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Solar Oven Breads: Heather's Wheat Berry Bread

Posted by Jonathan

Heather's Wheat Berry Bread
Wheat Berry bread that has been cooked in a solar cooker

2 cups wheat berries

Flour for dusting

Water for sprouting

Sprout the wheat berries for a day. Rinse the sprouts and grind them to a paste. Lighly dust the inner container of a box solar oven with the flour. Shape the ground sprouts into a mound and place in the inner container. Let the bread bake in the solar cooker for the day.

Comments: I made this bread in a solar on the roof of a building in Allahabad, India. The recipe worked well in the winter and summer, but not during the monsoon. The bread is similar to "manna bread" available in the US. It is sticky, moist, and sweet. Additions such as raisins or dates could be nice.

Source: SolarCooking.Wikia.com

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Mike Pool Commented:

Zero Carbon Footprint Spelt Bread
Source: SolarCooking.Wikia.com

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
8 cups spelt flour
1/2 cup sesame seeds
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 tablespoon blackstrap molasses
2 teaspoons baking soda
4 1/4 cups milk

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
In a large bowl, mix together the spelt flour, sesame seeds, salt, molasses, baking soda and milk until well blended. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Placing a tin of the same size over the top of the loaf while baking gives it a lovely crust.

Posted by: Mike Pool | March 17, 2009 10:40 PM