vegan sandwich bread {almond flour & chickpea flour}
(https://www.powerhungry.com/2019/11/3-ingredient-grain-free-vegan-sandwich-bread-2/)
3-ingredient grain-free, oil-free, sugar-free, vegan sandwich bread, made with almond flour and chickpea flour. It is SO easy, sliceable, tender, and totally delicious! Just like a white bread.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 and 1/2 cups (180 g) chickpea flour, sifted if lumpy
- 1 and 1/4 cups (140 g) blanched almond flour*
- 1 Tab BP
- (optional/variable) 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt – not needed at all
- 1 and 3/4 cups (425 mL) water
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 200C. Spray or grease a 9×5-inch (22.5×12.5 cm) loaf pan.
- In a large bowl whisk together the flours, BP and (optional) salt.
- Add water, whisking until completely combined (looks like pancake batter). Immediately pour into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes until golden brown, risen and a toothpick inserted near the centre comes out with only moist crumbs attached.
- Transfer pan to a cooling rack and cool bread in pan for 20 minutes. Run a butter knife around edge of pan to loosen; remove bread and cool completely before slicing.
NOTES
Almond flour not almond meal – you need to use blanched (superfine, skins removed before grinding) almond flour. I made this two times with almond meal and the loaf was heavy and had a solid line of dense, undercooked dough at the bottom of the loaf. NOTE: don’t try other flours.
Weighing – I strongly recommend measuring the flours by weight rather than cups. It makes a significant difference in achieving accurate, favourable results for baking in general, and alternative, minimalist baking in particular.
No parchment paper. Because the bread begins as a fairly wet batter, it browns better (no soggy bottom!) and produces a lovely crust when baked directly in the pan.
Storage: Store the completely cooled bread in an airtight container at room temperature for 1 day, the refrigerator for 1 week, or the freezer for up to 6 months. If freezing, consider pre-slicing the bread (so that you can remove one or a few slices at a time).
NUTRITION
- Serving Size: 1 slice (1/14th of loaf)
- Calories: 96
- Sugar: 1.4 g
- Sodium: 152.3 mg
- Fat: 5.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 9.5 g
- Fiber: 2.1 g
- Protein: 4.4 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg