While I don't identify myself as a health food nut, I am interested in
decreasing the amount of fat in the things I eat. Since I eat a lot of
bread, I've been experimenting with recipes that have low fat content
(no fat is best, but otherwise less than 1 Tablespoon). I'm building a
collection of these and would be interested in any others that you might
know of.
I've haven't got time now to submit all of the recipes I use, maybe if
anybody is interested, I'll submit more later. They're ones I sort of
made up from looking at other recipes and from what I remember about how my
mother used to make bread (she did it the hard way though :-). I
don't notice the "missing" fat. I also have gotten into the habit of
using fruit concentrate instead of sugar or honey. I think fruit
concentrate is pretty good stuff; I get it at my local food co-op, and
it is made from pineapple and pear concentrates. It has roughly the same
consistency as honey and it is lower in calories (and I would guess is
better for you, although I have no scientific data on this). The fruit
concentrate is slightly less sweet than honey I think, so if you want to
substitute honey for fruit concentrate in the recipes, you may get a
slightly sweeter bread.
Austrian bread
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(not necessarily authentic, but inspired by the memories of great bread
that I used to eat every day when I lived in Austria.)
2 1/2 t yeast
1 1/3 cup bread flour
2/3 cup rye flour
1/3 cup wheat germ
2 T gluten
1 t salt
1/4 t ground allspice
1/4 t rosemary
1/2 T oil
3 T fruit concentrate (may be able to substitute honey)
1 cup water (plus 1 T if at high altitude)
use white bread setting, light
Banana oat bran bread
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2 1/2 t yeast
1 1/2 cup bread flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup oat bran
2 T gluten
1/2 t poppy seed (optional)
1/2 t nutmeg (optional)
1 t salt
1 1/2 T molasses
2 T fruit concentrate (may be able to substitute honey)
1 cup ripe bananas (about 2 medium bananas)
1/2 cup water (plus 1 T if at high altitude)
use white bread setting, light
Jane Marcus
janem@hpfcls.fc.hp.com