Bad Luck WIth Bread

[holistica]

I have had terrible luck with raw, dehydrated bread. I made Alissa's banana bread that came out delicious once. That's it. Every other attempt at a raw "bread" product has failed. It either tastes vile, or refuses to become more than dough in the middle of a loaf. I miss zucchini bread so much, and I'm sprouting the wheat berries to make some, but I'm afraid to use all those ingredients only to end up with something inedible.

Any thoughts?

[revdrcyn]

I had some texture problems with carrot cake, and what I learned here at RFT (thanks DebB) is to DRY soaked nuts in the dehydrator before using them in the recipe.

I don't know if you are already doing this, but if not, give it a try -- it helped me a lot. The carrot cake is still gross, but I have successfully applied the principle to other recipes and been happy!

Good luck - let us know . . .

BTW, zucchini bread would hit the spot right now!

[holistica]

I had some texture problems with carrot cake, and what I learned here at RFT (thanks DebB) is to DRY soaked nuts in the dehydrator before using them in the recipe.

I don't know if you are already doing this, but if not, give it a try -- it helped me a lot. The carrot cake is still gross, but I have successfully applied the principle to other recipes and been happy!

Good luck - let us know . . .

BTW, zucchini bread would hit the spot right now!

That makes so much sense! Thank you, I will try that!

[revdrcyn]

Okay, the temptation was just too much -- I have 4 little loaves of zucchini bread in my dehydrator now -- can't wait until tomorrow morning!!

I used this recipe, which I found here in an old thread:

http://www.foodreference.com/html/zucchini-brd-drd-58.html

I added a bit of Agave and shaped 4 loaves instead of 3.

I'll let you know how it turns out!

[joliepolie]

I never have luck with loaves..I always dehydrate mine in pre made slices of the desired thickness so that there is no chance for fermenting and doughy middles.

[revdrcyn]

Wow -- my zucchini bread turned out perfect - beginner's luck?

See post #4 for recipe link and what I did.

Dehydrated for 10 hours

See photo attachment below -- not pretty, but delicious! As you can see, the loaves are only about 1 inch high.

I've already eaten half of one of the other loaves :o

[DebB]

Okay, the temptation was just too much -- I have 4 little loaves of zucchini bread in my dehydrator now -- can't wait until tomorrow morning!!

I used this recipe, which I found here in an old thread:

http://www.foodreference.com/html/zucchini-brd-drd-58.html

I added a bit of Agave and shaped 4 loaves instead of 3.

I'll let you know how it turns out!

Thank you for posting this link and your pictures and review! I'd like to give this a whirl. *Ü*

[Myca]

I don't really understand about 'wheatberries'.
Whole foods had red wheat berries. Didn't say what sort. Then I saw gold wheat berries.
Next I saw something that looked like barley and they called it soft wheatberries.
I don't know. Can all wheatberries be used to make bread?