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GUILT FREE PALEO BROWN BREAD

A guilt free, gluten free, grain free brown bread featuring the nuttiness of chestnut flour. It actually tastes and acts like bread should!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chestnut flour
  • 1 cup almond flour
  • 3 tbsp psyllium husk powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp cardamom
  • 5 eggs
  • 3/4 cup coconut milk , full fat and unsweetened (from a can, not the milk aisle)
  • 8 tbsp butter , melted
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp maple sugar , for dusting on top (optional) I replaced this with approx 2 tsp of sunflower seeds and 2 tsp of flaxseeds

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 8.5 by 4.5 inch loaf pan with parchment paper lengthwise, cutting to fit the pan.
  2. Sift together all dry ingredients being thorough to remove all clumps. Add remaining wet ingredients and blend together with a hand mixer. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and briefly blend again. Immediately pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan, smoothing out the top with a spatula. Sprinkle the top with the seeds if using.
  3. Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a tester comes out clean and the bread feels firm to touch.
  4. Cool the bread in the pan for 15 minutes then gently lift up on the edges of the parchment paper to remove the bread. Discard the parchment paper and cool for an additional 10 minutes before slicing.
  5. Serve toasted and warm topped with a slice of butter.

Recipe Notes

The psyllium husk powder is not the same as psyllium husks. Make sure you buy accordingly. I chose to top the bread batter with seeds for a more savoury bread.

You could top with rolled oats (just make sure they are gluten free), hemp seeds etc.

This easily freezes, wrapped well in plastic wrap. Store unused chestnut flour in the freezer to avoid it going rancid. It is a delicate flour made from nuts, so really, all nut flours ideally should be stored in the freezer, unless of course you go through them quite regularly.

Adapted from Colourful Eats Nutrition Paleo Brown Bread