Sweet Potato Breakfast Bread/Хлеб из Сладкого Картофеля на Завтрак

I do believe that we are what we eat, and that food makes a big difference. So to be in good condition and good mood I try to choose healthy food.

Today I offer to you this nice moist and naturally sweet bread/cake with crunchy crust. There is no sugar in the recipe, but bread is sweet enough to eat it as a snack or on breakfast with something savoury. My children ate it surprisingly well:)

Sweet potatoes are really healthy vegetables, and what is important for me- rich in beta carotine, which cares for the health of your eyes (and skin). And this bread is pretty much packed with this lovely vegetable.

2 cups baked and mashed sweet potato (I guess pumpkin would work nicely too)
3 eggs
vanilla
pinch of salt
4tb.s. vegetable oil
1t.s. cinnamon
1/4t.s. ground ginger
1/2cup raisins
handful pepitas
1 3/4 cups WW flour
10g baking powder
1tb.s. lemon juice

Combine baked (at 200C for 45 minutes) and mashed potato with the other wet ingredients. Carefully add dry ingredients. Grease rectangular baking form and transfer the batter into it. Sprinkle with some pepitas on top.
Bake at 175C for 1,5 hours.
Store in refrigerator.

You could check these out as well
Pear Bread and Date Bread

Rye Buns and Red Bean Burger/Ржаные Булочки и Бургеры из Красной Фасоли

We had really lovely brunch and everyone enjoyed the buns as well as bean burgers from here, just I used red beans, replaced cilantro with parsley, used fresh garlic and tabasco and made 5 patties from that amount. My husband, actually, did not notice, that these burgers where meatless...and even after he was told, he took one more:)

Rye rolls are soft, fragrant, airy, not even mentioning that they are healthy and freeze OK as well.
Adapted from www.butterybooks.com with slight changes. And I did kneading by hand.

50ml warm water
1t.s. sugar
10g dry yeast

2 tb.s. sugar
3 full tb.s. carob molasses
2.5 cups warm water
3t.s. espresso powder
2.5tb.s. cocoa powder
2 cups rye flour
2t.s. salt
1 cup AP flour
2 cups WW flour

1 egg white
some flax seed for on top

Start with mixing first 3 ingredients and let it stand for several minutes to foam.

Add the rest of water, coffee powder, cocoa and molasses. Add rye flour and stir until there are no lumps.

Now add salt and 1AP and 1WW flour. Start kneading and adding some more WW flour, as much as is needed to make slightly sticky dough. Place the dough in a big bowl, cover with plastic and let it rise for 1 hour.

Punch the dough down and press with your hands to create square disk. Cut it into smaller squares (I made 19 actually), transfer these buns onto lined with paper baking sheet and let them rise again, 45 minutes approximately.

Preheat oven to 190C. Coat each with egg white wash and sprinkle with flax seeds.
Bake for 20 minutes and let them cool on a wire rack.

"Apple Pie" Rye Scones/Яблочно-Ржаные Сконы

So tasty, fluffy and healthy scones that smell like fragrant apple pie! They are just slightly sweet, so can be enjoyed instead of bread at breakfast too.

2 cups rye flour
1 cup AP flour
pinch of salt
10g baking powder
1t.s. apple vinegar
2 medium sized apples (grated)
cinnamon
vanilla
1,5 tb.s. flax seed or other seeds
150ml milk/almond milk
2 full tb.s. light margarine or butter
2-3tb.s. runny honey/molasses

Preheat oven to 220C. Sift flours, add the rest of dry ingredients, then fold wet ingredients. Combine well. Divide the dough into 2 parts, shape each into app.1-1,5 cm round disk, cut into 8 triangles and transfer them onto lined with paper baking sheet.
Bake for 15 minutes.

Scandinavian Tea Bread/Скандинавский Хлеб

I found this recipe here and then made small research in the internet.
I must say, these buns are lovely! Airy, with nice crust! Their small size and round shape makes them perfect for sandwiches to go.

300ml milk
3/4cup oats
200ml lukewarm water
100ml flax seed (which I did not have)
10g dry yeast
200-250ml Greek yogurt
1t.s. salt
3tb.s. honey
1t.s. baking powder (which could be omitted, I guess)
app.500ml AP flour (sifted)
500ml WW flour (sifted)

First cook porridge with milk and oats. Let it cool.
Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water. Let it stand for 5 minutes, add honey, then porridge and the rest of ingredients. In the end you might use around 1 liter (measured with measuring cups) flour, could be less.
Shape the dough into a ball, cover with plastic and let it rise for an hour.
Preheat oven to 225C. Roll the dough with your hands into app.2 cm thick disk. Cut out (with a glass or cookie cutter) rounds, place them on baking paper and prick with a fork.
Let them stand for 15 more minutes.
Bake the buns for 12 minutes.
Makes approximately 25 buns. They can also be frozen.

Coconut Bread Muffins/Кокосовые Маффины к завтраку

One more favourite quick bread here! What I like about this one - it's crispy on top, reminds of a cookie, with pleasant coconut flavour. The recipe is from Martha Stewart site (Jamaican kitchen), I just made small change and individual servings, very convenient to take them with you.

