Ezekiel Bread (Wing and a Prayer Recipe) recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup canned garbanzo beans, undrained
5 ¼ cups warm water (110 degrees F (43 degrees C)), divided
2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
1 cup dried lentils
½ cup millet
2 tablespoons dried great northern beans
2 tablespoons dried mung beans
2 tablespoons dried adzuki beans
8 cups whole wheat flour
4 cups barley flour
¼ cup rye flour
1 cup honey
5 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons sea salt

Nutrition Info

166 calories
carbohydrate: 33.6 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 2.2 g
fiber: 4.5 g
protein: 5 g
saturatedFat: 0.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 238.1 mg
sugar: 6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place garbanzo beans in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook until soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain and let cool.

  2. Stir 1/2 cup water and yeast together in a small bowl until yeast dissolves. Let stand until yeast forms a creamy foam, about 10 minutes.

  3. Combine lentils, millet, great northern beans, mung beans, and adzuki beans in a high-powdered food processor or blender. Blend on high speed until fine enough to pass through the mesh of a sifter or strainer.

  4. Pour lentil mixture into a large bowl. Mix in whole wheat flour, barley flour, and rye flour.

  5. Place cooled garbanzo beans in a large bowl. Add honey, olive oil, and salt, mash together. Stir in remaining 4 3/4 cups water. Stir in yeast mixture. Whisk in 2 cups flour mixture. Stir in remaining flour mixture, 1 cup at a time, kneading well until dough is smooth.

  6. Grease a large bowl and place dough inside. Cover with a very damp cloth. Let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.

  7. Deflate dough and turn out onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead gently and divide into 4 pieces. Form each piece into a loaf.

  8. Grease four 9x5-inch loaf pans. Place loaves inside. Cover with a very damp cloth and let rise until doubled, about 40 minutes.

  9. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  10. Bake loaves in the preheated oven until golden brown and the bottom of a loaf sounds hollow when tapped, about 1 hour.

Recipe Yield

4 loaves

Recipe Note

This is also known as fasting bread, prayer bread, or Bible bread. It is nutritionally complete and tastes yummy. In my search for a recipe for this bread, I found 3. I made a special trip to a health food store to pick up the less common ingredients. When I got there, I found that I couldn't find all the ingredients for any of the recipes so I winged it and prayed that it would turn out well and it did. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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