Amaranth Almond Sweet Loaf

I did it. Finally at the point where I am experimenting with baking!

Dry Ingredients
4 tbsp amaranth flour
3 tbsp coconut flour
1/2 C almond flour

1/2 tsp salt
1.5 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp orange rind, grated

Wet Ingredients
1/2 C Fresh Squeezed orange juice
1/4 C honey
1/4 C ghee
2 eggs

KitchenAid the wet ingredients for about 10 mins, adding OJ last.

Add dry ingredients and mix really well for another 10 mins, high for at least 2-3 mins.

The resultant mixture will not be stiff.

Bake in a loaf pan (coat with ghee) at 375 F for about 15 mins. Once you start seeing it get brown, reduce the heat down to 225 F for about 10 mins or so. The loaf will *not* rise but you need to make sure its cooked through.

Soft and sweet bread, smells really good despite forgetting to add the vanilla/cardamom/cinnamon!

Millet-Quinoa Bread

This was my first experiment making bread with any kind of grain, adapted from this recipe.

I made quite a few modifications, because I thought a) eggs were missing b) the resulting dough was extremely runny.

So - here are the ingredients. Note re. flours, presoak for 24 hours, sun/oven dry, and grind in a coffee mill (or a flour mill if you have one).
You also need to sift the flour to make it more fine.

1.5 C millet flour
1/2 C quinoa flour
3 tablespoons coconut flour
1/2 tsp orange rind, grated
1/2 tsp salt
1.5 tsp baking soda
3/4 C orange juice
1/4 C honey
1/4 C ghee
2 eggs

Mix the wet ingredients first (eggs, ghee, honey, orange juice) really well in the Kitchenaid.
add the remaining dry ingredients and mix really well (on high for at least 5-7 mins).

Bake at 375 for 25 mins or so till you start seeing a crust on the top (like the picture above.) Take the heat down to 275 mins and bake for another 10 mins. Turn off the oven and let it cool before turning it upside down and cutting slices.

I used a loaf pan, coated with ghee. I find it hard to line this sort of pan with parchment paper.

It is quite a crumbly, and not-too-sweet bread. I might try and experiment with the quantities a bit more so it doesn't fall apart quite so easily.

Good to go in a lunch box!