Bread Fix!

New to paleo?  Are your eyeballs twitching everytime you pass a Panera Bread?  They dont make a patch for grain withdraws...yet.  But here are a few paleo bread recipes to help get you through this BIG transition and moving right along to your new healthier life:)


*Understand, that though these recipes are "Paleo", they are mostly nut flour based, and like anything, should be eaten in moderation.

Almond Flour Biscuits

 

Ingredients:

• 2-1/2 Cup almond flour
• 2 Tbsp arrowroot or coconut flour
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 cup melted ghee, or coconut oil
• 1/4 cup honey

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Mix dry indredients together in a large bowl
3. Add the eggs, ghee, and honey.  Mix well until all ingredients are incorperated.
4. Drop large tablespoons of batter onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, or just lightly grease a baking sheet.
5. Run a wet hand or spoon over each biscuit to smooth out and flatten a bit.
6. Bake for 12-15 min.  Yields about 12 biscuits.

Paleo Pancakes(from Guilty Kitchen)

 

 

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup nut butter (pecan, hazelnut, roasted almond, doesn't matter)
• 1/3 cup unsweetened apple sauce
• 3 pastured eggs
• 3 tbsp coconut milk or water
• 2 tsp pure unsweetened vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 3 tbsp dark chocolate mini chips (I use Enjoy Life), optional
• 4 tsp golden flax meal, optional
• 1 tbsp hemp hearts, optional
• 3 tbsp coconut flour (use one extra tbsp if you don't use the flax or hemp)
• ghee or clarified butter for cooking

Instructions:

1. Mix the nut butter and apple sauce in a bowl until a smooth consistency is achieved.
2. Mix in the eggs one at a time. Add in remaining ingredients as listed.
3. Heat a non stick frying pan on medium heat. When preheated, add in a tsp or two of the ghee and let that get hot.
4. Spoon out a couple of tablespoons of batter at a time into round pancake shapes (or squares, Mickey Mouse, whatever).
5. Let the pancakes cook for 1-2 minutes, then flip and repeat.
6. Remove from pan and serve however you want!

Paleo Sandwich Bread Loaf (cookingcaveman.com)

 

 

 Ingredients:

4 or 5 pasture raised eggs (depending on the size, if they’re huge, use 4, if small, use 5)
1 1/2 cups of organic almond butter
1 1/2 tablespoons of organic lemon juice
3/4 teaspoon of baking soda (which turns it from paleo to paleo-ish).


 Directions:

1. Blend almond butter and eggs until smooth.
2. Add in remaining ingredients.
3. Pour into a sprayed 8 1/2″ by 4 1/2″ loaf pan and smooth the top.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-60 minutes.  Varies widely due to ovens.
5. Let cool before slicing.

 Chocolate Cake (Amazingpaleo.com)

 

 

Ingredients:

•        2 medium (baked & skinless) sweet potatoes
•       1 tablespoon coconut flour
•        1 tablespoon virgin coconut oil (melted)
•        6 squares of Ghirardelli 100% cocoa unsweetened chocolate bar (melted)
•        ¼ cup unsweetened cacao powder
•        ¼ cup organic RAW honey (melted)
•        3 eggs (with yolk)
•        1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•        1 teaspoon baking soda
•        ½ teaspoon sea salt
•        Coconut oil spray

Directions:


1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Spray your baking sheet with coconut oil spray. Set aside.
3. Place sweet potatoes in your food processor and process until pureed.
4. Add the rest of your ingredients and process until well combined.
5. Pour mixture into baking pan and bake for 40 minutes.
6.Let cool. Once cool, place it in your fridge overnight.

Icing

Ingredients:

•  1 cup of virgin coconut oil
• 1 ½ teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons of full fat canned coconut milk
• 1 packets of Truvia (or 2 teaspoons of Truvia)
•  ¼ cup shredded coconut
•  1 single serving packet of instant coffee

Directions:

1. Place coconut oil in your stand-up mixer bowl. Mix (speed 2 or 4) until fluffy (about 5 minutes).
2. While mixer is still on, add in vanilla extract, Truvia and coconut milk. Mix until well combined.
3. Once you’ve turned off your mixer, using a spatula fold in shredded coconut and instant coffee.
4. Using a small spoon, spread frosting over your cake!