1 cup ordinary flour
0,5 cup whole wheat flour
pinch of salt
100g sugar
0,5 cup coconut flakes
vanilla
0,5 cup milk
1 egg

Mix dry ingredients. Beat egg with milk and add to the flour. Preheat oven to 175C. Grease 6 big muffin forms, divide the dough between them and bake for 13-15 minutes. Let them cool on a wire rack.

Soda Bread Molasses Muffin/Маффины на Соде с Мелассой

I thought I had to share this recipe, it saved me this morning:) Fluffy, light and tasty breakfast muffin. Really ideal for one of such days when seems like there is suddenly  nothing to eat in the fridge. And it's healthy too!

2 cups (x200ml) whole wheat flour
10g baking powder
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg
pinch of salt
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
handful raisins

Mix dry ingredients, adding wet ones slowly. Grease 6 big muffin tins. Divide the dough between them. Oven 190C, bake for 23-25 minutes. And enjoy!

Farl- easy Scottish flat bread/Фарл- легкий Шотландский Хлеб

From medieval Scottish farl means "forth part". The dough is shaped into round and then cut into 4, that's traditional way. This quantity makes 2 or 1 large round , 8 pieces.
Usually this bread is served with butter. But I think it is good enough to eat as it is; it's moist, soft, something between cake and bread.

1 cup buttermilk
1 cup wheat flour
1 cup 7 grains flour (or just ordinary flour)
5g baking powder
1tb.s. oil or melted butter
1t.s. salt
1tb.s. sugar

Mix all ingredients, knead for half a minute, not too long. Flatten, make a round 0,5cm thick, cut into pieces and bake for several minutes from both sides on dry frying pan.

Schiacciata con l'uva/Тосканский Виноградный Хлеб

Delicious Tuscan grape flatbread, traditionally made for celebration of grape harvest. Wine grapes should be used here. I used seedless green grapes- they don't have exactly the same flavour, though. Anise seeds or rosemary can be used for the additional flavour. I made double portion and used 50% of whole wheat flour.

350g wheat flour                          
350g whole wheat flour
2x10g packs of dry yeast
2 t.s. salt
4tb.s. sugar
350ml lukewarm water
app.1/3 cup olive oil
app.800g seedless grapes
1t.s. dry rosemary

Combine flours, sugar, salt and yeast, add water and oil, mix well for several minutes. Grease with oil a big bowl, place the dough inside, cover with plastic and let it rise for 60-80 minutes.
Cut grapes in half (if they are big), mix them with little sugar.
Divide the dough into 2 parts, roll one half out and transfer it onto baking tray, scatter 3/4 grapes over, do the same with the other half of the dough, place it in top of the first one, pinch to seal, brush with olive oil and scatter the rest of grapes and rosemary on top. Sprinkle some sugar. Allow it to stand for some 20 minutes.
Oven 200C, bake for about 30 minutes. Serve warm, cut into squares.

Irish Tea Bread/Ирландский Чайный Хлеб

Packed with dried fruit, sweet and full of flavour quick bread, contains no fat. I used apricots, figs and prunes for this recipe.

230ml strong black tea
300g dried mixed fruit
230g flour
200g sugar (I took 100g and it was enough for me)
5g baking powder
1t.s. 5 spice powder/or just cinnamon
1 large egg                                                                    

Soak cut into pieces fruit in strong tea for a couple of hours.
Preheat oven to 170C. Mix flour, baking powder, sugar and fruit (with liquid), add egg. Mix well, making sure there are no lumps.
Grease 1 liter baking form, pour the batter into it and bake for about 45 minutes. Let it cool and serve.

Rye Bread with Onion/Ржаной Хлеб с Луком

Very nice brown bread.

350g flour + more if needed
350g rye flour (measure with a cup)
20g sugar
20g dry yeast
250ml lukewarm milk
310ml lukewarm water
2 t.s. salt
1 big onion, sliced
olive oil
fennel seeds

Mix flours, sugar and yeast. Start adding liquid and knead for several minuted, until smooth. Leave the dough in oiled bowl, covered with plastic for an hour.
Preheat oven to 180C.
Knead the dough one more time, roll out on oiled surface and spread fried on olive oil onion with some fennel seeds, salt and pepper. Roll to form cylinder and transfer into oiled baking form. Let stand for 20 minutes and bake for 60-70 minutes. Let it cool down on a wire rack.

Multigrain bread

A very airy and delicious bread! Taken from Uitdekeukenvanarden.

260g wheat flour
140g whole wheat flour
50g rye flour
5g dry yeast
280ml lukewarm water
20g molasses
1 tb.s. sunflower seeds
1 tb.s. vegetable oil
8g salt

Mix in blender all flours with yeast, water, seeds, oil and molasses. Knead for several minutes, add salt and continue for couple of more minutes. Leave it to rise for an hour. Take it onto the oiled surface, flaten into ractangular, fold/roll and place onto greased form. Leave covered for an hour more.
Preheat oven to 200C and bake for app.30 minutes. Let it cool on a wire rack and then cut.

Quick pear bread with muesli topping

Can be also made in muffin forms.

