Bread

At the beginning, the hardest thing to give up is bread. My favorite bread substitute recipe comes from Deliciously Organic/The Unprocessed Kitchen and used nut butter and gelatin to give it texture. This recipe makes a large loaf. For a small pan (4x7 which is not a common size pan) cut recipe in half or just click the link to the original recipe at deliciously organic. The small batch makes 2 mini loaves, which are perfect for breakfast with apple butter, and bakes for 25-30minutes

• 1 cup cashews 
• 3 cups almond flour
• 4 tablespoons coconut flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon unflavored gelatin
• 1teaspoon Sea Salt (I use Himalayan Pink)
• 3 teaspoons baking soda

• 8 Eggs
• 
 8tablespoons melted coconut oil
• 2 tablespoon honey
• 4 teaspoons apple cider vinegar

Instructions

-Place cashews and 1/2 cup water in a blender/food processor and let soak for 30 minutes.

-Preheat oven to 325ºF. *This is a lower temp than linked recipe to accommodate for longer cook time.

- Blend cashews until smooth, scraping down the sides a few times to ensure all cashews are pureed. Transfer to mixing bowl.

-Add almond flour, coconut flour, gelatin, salt, baking soda, eggs, butter, honey and cider vinegar to the cashew mixture. Mix until smooth 

-Pour batter into oiled loaf pan and loosely shield the top with aluminum foil

- Bake for ~60-70 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

*Because this is a doubled recipe, edges tend to cook before center. If the outside is "crusty", remove a small piece of "crust' before testing for accurate done-ness

 Cool for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the outer edges of the bread and then invert bread onto a cooling rack and remove from loaf pan. Serve smeared with unsweetened apple butter for a delicious treat.


*The first time I did this in a big pan, it looked done at 30 minutes, and I left it in til 45 minutes and when I unmolded it the center was not done. What I did do, was put the cooked part back into the pan and scoop all the uncooked batter off my clean counter and back into the center of the pan, squish it a little and cook it longer. It wasn't the prettiest loaf ever, but it did cook solid and could still be sliced in whole pieces so if this happens to you, it is salvageable.