Thursday, October 3, 2013

Communion Bread Loaf (EASY!)- Good for dinner too!

This is a recipe from Luther Seminary for communion bread. Not the little tasteless wafers... this stuff is worthy to be served with a meal. The reason it's good for comunion is that it doesn't crumble and it doesn't have yeast (per tradition.) I did have to buy a sifter from Amazon but $10 isn't a bad price for a kitchen utinsil I should have owned anyway :)

Sift dry ingredients (important!) together three times:
2 c whole wheat flour
1 c white flour
1 & 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 & 1/4 tsp salt
Stir in 4 tsp oil. Set aside.
Mix wet ingredients together until dissolved:
3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp very hot water (minimum of 180 degrees F)
3 Tbsp honey
3 Tbsp molasses
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well. Dough should be slightly sticky. Do not knead.
Divide into four balls and flatten each into a 1/4 inch thick disk.

With a knife, score the top of each loaf into eight pie-shaped sections, so that the sections can be more easily broken off while serving. Alternatively, you could score a cross onto the loaf.
Lay the loaves on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and brush the tops of the loaves with oil. Bake an additional 5-8 minutes. Let cool.
Yield: four 8 oz. loaves. Each loaf serves 60-70 people, depending upon the size of the piece given. The loaves freeze well.

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