Recipe: Ezekiel Bread

Hi Beth;
This is recipe I have posted previously on TKL.
Ezekiel Bread, A Recipe from the Old Testament

2 1/2 cups whole wheat
1 1/2 cups whole rye
1/2 cup barley
1/4 cup millet
1/4 cup lentils
2 Tbsp great norther beans (uncooked)
2 Tbsp red kidney beans (uncooked)
2 Tbsp pinto beans (uncooked)
2 cups lukewarm water, divided
1/2 cup plus 1 tsp honey, divided
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Measure and combine all the above ingredients in a large bowl. Put this mixture into a flour mill and grind. The flour shold be the consistency of regular flour. Coarse flour may cause digestion problems. This makes eight cups of flour . Use four cups per batch of bread.

Measure four cups of flour into a large bowl. Store the remaining flour mixture in the freezer for future use.

Measure one cup lukewarm water (110-115 degrees) in a small mixing bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of the honey and the yeast, stir to dissolve the yeast, cover and set aside, allowing the yeast to rise for five to ten minutes.

In a small mixing bowl, combine the following: olive oil, 1/2 cup honey and remaining cup of warm water. Mix well and add this to the flour mixture in the large bowl. Add the yeast to the bowl and stir until well mixed. The mixutre should be the consistency of slightly "heavy" cornbread. Spread the mixture evenly in a 11by15 inch pan sprayed with no-cholesterol cooking oil. Let the mixture rise for one hour in a warm place.

Bake at 375 degrees for approximately thirty minutes. Check for doneness. Bread should be the consistency of baked cornbread.

This recipe has been adapted directly from Ezekiel 4:9