Ezekiel Bread

UPDATE to original review 11/12/08 under chef Sharon123: After reviewing both recipes posted under Carole Reu (who hasn't posted anything since 9/12/99) and Sharon123, I need my review to capture the complete recipe I originally reviewed, which is Sharon's. Carole's recipe isn't exactly like Sharon's and I need to note the differences so that I can continue to make the recipe I love as stated in my original review including Sharon's changes to the instructions. In my opinion these two recipes are different; however, this is food.com and I don't get to make that decision, as the food.com "elves" have merged these two recipes, hence my notes to self in the form of this revised review. INGREDIENTS: ignore the 2 cups soybean flour, use 2 cups lentils versus 1 cup, and 5 tablespoon olive oil. DIRECTIONS: Step 3 - use blender; Step 8 - place into 4 greased loaf pans; Step 9 - let rise until doubled in bulk and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour.Sharon's intro says, "This bread will supply protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, sodium, potassium, vitamins A and C, thiamine, riboflavin, and niacin. Plus it tastes good! Prep time includes time for the dough to rise. Made during Bible times, this is a Middle Eastern bread." Next is my original review modified for the directions: Going into this I didn't realize it made 4 loaves! If I had I might have tried to scale it down a bit. So, drawing upon the strength of Ezekiel, I made it as directed! This also didn't fit my plans to use my KitchenAid mixer - too much volume! I had to make it by hand, which fortunately was therapeutic and cathartic. If you make it by hand because you don't have a commercial appliance, triple the estimated time it takes to make! Now that I've captured my thoughts on this, I can say that I give it 5 stars because IF you can put this together, the results don't disappoint. You may just have to use your brain on this one, and your heart! Thanks, Sharon123! Made for <b>Healthy Choices</b>.

I'm going to make it today. The thing is though, is that in Ezekiel 4 it mentions NOTHING about soybeans. Those are not good to put in our bodies. Why do these recipes add those in when it was never part of YHVHs orders????

I give this 5 stars for taste, but 3 stars for recipe directions. I make quite a bit of bread so I knew what to do, but I definitely had to read through the recipe several times. I just had a warm slice with some low-cal spread and I'm hoping it tastes this good when it's cooled down. All in all, thanks for a good recipe.

This is really a modernization of what would have been a dense, unleavened barley cake in Ezekiel's time... but it's a hearty, flavorful multigrain bread. The combination of cereal grains and legumes (lentils in this case)supplies all the essential amino acids so that you could get all your protein from this alone. I substituted spelt flour for half the barley in honor of the text, and also used stone ground whole wheat flour. (Mine required quite a lot of extra water because of the whole wheat flour.) I did, however, use the electric range and not Ezekiel's cooking fuel (Read the text to understand). Made for personal enjoyment and completely enjoyed!

This was one of the greaest breads I have made so far..Art