No Yeast Bread
If you need, or want, to remove yeast from your diet, but can't stand the
thought of giving up bread, this recipe gives you an alternative. The
Irish
gave us this one, out of necessity when yeast was unavailable to them, but
I've made a couple of refinements. The vinegar is essential because baking
soda requires an acidic component to do its work. You could also use
buttermilk, or milk with 2 tsp of cider vinegar added. This recipe makes a
2
lb. round loaf that looks like the graphic above. Use a pizza pan for
baking, preferably one of the silvertone no-stick type. Otherwise you will
need to flour the bottom where the bread rests to keep it from sticking.
4 cups flour
1 Tbsp sugar
1/2 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 Tbsp baking soda
11/2 cups water
2 tsp vinegar (cider or white)
Preheat oven to 400 F. Combine dry ingredients and mix. Combine water and
vinegar. Add wet ingredients to dry and mix. Turn dough out onto floured
surface and knead for two or three minutes (no need to overdo it). Shape
into a round (about 11/2 to 2 inches high), then place on pan. Dip a sharp
knife into flour and cut an 'X' into the top of the loaf. Bake 40 minutes.
Remove, and while hot, glaze with 1 Tbsp melted or softened butter.
The butter glaze gives flavor as well as softens the crust.
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