Teff :

Sophie's gluten free light brown teff breads

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This is my 1st home made gluten free bread. I used a white gluten free flour & a teff flour bread mix. The teff mix contains flax seeds, a bit of salt too & is enriched with vitamins B. I also used[...]

This week's experiments: Teff Carob Dessert Breads

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This week's experiments included my favorite, Teff Carob Coconut Bread made in a muffin tin and mini loaf. The starter was a bit soupy so the breads were a bit heavy but the taste was still excellent. On the plus side the muffins didn't need the[...]

Happy Accident-25 lbs of Teff Flour-Part 2

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After last week?s fabulous teff pancakes I continued building the starter even though I sorely needed a break from bread baking. I was busy and thought it would be a good opportunity to practice growing starter in the fridge as this would cut the[...]

Happy Accident-25 Lbs. of Teff Flour-Part 3

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I just scraped the bottom of the 25 lb. sack of teff flour. I like grinding my own teff grain into teff flour but since I accidentally bought 25 lbs. of teff flour instead of teff grain and then another 10 lbs. of teff flour instead of teff[...]

GLUTEN FREE VEGETARIAN INGREDIENT OF THE DAY: TEFF

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A grain of teff is about the size of a poppy seed, contains all eight of the amino acids needed by humans, and comes in many colors from ivory to deep purplish brown. It is originally African, and is thought to have been used by ancient Egyptians.[...]

Think Outside The Box: Double Chocolate Chip Mint Teff Cookies

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Some of you have heard me rave about teff before. The world's tiniest grain (teff means "lost" in Arhamic, which they speak (I think) in Ethiopia) and one of the primary grains used in Africa, one handful of it can sow a very large[...]

changing the way we think

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We're having some weird times, food-wise. It's especially, ironically weird considering the existence of the restaurant . One would assume that the owners of a bustling Italian bistro would eat well, all the time. At work, there would be a[...]

Kitchen Sink No-Knead Bread two ways

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Basically this was an experiment to use every kind of flour that I currently have in my house.  I used two different techniques in an attempt to see whether this would affect taste, texture and time of rise.  They turned out so[...]

spiced orange banana bread (soy free)

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spiced orange banana bread with pistachios When I was in Oxford several years ago, I used to bake banana bread at least once a week. The delicious smells of banana and cinnamon would float through the hall and down the stairs, summoning[...]

Gluten-Free Spiced Tea Biscuits (Sugar free!)

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I am calling these ?biscuits? because they are not quite cookies, yet they are not quite a quick bread either. They are a softer-type cookie which makes lovely for dipping into tea. Instead of going the ordinary shortbread route, which focuses[...]