Quick Bread or Muffins
3 cups whole wheat floor
1 cup ground flaxseed
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powdeer
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon and/or nutmeg
4 egg whites or 2 whole eggs
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
Juice and grated zest(peel) from 2 lemons
1/2 cup brown sugar OR
1/4 teaspoon of Stevia (white powder extract)
2 cups raisins, other dried fruit
(cranberries, apricots, chopped prunes or dates)
soaked in water or juice for a few minutes,
and then drained. You can also use blueberries
raspberries, or other fruit.
Combine dry ingredients. Mix vanilla, eggs, buttermilk and lemon juice to
make 1 1/2 cups of liquid. Add fruit to dry mixture followed by liquid. Mix
briefly until ingredients are just combined.
Pour into muffin cups or small (3-by-7-inch) loaf pans sprayed with a cooking
spray that doesn't contain hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. Bake
20 minutes for muffins or 35-40 minutes for bread at 375 degrees or until done
when tested with a toothpick. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; turn out onto cooking
rack.
Some URL's to visit to learn more about the importance of flax..
To find even more information about flaxseed/oil, go to Webferret, or any
browser and enter the words flaxseed or flax oil. There are many sites out
there for you to look at. I just picked a few of them to save you some time.
