Made (Vegan) Lemon Chia Seed Bread for first time
By maezee
@maezee (41988)
United States
August 17, 2020 5:15pm CST
This is a fun vegan recipe that I found and kind of "made my own" by altering it a little bit. it's no good for you, but it was fun to make and really delicious tasting! It requires a ton of sugar and flour, but on the up side - no animal products or butter. I get random drug tests at work - still don't know if poppy seeds show UP in a drug test or not (anyone know - fact or fiction?) But just to be on the safe side, and because chia seeds are good for gut health...Why the heck not?
Makes 10 Slices.
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup oragnic cane sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp baking powder
1 3/4 cup almond milk (unsweetened, warm)
1 cup refined coconut oil, melted
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 tbsp lemon juice
1-2 tbsp lemon zest
4 tbsp poppy seeds (*OR chia seeds)
Glaze:
1 cup organic powdered sugar
1-2 tbsp lemon juice
1. Preheat oven to 350 F, grease a 9x5 lightly with coconut oil and dust with flour.
2. In large bowl whisk together warm almond milk, melted coconut oil, vanilla extract, lemon juice & zest. Next add cane sugar to liquid & whisk. Then add salt, baking powder & mix. Gradually add flour, 1 cup at a time. Once batter is mixed wll & smooth - to the batter - add 4 tbsp of poppy seeds (I subbed with CHIA SEEDS) and mix well.
3. Bake 45-50 mins or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan for ~10 mins.
4. For the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar & lemon juice and pour over top!
I have to chill out on baking as these things are not helping my waistline, but this was certainly delicious! Are you a baker? Have you tried any fun new recipes?
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
19 Aug 20
@sallypup This is amazing, thank you for walking me through this! I will DEFINTIELY check it out. I am a big experimenter too. I enjoy having a tasty end result, but I really like to make modifications to make things healthier. Maybe I will try it in my next batch of banana bread. I hate using artificial sweetners,too, which really aren't better for you than regular sugar (maybe even worse). Thank you!
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@sallypup (61633)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Aug 20
@maezee I find that dates taste like brown sugar. When I made my pumpkin pie, I dumped 2 cups of baked pumpkin into a blender with spices and eggs per usual. I also put 11 dates in- pits taken out of course. If the dates are older and not soft, soak them in warm water for a bit. The blender grinds up the whole mess and makes a custardy slurry. I have a pie shell ready and I pour it all in and bake per usual. I experiment with dates and how much sweetener do I want or need in something?? 11 dates is good for a 9 inch pie- 6 to 8 slices, depending on how large or small the slices are. I hope this explanation helps. I tend to experiment when I bake. Its amazing to me how certain fruits like bananas or dates really give plenty of sweet taste. The stores have us all needing and craving a ton of sugar taste. My fruit pies? NO sugar or other sweetener at all. I find that the natural fruit taste is fine and so tasty.