200ml flour
150ml whole wheat flour
2 t.s. baking powder
0,5 t.s. salt
cinnamon
2 eggs
120ml yoghurt (plain)
150ml muesli (mine include oat flakes, chilean raisins, toasted wheat flakes, barley, dried apricots, banana pieces, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds)
2 pears, cut into cubes

Topping:
100ml muesli
2tb.s. melted butter
50g whole wheat flour
2 tb.s. honey (flower)
some salt

Mix dry ingredients, in a separate bowl wet ingredients, combine and fold gently pears and muesli.
Grease baking dish, pour the dough into it, crown with topping.
Preheat oven to 200C and bake for appr. 60 minutes.

Bread with mixed seeds

500g wholewheat flour
1t.s. salt
10g yeast
100g sunflower seeds
20g poppy seeds
20g sesame seeds
20g caraway seeds
75ml grapes molasses
300ml warm water.

Mix dry ingredients, add wet ingredient and carefully knead the dough for several minutes. Set aside, covered in plastic for 2,5-3 hours.
Grease baking form and place the dough in there, let it sit for another hour.
Preheat oven 200C and bake for app.30 minutes.
Cool on wire rack

Quick rye bread

I do like making bread, but since our family expanded recently I just do not have enough time to make yeast dough, although I always looked fo quick recipes now they are getting even more quick:)

2 cups milk
2 Tbsp. vinegar
4 Tbsp. molasses
3 cups rye flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup oat flakes
poppy seeds
sesame seeds
raw sunflower seeds
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp sea salt

When carefully mixed, shape into 2 balls (o use baking form, greased), place each piece of dough into form, bake at 175C for 40-45 minutes. Cool on wire rack before cutting. Bread is not airy, as the one prepared with yeast, but I do like it anyways.

Apricot rye muffins/Ржаные Кексы с Абрикосом

They can be made as one bread loaf or like here, 6 muffins for individual servings.

180ml milk+2 tb.s. lemon juice
2 cups rye flour (2 times 200ml cup)
5g baking powder
app.100g brown sugar
pinch of salt
3 full tb.s. oil (hazelnut)
1 egg
1 tb.s. mulberry molasses (or other)
vanilla, cinnamon, 0,5 t.s. istant coffee
some dried apricots

Preheat oven 160C. Mix together all wet ingredients, adding all dry into a bowl. Mix for a minute.

Divide the dough between 6 muffin forms (silicone) and bake for 25 minutes. Let them cool.

Easter bunnies rolls

My daughter loved them:)

10g dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water
3/4 cup milk
2tb.s. sugar
2tb.s. butter
1 egg
2 t.s. sesame seed
2t.s. poppy seed
1t.s. salt
3-3 1/2 cup flour

Dissolve yeast in water and milk, add sugar, egg, salt, seeds and gradually flour. Place in a warm place to rise for an hour.
Preheat oven to 190C, devide the dough into 10-15 parts, take each part and devide into 5 pieces- for head, body, 2 ears and tail. Coil each piece to create a bunny. Put them onto baking sheet, leave for 20 minutes more.
Now bake for about 10 minutes, until starting to turn brown.

Quick molasses bread

Quite healthy bread, makes two loaves.

600g wholewheat flour
200g flour
10g baking powder
150g sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, flax seeds mix
720ml buttermilk
140ml vegetable oil
140ml molasses (mulberry and carob)
1,5 t.s. salt

Mix well, lightly oil 2 forms, transfer the batter, and bake for app. 45 minutes at 190C.

Cheddar Scones/Сконы с Чеддером

Tried to make them a bit healthier.
For 16-17 scones;

200g flour
200g wholewheat flour
50g oats
5 g baking powder
250ml milk
40g butter
1t.s. salt
100-120g cheddar

Mix dry ingredients, add wet and roll the dough (not thinner than 2 cm). Cut with the help of glass (appr.4cm) rounds, sprinkle with more cheese and bake on baking tray for 15 minutes (200C).
Good with avocado and also with some extra cheese, or just jam, for example.

Irish Soda Bread with Oats/Ирландский Содовый Хлеб с Овсом

Tasty and healthy bread, also very quick.

230g flour (1 cup)
230g wholewheat flour (or even rye flour)
5g baking powder
1t.s. salt
app.100g oats
40g sunflower seeds and poppy seeds
1 full tb.s. honey
app.300ml buttermilk
25-35ml vegetable oil

Mix dry ingredients, add wet and shape the dough into a ball. make a cross on top and bake on baking tray (sprinkle with flour) for 35-40 minutes at 200C.. If it is still not completely ready, flip the bread upside down and bake for several minutes more. Cool and keep under kitchen towel.

Date and walnut bread

Delicious healthy breakfast bread.

180g dates
100g walnuts
230g whole wheat flour
230g flour
240ml water
60g butter
3tb.s. honey
1 egg
5g baking powder
handful sunflour seeds

Preheat oven 180C. In a saucepan heat water, butter, dates and honey- let it boil, cool. Sift the flour, baking powder, add walnuts, egg, seeds and transfer to a greased baking tin.
Bake for 35-40 minutes, let it cool and take out of the tin.