Thursday, September 29, 2011

Dragon Bread!

All the children hard at work

Putting all the dragon scales on with sliced almonds
What a wonderful day for dragon bread. The children were so excited to make one big dragon all together.  We made a wheat  and a gluten free dragon decorating it with almond slices for scales. I used a very simple recipe for both breads and everyone was pleased with the final taste.

Gluten Free Recipe:
The gluten free dragon ready for the oven

1 1/2 cup brown rice flour
1 cup cornmeal
1 tsp salt
2 tsp xanthan gum
1 tsp yeast
2 Tbs maple syrup
2 eggs or egg substitute
1 1/2 cups warm water
 Mix dry ingredients and wet separately. Then mix them together and add brown rice as needed to make a easy to shape ball of dough. Once shaped into a beautiful dragon cook at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes Let stand for 5 and enjoy!!

Whole Wheat Flour Bread Recipe:

The recipe I used is taken from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman it is bread made easy and all you need is a food processor. The book it's self is amazing and I recommend it to anyone who love simple and amazing food.

3 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
Wheat bread out of the oven
1/12 tsp salt
2 tsp yeast
1 tsp honey
1 cup water

All all ingredient into your food processor except the water.  Turn in food processor and slowly add water in a small drizzle until all the water has been added ( about 1 min). The bread will begin to form and make and ball once it has reached this stage the bread dough is done. For more in depth information see How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. 

From here allow bread to rise and them form into you dragon and cook at 350 for 15 to 20 minutes, let stand and enjoy!!

Gluten free bread right out of the oven




2 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing your recipes and the pics of all the lovely little hands creating their dragons. We are going to make ours tomorrow evening! In the gluten free recipe, is the xanthan gum necessary? Can I use almond flour or coconut flour in place of brown rice flour? Have a blessed day! Tifini parent at Madrone Trail Public Charter School, OR

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    1. In gluten-free baking the xanthan gum replaces the "elasticity" and structure which gluten provides in wheat type flours. Without using it you are more likely to get a very crumbly loaf - to bake without then things like banana bread are good as the inclusion of fruit helps to provide the bonding structure.

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