in a separate bowl.
- Slowly add the flour mixture to sugar and egg mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
- Spoon batter into a buttered and floured 9 x 13 glass or ceramic baking dish.
- Sprinkle top generously with chopped nuts.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for about an hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. NOTE: I bake in a convection oven at 325 degrees for one hour.
NOTE: You can make any substitutions you’d like, such as sweetener, fat, or liquid. If you’d like suggestions please email me at: toyourhealth (at) mon-cre . net
Sprouted Crackers
- 5 cups organic sprouted flour
- 2 1/4 cups organic whole buttermilk or yogurt
- 1/2 cup organic unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tbsp aluminum-free baking powder
- 2 tsp sea salt
- Place flour and buttermilk in stand mixer and blend until slightly stiff dough forms.
- Add melted butter, baking powder, salt, and flavoring (see below).
- Blend well.
- Taking a fourth of the dough at a time, roll out to about 1/8 inch thickness on a floured surface.
- Using a knife or pizza wheel, cut crackers into squares.
- Place close together on a lightly buttered baking sheet and place in oven on lowest possible temperature (around 150-200 degrees).
- Leave in until completely dried (several hours).
- Will be crispy and yummy.
For older ovens, if your lowest temp is 200 degrees, prop door open very slightly (less than 1 inch) and dry at least over night. Food dehydrators work great, too, as well as a wonderful sunny day as long as you cover your crackers to keep bugs and dust away.
Variations:
Rosemary/Walnut – to basic recipe add 2 rounded tablespoons of ground rosemary, 1 tbsp. dried rosemary leaves, and ¼ tsp. of walnut oil.
Sesame/Poppy Seed – add 2 Tbsp. each of Sesame and Poppy Seeds
Cinnamon – add 4 Tbsp. ground cinnamon, ½ tsp. cinnamon oil, and ¾ cup sucanat or rapadura.
Cracked Pepper – add 2 Tbsp. of cracked black, green, or pink peppercorns.
Herbed – add 1 ½ Tbsp. dried dill, 1 tsp. each basil, thyme, oregano, and tarragon.
Sprouted Biscuits
- 3 1/2 cups sprouted organic flour
- 2 cups whole organic buttermilk (maybe a little less)
- 4 tbsp organic butter or lard
- 1 1/2 tsps sea salt
- 2 tsps aluminum-free baking soda
- Mix flour with buttermilk by hand, in electric stand mixer or food processor.
- Add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth dough forms.
- Remove dough to a well-floured pastry cloth or table sprinkled with additional sprouted flour to prevent sticking.
- Flour rolling pin.
- Roll dough to about ¾-1 inch thickness.
- Cut biscuits with a biscuit cutter or glass and place on a buttered baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or at 300 degrees for about 20 minutes if using a convection oven.
Sprouted Gluten-Free Lemon Blueberry Bread
- 1 1/2 cups sprouted brown rice flour (or regular brown rice flour)
- 1/2 cup arrowroot powder or tapioca flour
- 3-4 tablespoons granulated sugar (coconut sugar, maple sugar, or organic cane)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1-2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
- 6 tablespoons organic palm shortening
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- 2 tablespoons ground chia seeds
- 2 tablespoons boiling water
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 cup milk (I use homemade coconut milk, but almond or cashew milk works too)
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the rice flour, arrowroot, sugar, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest.
- Cut in the shortening using your hands or a pastry cutter until pea-sized crumbs form.
- Add the blueberries and gently toss together.
- Place the ground chia seeds and boiling water into a small bowl and whisk with a fork.
- Place chia mixture into a blender along with the lemon juice and milk; blend on high until smooth.
- Pour wet mixture into the dry and gently mix together using a fork.
- Form dough into a ball and place onto the parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Press dough down so it looks like a thick, flat round.
- Cut into 8 wedges.
- Gently move the wedges so they are all separated on the baking sheet.
- Brush with coconut milk and sprinkle with sugar if desired.
- Bake for about 25 minutes.
