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Ezekiel Bread Recipe
Recipe from The Bread Beckers, Inc
"Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt;
put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself.
You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side." (Ezekiel 4:9-10)
Combine the following whole grains:
* 2-1/2 cups hard red wheat
* 1-1/2 cups spelt or rye (Biblically spelt was used, Ezekiel 4:9)
* 1/2 cup barley (hulled barley)
* 1/4 cup millet
* 1/4 cup lentils (green preferred)
* 2 Tbs. great northern beans
* 2 Tbs. red kidney beans
* 2 Tbs. pinto beans
Stir the above ingredients very well. Grind in flour mill.
Measure into large bowl:
* 4 cups lukewarm water
* 1 cup honey
* 1/2 cup oil
Add to liquids:
freshly milled flour from the above mixture of grains
* 2 tsp. salt
* 2 Tbs. yeast
Stir or knead until well kneaded about 10 minutes.
This is a batter type bread and will not form a smooth ball.
Pour dough into greased pans.
You may use 2 large loaf pans (10x5x3) or 3 med. loaf pans or 2-9x13 brownie pans.
Let rise in a warm place for one hour or until the dough is almost to the top of the pan.
If it rises too much it will over flow the pan while baking.
Bake at 350o for 45-50 minutes for loaf pans and 35-40 minutes for brownie pans.
This is a very sweet, moist, cake-like bread.
For a more traditional bread texture, use the combination of grains in the recipe.
Replace the 7 cups of flour with the 9 cups of flour from the milled grains in this recipe.
You may also add fruits and nuts or use the flour made from this mixture in other favorite recipes.
