Nicki's Popcorn Bread Recipe

Who loves the smell of freshly baked bread travelling through the house? Seriously I think that must be one of the simplest pleasures around! And if the bread is then even healthy you are in for a win win!

I wanted to make a bread with quinoa, chia seeds and buckwheat, but wasn't quite sure what else would go with it until I discovered some popping corn that has been sitting in my pantry for a little while. You may ask popping corn? However trust me on this one; the combination just turned out so delicious!

I couldn't wait to have it and topped my still slightly warm bread with some butter (nothing like a little runny butter, or you could use coconut oil if you love that) and some freshly chopped chives out of my garden. So yummy!

Ingredients:

• 170g popping corn
• 65g buckwheat
• 80g quinoa
• 40g chia seeds
• 1 teaspoon dry yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 30g olive oil
• 25g raw honey
• 250g lukewarm water

1.  First mill the popping corn, the buckwheat, quinoa and chia seeds on speed 10 for 1 minute.
2. Next add all the other ingredients and knead the dough on interval speed for about 3 minutes.
3. Fill in a with baking paper lined bread tin and leave to rise for half an hour. In order to help with spreading the dough evenly it helps to wet a spoon and use it to help spread the bread batter.
4. Bake on 160 degrees for about one hour or until it is nice and brown.

What I love about this bread is that it also has a slightly crunchy texture, probably from the popping corn but you could eliminate that by milling everything in speed 1 for slightly longer.

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Enjoy!