Spelt Bread

Makes 8 buns

you can also make as one big loaf (as shown in the pic)- cook about 22-25 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup Hot Water

7g (2 tsp) Yeast

1 tbsp honey

2 tbsp oil-olive/macadamia/avocado

3 cups Wholemeal Spelt Flour ( 3and a 1/4 cups if using White Spelt Flour)

1 teaspoon Salt

Extra flour for kneading

Optional – 1 egg (for glaze) and seeds for sprinkling on top.

Method

Place all ingredients into your bread mixing machine and set to the ‘knead dough’ setting (my particular machine mixes/kneads for a total of 25 minutes with 65 mins resting time – broken up). Or you can just knead by hand.

Once done, your dough will be very runny and sticky. Pour the dough out onto a well floured surface and started kneading by hand by folding it into itself over and over. You will find that you will need to keep adding quite a bit of flour as you proceed. Keep kneading and adding flour (approx 2-5mins) until your dough is no longer sticky and easy to handle.

Next shape the dough into a ball and slice in half so you have 2 even pieces. Then slice each into another 2 and then slice those into another 2 again – until you have a total of 8 even pieces of dough.

Shape into balls and place into a lined (baking paper) tray or dish. Mine is approximately 30 x 20 cms with 2 cms in height. Turn the kettle on and once boiled place the water in a saucepan in the bottom of the oven and place the tray of dough buns in the oven and allow to rise for approximately 20mins. Or place in a loaf tin

Place aside and cover with a tea towel whilst you heat the oven to 200c.

Optional – Whisk egg with a splash of water in a cup and brush over the buns. Sprinkle with your choice of seeds.

When the oven is hot enough – place buns in and cook for approximately 15-20mins. The buns will change to a golden colour on top when ready. Take out and let rest for a few minutes before devouring!