Disappearing Oatmeal Quick Bread

Okay so this loaf of bread kind of looks like meatloaf. But if you can get past that I promise you'll be in for a world of delicious.

I've looked high and low. To and fro. Through trial and error and searching in books. I gave the internet a look... Basically I've been searching for that perfect gluten-free vegan bread recipe with as much gusto and rhyme scheme as Ted in Dr. Seuss's The Lorax searched for a live tree and, well, the Lorax...

AND I FOUND IT!!!

Okay so my discovery won't save the world, make oxygen free again, or win the heart of my crush, but it does make a pretty darn good bread.

This recipe is courtesy of Gluten Free Vegan Girl(Original Bread Recipe) and the recipe already looked so perfect that all I changed was substituting raisins for dates as the sweetener because that's what I had on hand.

All the credit for this recipe goes to Gluten Free Vegan Girl. Check out her blog, it's pretty nifty. (Gluten Free Vegan Girl)

Disappearing Oatmeal Quick Bread

(Makes 1 loaf)

Ingredients:


-1 cup old fashioned rolled oats(for a truly gf bread make sure these and the flour are gf certified)
-1 cup oat flour
-1 cup boiling water
-1 cup unsweetened non dairy milk(I used flax milk)
-3/4 cup brown rice flour
-1/4 cup ground flaxseeds
-1/2 cup raisins or dates
-2 heaping Tbs. almond butter(I actually used almond meal because I was out of almond butter and it worked out just fine)
-1 Tbs. apple cider vinegar
-2 tsp. baking powder
-1 tsp salt


Method:


Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Combine rolled oats and boiling water in a large bowl. Let sit for a few minutes before stirring in 1/2 cup non dairy milk and apple cider vinegar. Meanwhile blend in a food processer until smooth: remaining 1/2 cup non dairy milk, almond butter and raisins or dates. In another bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients. Add this to your wet oat mixture along with the raisin paste.

Let sit for a couple minutes to absorb the liquid while you line a bread pan with parchment paper and spray with non-stick spray. Scoop bread dough into your prepared pan and sprinkle with rolled oats. Bake for 1 hour. Check to see if the middle is done by inserting a toothpick or knife. You will most likely need to bake for another 30 or so minutes.

I baked my bread for and hour and a half and the middle still came away a little doughy, but the bread firms up considerably as it cools and sets.