- Enjoy hot out of the oven or at room temp.
From: www.nurishingmeals.com by Ali and Tom of Whole Life Nutrition
Cane Syrup Sprouted Slice-N-Bakes
- 2 cups raw or organic butter, softened
- 3/4 cups organic sucanat or organic sugar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
- 1 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 cups sprouted white wheat, buckwheat (g-f), or sorghum (g-f) flour (try buckwheat and sorghum 50/50)
- 1 large organic or pastured egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup muscovado or coconut palm sugar
- Beat first 5 ingredients at medium speed with an electric stand mixer 2-3 minutes until creamy.
- Add flour, blending well. Divide dough into 4 portions, shaping each portion into an 8x2" log. Wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
- Whisk together egg and 1 tablespoon water. Unwrap logs, brush with beaten egg, and sprinkle muscovado sugar over logs (I put sugar on wax paper and roll logs in it), pressing slightly for sugar to adhere. Rewrap and chill logs at least 30 more minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut logs into 1/4" thick slices. Place 1" apart on 2 parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake 10-14 minutes or until edges are lightly browned, switching pans halfway through if baking at same time. Cool on baking sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to wire rack. Great with ice cream.
TYH’s Sprouted Crackers
- 5 cups organic sprouted flour
- 2 1/4 cups organic whole buttermilk or yogurt
- 1/2 cup organic unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tbsp aluminum-free baking powder
- 2 tso sea salt
- Place flour and buttermilk in stand mixer and blend until slightly stiff dough forms. Add melted butter, baking powder, salt, and flavoring (see below). Blend well.
- Taking a fourth of the dough at a time, roll out to about 1/8 inch thickness on a floured surface.
- Using a knife or pizza wheel, cut crackers into squares.
- Place close together on a lightly buttered baking sheet and place in oven on lowest possible temperature (around 150-200 degrees).
- Leave in until completely dried (several hours). Will be crispy and yummy.
- For older ovens, if your lowest temp is 200 degrees, prop door open very slightly (less than 1 inch) and dry at least over night.
- Food dehydrators work great, too, as well as a wonderful sunny day as long as you cover your crackers to keep bugs and dust away.
Variations:
Rosemary/Walnut – to basic recipe add 2 rounded tablespoons of ground rosemary,
1 tbsp. dried rosemary leaves, and 1/4 tsp. of walnut oil.
Sesame/Poppy Seed – add 2 Tbsp. each of Sesame and Poppy Seeds.
Cinnamon – add 4 Tbsp. ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon oil, and 3/4 cup sucanat or rapadura.
Cracked Pepper – add 2 Tbsp. of cracked black, green, or pink peppercorns.
Herbed – add 1 1/2 Tbsp. dried dill, 1 tsp. each basil, thyme, oregano, and tarragon.
TYH’s Bread Recipe
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(Makes 1 large, or 2 small loaves)
This is a great batter bread that will result in a wonderful bread for slicing and toasting. Not suitable for sandwiches. If your dough runs on the dry side, increase your liquid 2 tablespoons at a time until you get the consistency you want.
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- 3 cups organic sprouted flour ( you can use gluten containing or gluten-free flour)
- 2 cups organic whole buttermilk (can substitute water or non-dairy liquid of choice)
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1/3 cup raw honey
- 2 tsp aluminum-free baking soda
- 1/4 cup organic butter, melted
- Mix flour and buttermilk into a batter by hand, in electric stand mixer or in food processor.
- Thoroughly blend in remaining ingredients.
- Pour into a well-buttered and floured loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1-1 ½ hours, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
NOTE: You may need to experiment with oven temps and time. You can tent the loaf tops with foil and lower temp to 325 degrees for a longer baking time if center is doughy and tops brown before center is done.
Our favorite flavors:
Apricot Almond – add 1 Tbsp. almond extract, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, ½ tsp. apricot oil (optional), ½ cup chopped organic, unsulfured apricots, and sprinkle top of loaf with sliced, organic crispy almonds before baking.
