Easy-Peasy Wheat-Free Bread

There is something about baking bread that feels like coming home. Home, sweet home...

I remember my mum sending me to buy fresh bread. The shop was no more than 100 metres away, but by the time I came back, it had already got a large hole in it! We would all lough that there must have been mice in that store :)

I had always thought that bread-making was a very difficult thing. But when I started reading the labels and discovered what actually my everyday bread had been made of, I decided to take things into my own hands and give it a go!

The result was satisfying, so I carried on. And I still do carry on! Cause nothing is more comforting than a slice of warm freshly-baked bread spread with butter. And when this butter starts to melt....

This recipe is really EASY-PEASY! Have you got all the ingredients? Good, so just get yourself a large bowl and a wooden spatula and you're ready to roll! No fuss, no mess bread-making!

Ingredients:

• 500 g wholemeal rye flour
• 200 g buckwheat flour
• 150 g cornflour
• 150 g oat flour
• 1 cup oats
• 6 tablespoons flaxseed (golden linseed)
• 6 tablespoons sunflower seeds
• 50 g fresh or 25 g dried yeast
• 1 and 1/2 tablespoons sea salt
• 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 4 tablespoons demerara sugar
• 1 litre warm water

Note: If you do not have the oat or buckwheat flour, you can make the amount you need yourself. Just grind some grains in a mill.

Preparation:

1. Put all the dry ingredients into a large bowl.
2. Add the yeast. If using fresh yeast, crumb it into the mixture.
3. Add the balsamic vinegar and the water.
4. Stir everything well using a wooden spatula.
5. Leave the dough on the counter for 20 minutes.
6. Next, divide between two tins (30x12 cm approximately) lined with baking paper and place in the oven for 30 minutes. DO NOT TURN the oven on yet. DO NOT OPEN the oven door.
7. After 30 minutes, turn on the oven and bake at 180 °C for about an hour.
8. When the bread is ready, let it cool on the counter.
9. Enjoy :)