Day 5 Bonus! - Microwave Mielie (Sweetcorn) Bread (WF, GF, DF)

Photo credit: Tafelberg

This delicious Mielie bread recipe is so quick and easy to make and has become a regular standby for braai's (BBQ) and picnics on the weekends. I found the recipe in the Sustained Energy for Kids Low GI, low fat recipe book by Gabi Steenkamp, Tanzia Merlin and Jeske Wellmann (Tafelberg) and I have adapted it to be Wheat, Gluten and Dairy Free.

Microwave Mielie (Sweetcorn) Bread (wheat, gluten & dairy free)

Ingredients:
1 dash Paprika, for sprinkling on microwave silicon mold
2 Tbs Gluten free Flour
4 Tbs Sugar
1 tsp Freshly chopped parsley, optional
150 ml Maize meal
100 ml Oat bran (regular oats will do if you don't have oat bran)
1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1 Tbs Canola oil
3 Jumbo Eggs
1/2 C Dairy Free milk (soya, rice etc)
1 can Cream style Sweetcorn

Method:
1. Spray a microwave silicon ring pan  with non-stick spray or grease with paper towel dipped in oil.
2. Sprinkle a little paprika into oiled ring pan.
3. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a medium sized mixing bowl.
4. In a separate bowl or shaker, mix the oil, eggs and milk together well and add to dry ingredients.
5. Add the sweetcorn and mix well.
6. Pour into the microwave baking pan and microwave at 80% power for 12 minutes, then at 100% power for 1 minute.
7. Allow 10 minutes for standing time.
8. Turn out, slice and enjoy with a Braai or picnic on the beach!

Belinda's Healthy Bread

It has been ages since I've baked a bread, but when the desire hit me, I knew exactly which recipe to use. This is my good friend, Belinda Buckland's recipe. It contains wheat so unfortunately I cannot join the family, but seeing their faces melt in pure delight made it all worth while. This recipe is suitable for my Russell Hobbs bread maker. You could also let your bread maker mix your dough for you, and then bake your bread in bread tins in your oven. (if you don't want to fuss over the paddle :))

Belinda's Healthy Bread

Ingredients:
310ml Warm tap water
1 tsp Salt
200g Brown bread flour (I love using Nutty Wheat flour from Snowflake)
250g White bread flour
2 tsp Yeast
2 Tbsp Sunflower seeds
3 Tbsp White Sesame seeds
2 Tbsp Linseeds

Method:
1. Put the ingredients into the bread maker tin, in the order that they appear.
2. Set it to the Wholewheat program, Light Crust, 750g.
3. Enjoy fresh with butter and Marmalade!

(I often add 1 egg and 2 tsp sugar, for better flavour)

Gluten Free Farmhouse Bread

I have recently discovered that my body doesn't like wheat :( So I have not eaten a slice of bread since May, and now I'm craving it!!! I went online to find a wheat free bread recipe. Instead I settled on this Gluten Free recipe, as my brother-in-law who will be visiting this Wednesday is Gluten intolerant. It is a bread machine recipe, but because I was nervous of it not rising well in this cold weather, I removed the dough after the machine had kneaded it for me, put it in a bread tin in a warm oven and baked it once it had risen. So you can use it in a bread machine or oven :)

Gluten Free Farmhouse Bread

Ingredients:
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups water
4 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon vinegar
4 tablespoons powdered milk
1 tablespoon liquid honey
2 1/2 cups rice flour
1/2 cup potato flour
1/2 cup buckwheat flour
1 tablespoon xanthan gum
1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons instant dried yeast
NOTE I also added a cup of mixed seeds. You could also try nuts or raisins

Method:
1. In a bowl whisk the eggs and the water together. Pour liquid into the breadmaker.
2. Add in the oil, vinegar, powdered milk and honey.
3. In a bowl combine the flours, xanthan gum, sugar and salt, mix together.
4. Pour into the breadmaker and sprinkle the yeast on top.
5. Set breadmaker to basic and (750g) 1 1/2 lb.
6. After the bread is cooked allow to cool in the breadmaker for 10 minutes.
7. Cool on a wire rack.

Makes: 1 Loaf

Zoet Brood!

This morning I was Skyping my sister, and she shared this recipe with me. It's so easy to make, and goes really far! It makes about 30 little fist size buns (or fewer bigger ones!) Great with tea or at a braai. Thanks Lellie for sharing this winner!


P.S. These were a bit over done, so I've adjusted the recipe.

Zoet Brood

Ingredients:
1 bag of Bread dough
1C Cream
1C Brown sugar (or 1/2C Treacle + 1/2C White)
5ml Vanilla essence
Cinnamon sugar

Method:
1. Pre-heat the warming drawer.
2. Put the dough on a floured surface and flatten.
3. Cut into 3 equal parts, then cut each part into 2, then cut each into 5 (=30)
4. Put the bread rolls into a large greased rectangular dish.
5. Mix the cream, sugar and vanilla essence in a jug, and pour evenly over the rolls.
6. Sprinkle evenly and generously with Cinnamon sugar.
7. Allow to rise in the warming drawer for about 20 minutes.
8. In the mean time, preheat your oven to 180*
9. When doubled in size, bake for 25-30 minutes, until beautifully browned.

Makes: 30 small rolls