I have been following Rochel Weiss’s recipes for a while now, often trying out her sauces with particular interest in her Specific Carbohydrate Diet and her Digestive wellness blog and have recently bougt a copy of her ebook, A Taste of Wellness.
Having made my own cashew nut butter and wanting to try out how it would fare in this recipe, I gave this recipe a try. The bicarbonate of soda as a rising agent, was further complemented by the apple cider vinegar, which is included in most of the breads that that I bake, and surprisingly, imparts a subtle flavor as well as aerates the loaf. I imagine that lemon juice, replacing the apple cider vinegar, will have pretty much the same effect.
This bread is soft but stays together well enough to use for sandwiches. It has a neutral flavor to it, but can be either sweet or savory depending on what you add to it. To make it savory, reduce or omit the banana and/or honey, and add a little more salt as well as crushed garlic, onion powder, and other savory herbs such as thyme
Ingredients
1 cup cashew nut butter
5 eggs
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
¾ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
¼ teaspoon Himalayan or sea salt
Optional
1 tsp raw honey or mashed banana to replace the honeyHere’s How
- Add the nut butter and eggs into a food processor and pulse until very smooth
- Add in the apple cider vinegar (and honey or mashed banana) and pulse further.
- Then add in the bicarbonate soda and salt and pulse until the mixture is mixed well.
- Transfer the batter into an 8 x 10 cm loaf pan
- Bake at 180° for 45 minutes
- Allow the loaf to cool for 1-2 hour
- Cut and serve
To store this delicious bread, allow it to sit uncovered for 5 hours, then wrap in kitchen paper towel, seal in in Tupperware container or Glad/ Ziploc bag refrigerate for later use.
Makes 1 loaf
Hi Prava,
Can I use almond butter in place of the cashew butter?
Thanks
Tineke
Yes you can Tineke, I am sure any nut butter will do well. I imagine the taste will be pretty much neutral too. Let me know how it fares.
Prava been looking for a bread recipe. . Is this one if the easiest to make..
Hi, am I having a silly moment, but what makes the bread rise?
Hi Samantha, the bicarb and the apple cider provide the rising agent in the bread…did you try it? how was it?