Flax seed little breads
Ingredients for 10 little breads
- • ½ cup + 7 heaping spoons of flour (that’s a total of aprox. 1 ½ cup of flour according to mom
) - • Salt – to taste (about 1 ½ tsp should suffice)
- • 8 Tsp milk
- • 1 tsp baking powder
- • 2 egg whites
- • 100 g/ 3.5 oz farmers’ cheese
- • 100 g/ 3.5 fresh mozzarella cheese – mashed with a fork
- • 3 heaping tsp of sour cream
- • 2 Tbsp brown flax seeds
- • 2 Tbsp chopped fresh dill
- • Freshly ground pepper mix (white,black,green,red)-to taste
- • 1 egg yolk
Directions
Mix togheter flour and baking powder. Use another mixing bowl to combine all the other ingredients (except for the egg yolk).
As far as flax seeds go they have a very high lignans and Omega-3 content. Lignans are good for the heart and possess anti-cancer properties, while Omega-3s are helpful in lowering your cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attacks.
Flax seeds come in two main variaties: brown and yellow. I always use brown seeds and have a good reason for that. There’s type of a yellow flax seed called Linola that is extremely low in Omega-3. Since I cannot distinguish between different kinds of yellow flax seeds I always choose the brown variety to make sure I’m not stuck with Linola.
Toss in the first bowl’s content and mix to form a ball. Don’t overwork the dough. Wrap it up in cling-film and refrigerate for about ½ hour.
Flour your palms and form 10 little balls out of the dough. Mix the egg yolk with 2 Tbsp of water and use the mix to brush the little breads.
Bake on silicone-coated baking paper, on the middle rack of a preheated oven for about 30 minutes (medium heat) or until the mini-breads pass the toothpick test.
I’ve bake these in the microwave (on the pizza/crisp plate for 16 minutes on 650W, 5 minutes on 750W, 2 ½ minutes on 650W and 2 minutes on crisp) not because I have a MO fetish but because I had too. I was not going to miss Chris’s Event: Cooking to combat cancer just because my classic oven was down and out again. My classic oven’s mood makes me experiment different recipes in my microwave oven and I’m happy to report that I’m getting the hang of it.
I asked mom to come to the rescue. I gave her the recipe and asked her to report back when she has established the baking time for a classic oven.
But like mother, like daughter… We cannot stick to a recipe even if we try too. She tried hard this time and the only thing she changed was to substitute farmers’ cheese for the mozzarella, so she used a total of 200 g/ 7 oz farmers’ cheese.
While speaking to mom, I realized she got some really fluffy breads out of the dough while my mini-breads had a slight crunchy texture, surely due to the different ovens we used (and partly to the mozzarella – farmers’ cheese substitution and the fact that mom used ground flax seeds). Still that’s great news because you can adapt it to your cravings.
Also mom said they nearly doubled their size, while mine did not come out as big.
Congratulations on your new home! Very pretty layout.
30 April 2008 at 04:28Congrats on the new layout…looks gorgeous!
30 April 2008 at 06:44Welcome to your new home, it sure looks great!
These little breads are full of great ingredients. I am amazed that you were able to bake them successfully in the microwave!
30 April 2008 at 08:48Thank you guys! It’s GOOD to be here :)!
LisaRene: I love flax seeds and really wanted to make a flax seed recipe for this event, I was even prepared to use my microwave if I had to and well I had to :)).
30 April 2008 at 09:54Nice new design!
30 April 2008 at 18:39I just love what you’ve done with the place.
All the best!
01 May 2008 at 02:18Congrats with the new place, it looks really good, and I like the flax breads. I’m changing the link.
01 May 2008 at 15:15Congratulations on this new site, Lore! So glad to see you so excited and happy about your move. It’s a nice, clean design and I like it too.
I’m adding your new address to my blog reader right now.
02 May 2008 at 09:25Hi Lore, Wow, I love your site and I sure would like mine to look something like this. How can I do this? I have never cooked or baked in the microwave but your recipe looks delicious.
02 May 2008 at 21:33By the way, you have been tagged but feel free not to participate if you don’t want to.
Hi Lore! What a nice kitchen with yummy recipes! I love farmers cheese and I bet this bread tastes as good as it looks!
03 May 2008 at 15:00Hello Lore,
04 May 2008 at 07:22I have an award waiting for you on my blog!
Enjoy!
Chriesi, Susan, Joy - Thank you so much :)!
Ivy - Thanks! This is a custom WordPress theme designed for me by a very good friend of mine who is a webdesigner. Thanks Anne! :).
Cris - Welcome! Thanks, you should give them a try sometime
Joy - You made my day sweetie! Thank you so much
05 May 2008 at 09:44Lovely-looking little breads!
06 May 2008 at 17:10These look so delicious!! And I hope your oven gets fixed soon - I would have a hard time without mine!
06 May 2008 at 19:16your bread look really tempting. I´d like the photo and your new template looks soooo great!
08 May 2008 at 19:38really cute site! and equally cute bread.
09 May 2008 at 22:23Ann - Thanks! We enjoyed every single crumb
Deborah - Thanks! It would be great if it would get fixed by itself because I made a promise to myself not to spend one penny on any flat until I move to another country. It might sound quite childish but it’s a good way to keep me focused
Retno - Thanks and Anne (the template designer) thanks you too
Michelle - Thanks and welcome! It’s good to have you here
12 May 2008 at 10:10