Sweet Buckwheat
Bread
Servings: 8–10 slices
This is a delicious, breadlike dessert. It is lightly sweet and satisfying and has received the stamp of approval from kids transitioning to a healthy diet.
Note that you may want to start soaking the buckwheat the night before you want to make this dish (soak for 8–12 hours and see instructions at the beginning of this chapter). Once soaked, it only takes 15 minutes to prepare and about 15 minutes to cook.
INGREDIENTS:
3 cups presoaked cream of buckwheat cereal
About 1 cup water (add more if needed)
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. sea salt
2 Tbsp. organic cinnamon (add more if you really like it–it has antifungal properties and is great for people who love cinnamon tastes in their desserts)
1 Tbsp. organic ghee, coconut oil, or raw butter
Sweetener options: The recipe tastes the same warm or cold, so add the amount of sweetener that works for you. You can taste the cooked mixture before baking, to make sure it’s to your liking and add more sweetener if you want. Choose either 35 drops liquid stevia extract (or you can customize to taste; if you like the taste, stop adding stevia) or ¼ cup raw honey.
INSTRUCTIONS
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Preheat the oven to 350° F.
Grease a bread-loaf pan with ghee, coconut oil, or raw butter.
Prepare cream of buckwheat cereal just as if you were making the “oatmeal-type” version of them–in a saucepan on the oven, following package instructions. (When you soak the buckwheat, there will still be water left over after draining the excess out. This is okay; the recipe takes that into account with a reduction in water to make the cream of buckwheat cereal.)
Add all ingredients and simmer until grains are cooked. Add the cooked buckwheat into the bread-loaf pan–make sure it’s about 1" thick because it doesn’t rise. Cook for 15 minutes. Remove and serve warm or cold. Refrigerate leftovers.
The longer you cook this bread, the drier it becomes. It you want a drier recipe, lower the temperature of the oven and leave it in longer. You can also take out the pan, cut up the squares, and put them in a food dehydrator to dry them out.
This recipe can be prepared as a flatbread by removing the cinnamon and sweetener and adding your favorite herbs and spices and more sea salt or Herbamare. It also makes a great flatbread sandwich or “toast” with butter or ghee.