Cinnamon Raisin – add 2 heaping Tbsp. organic ground cinnamon, 1 Tbsp. vanilla, 1 tsp. Cinnamon oil (optional), and 1 cup organic raisins
Lemon Poppy Seed – add 1 ½ Tbsp. lemon flavoring, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1 Tbsp. powdered organic lemon peel, 1 tsp. lemon oil (optional), 1 Tbsp. organic poppy seeds
Rosemary Walnut – add 1 ½ tsp. ground organic rosemary, 1 ½ tsp. whole organic rosemary, and ½ tsp. ground organic sage. Sprinkle top of loaf with chopped, organic crispy walnuts before baking.
Herb Loaf – add 1 ½ tsp. organic dill, 1 tsp. organic tarragon, ½ tsp. each organic oregano, basil, and thyme.
Sprouted Flour Pizza Crust
- 1 1/8 cups water
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 3 cups sprouted flour
- 2 tbsp vital gluten (optional)
- 1 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 1/2 tsp honey
- 1 packet dry active yeast
- 2 tbsp dried herbs of choice (optional)
- Place all ingredients in a large bowl or food processor and mix well.
- Remove the dough from the bowl and knead it into a ball on a lightly floured surface.
- Coat the bowl with olive oil; place the dough back in the bowl and turn it once to coat with oil.
- Cover the bowl with a dish towel and let it stand for 30 minutes or until the dough doubles in size.
- Place it on a greased baking pan and add your toppings.
- Bake 8-12 minutes at 500 degrees.
Sprouted Flour Pie Crust
- 1 cup organic sprouted flour (Sifted sprouted flour makes a flakier crust)
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/3 cup cold organic butter
- 1 tbsp whole organic or raw milk
- 2 tbsp filtered water
- In a bowl, stir together sprouted flour and salt.
- Using a pastry cutter or fork, cut butter into flour and blend until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Sprouted Flour Muffins
- 4 organic or free-range eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 cups organic sucanat (can use rapadura, organic sugar, or maple sugar)
- 2 tsp aluminum-free baking soda
- 1 cup cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cups organic whole buttermilk
- 2 cups organic sprouted flour
- 2 cups organic sprouted flour
- 3 cups organic oat bran
- 2 cups organic wheat bran
- 1 cup organic flax meal
- 2 tbsp aluminum-free baking powder
- 1 tsp sea salt
- Place eggs in large bowl and lightly beat.
- Add sucanat and baking soda and mix well.
- Add olive oil and mix well.
- Add buttermilk and variation ingredients. Mix well.
- Add remaining ingredients and blend well.
- Line muffin pans with parchment liners and scoop batter evenly into liners (a large ice cream scoop works great).
- Bake at 350 approximately 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
NOTE: In a convection oven, bake at 300 degrees
for about 27-30 minutes.
Our favorite variations:
Orange Cranberry – 4 organic oranges
(not navel) pureed in food processor, peel and all; 2 cups organic sweetened
cranberries.
Marathon – 4 large or 5 small bananas
mashed with 1 cup pureed dried plums, and 1 cup chopped walnuts.
Sunshine – 1 15 oz. can organic crushed
pineapple, 2 cups grated organic carrots, 2 tablespoon ground organic
ginger.
Sprouted Flour Biscuits
- 3 1/2 cups organic sprouted flour
- 2 cups whole organic buttermilk (maybe a little less)
- 4 tbsp organic butter or lard, melted
- 1 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp aluminum-free baking soda
- Mix sprouted flour with buttermilk by hand, in electric stand mixer or food processor.
- Add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth dough forms. Do not overwork the dough.
- Remove dough to a well-floured pastry cloth or table sprinkled with additional sprouted flour to prevent sticking.
- Flour rolling pin. Roll dough to about 3/4-1 inch thickness.
- Cut biscuits with a biscuit cutter or glass and place on a buttered baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or at 300 degrees for about 20 minutes if using a convection oven.