Low Carbohydrate Bread
Delicious, soft and tender low carb bread that uses tofu!
Servings: 1 loaf
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 1/2 teaspoons yeast or roughly 1 packet of yeast (packets are 2 1/4 tsp)
- 1/4 cups melted butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup tofu - firm
- 1/2 cup vital wheat gluten (you can use flour in place of this if you don't have any vital wheat gluten on hand, it will raise the carbohydrates in the recipe slightly though)
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
Instructions
- Add warm water and yeast together in a blender or a bowl that you can use an immersion blender in.
- Add melted butter, salt and tofu and blend until smooth.
- Pour mixture into a bowl and add vital wheat gluten and whole wheat flour into the bowl.
- Knead mixture together until a dough ball forms and continue kneading for 5 minutes if kneading by hand or 3 minutes if using an electric dough hook.
- Place dough in a greased bowl, cover the top then allow to rise in a warm place for 45 minutes.
- Gently punch dough down.
- Place in bread pan and rise again for 30-45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Bake for 45 minutes, covering the top if it starts to brown too soon.
- Allow bread to cool completely before slicing for longest lasting bread.