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Select recipes for the following grains:
Amaranth Flour
Millet
Wheat
Spelt
Oats
General
Suggestions for cooking with Spelt:
The spelt kernal
is more delicate than wheat and needs gentle treatment. It is wise to
cut the liquid ingredients by 10-15%, or you may increase the amount of
flour. All of these recipes need a heaping cup of splet flour when the
amount calls for 1 cup.
When mixing flour
and other ingredients, spend less time mixing than with wheat flour. Freshly
ground flour is lighter than packaged flour and you may need more.
Spelt
Bread - 1 loaf (9"x5")
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1
cup warm water
2 tsp. active dry yeast
2 - 3 tsp. honey
1 1/2 - 2 tsp. salt
2 tablespoons butter (soft) or oil
3 heaping cups of splet flour
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Pour very warm
water into large bowl. Sprinkle yeast on top. Add honey and let
"work" for 5-15 minutes. Mix in 1 c. flour, then salt,
then another cup of flour, then butter or oil, then last cup of
flour. Let rise in warm place until doubled. (A test of whether
it has risen all it is going to: stick a finger into the dough deeply
- if the indention remains, it is ready to knead). Knead, adding
more flour as necessary. Place in greased pan and let rise to just
over the top of pan. Bake 15 minutes at 400° (preheated), then
30 minutes at 350°. Cool on rack in pan for 15-30 minutes, then
turn out on rack until cool. Glass pans produce more heat.
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Spelt
Waffles
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4
eggs
3 cups flour (heaping)
3-4 tsp. B.P.
1tsp. salt
2 cups milk
2 tsp. sugar or honey
2/3 cup oil
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Separate eggs.
Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Beat yolks in large mixer
bowl until golden. Add milk and honey and beat until mixed. Sift
flour B.P. and salt in oil for only a few seconds. Fold in stiffly-beaten
egg whites. Makes 4 large waffles.
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Shortbread Cookies
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2 cups flour
1/2 cup fine sugar or 1/4 cup honey
1/3 cup rice flour
1/2 pound butter
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Cream sugar, butter and rice flour until quite soft and not grainy.
Add the flour and mix until it holds together. (use hands if necessary)
Seperate into three equal parts. Place brown paper on cookie sheet.
Take each third and press into a 6 inch round about 1/4 inch thick.
Prick with fork all over and clear through dough. Chill until set
in refrigerator. Before putting in refrigerator mark indentions
as to number of slices. (8 or 12 ok)
Bake at low temperature 300 to 325°
for 40 to 45 minutes. Bake until edges are brown. Do not overbake
as it destroys the flavor. When take from oven, cut the slices or
wedges through. Let stand in cookie sheet until cold. Then seperate
wedges and store.
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Pancakes
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2
cups spelt flour (heaping)
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1 tbsp. honey or 2 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. oil
2 cups buttermilk or sour milk(minus 2-4 tbsp.)
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Beat eggs in bowl, add honey or sugar and oil, then buttermilk.
In another bowl sift flour, soda, and salt. Add liquid ingredients
to dry and mix quickly with spoon. Don't everbeat. Bake on hot griddle.
Turn when bubbles form. Makes 12-18 pancakes.
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Buttermilk Rolls
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2
tbsp. active dry yeast
1/4 cup honey
1 1/2 cups buttermilk, heated to lukewarm
1/2 cup melted butter
5 cups spelt flour, approximately
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
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Place dry yeast in bowl. Add the honey and while stirring, pour
in the buttermilk. Continue to stir until yeast is dissolved.
- Stir
in the melted butter.
- Mix
in the melted butter.
- Mix
in two cups of the flour, the baking soda, and salt. Beat well,
cover, and set in a warm place until mixture rises about two inches
up the bowl, about 25 minutes.
- Stir
down and add enough of the remaining flour to make a soft dough.
Beat well. Cover and let rise in a warm place until nearly doubled
in bulk, about 30 minutes. Punch down.
- Divide
the dough into 24 pieces and form each pieces into a ball. Place
one inch apar in buttered layer pans or on baking sheets.
- Let
rise until doubled in bulk, about 10 minutes.
- Preheat
the oven to 400°.
- Bake
the rolls about 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Yield:
2 dozen rolls
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Pie Crust - Double or 2 singles
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2
cups spelt flour
3/4 tsp. salt
1 cube butter (1/2 cup)
6 tbsp. cold water
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Sift flour and salt into a bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender
or 2 knives. Sprinkle water, 1 tbsp. at a time, over the mixture,
stirring with a fork until it forms a ball. Divide in half and roll
each into a circle between two sheets of waxed paper. Dough rolls
better if chilled before rolling.
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