Easy Paleo Bread Recipe

Editors note: This is a guest post from Rosa Park, a member of CrossFit Toronto.

For the last year or so, I’ve been experimenting with my diet that would augment my training.

I’ve dabbled with other diets before, but none of them ever really stuck or resonated with my training regimen until I started learning about the Paleo diet.

While I’m not going to write about the benefits of Paleo, I will, however, share with you a recipe I’ve come up with myself while embracing the diet.

For those who love their carbs, and aren’t willing to give up bread, this may be up your alley.

This is the first time I tried baking this Paleo bread. I was very happy with the results (and the taste of course).

Prep time: 10 min

Bake time: 30 min

Ingredients

• 2 cups almond flour (I bought some from the bulk barn but it was very expensive, so I ground up slivered almonds I got from Costco; see pix below)
• 2 tablespoon coconut flour
• 1/4 cup golden flax seed
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 5 eggs
• 2 tablespoon coconut oil
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon apple cider or white vinegar (I did some research as to why you need vinegar and it is supposed to act like yeast)

According to calorie counters, the approx total calories of this loaf is 2194!

Almond flour is what brought the calories up so high, but it is also high in protein.

Instructions

1. Mix all the dry ingredients together and pulse/grind in a food processor.*Check out the bag of sliced almonds I ground up instead of using expensive almond flour. This 1.2 kg bag was only about $11 at Costco, so i think it’s much more cost effective.
2. 

   Mix all the wet ingredients: melt the coconut oil (I just microwaved it for about 25 seconds); add the vinegar and eggs, whisk together, and pour into the food processor, then pulse/grind.

3. Pour the batter into a mold. I sprinkled some sliced almonds on the top for presentation. It looks more delicious, I think!(Left pic is the batter that was pulsed in a processor, and the right pic is the batter i just hand mixed. If you don’t have a food processor don’t think you can’t make this recipe. You can mix it by hand and you’ll get a gritty texture.)
4. Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes.
5. Cool on a rack and serve with butter or honey.

Taste review

The bread is moist inside and dense.

The texture and look is similar to banana bread or corn bread.

It also has a rich nutty taste to it with a hint of coconut flavour.

I’m not sure if would be good for sandwiches although some may try if they are desperate, but it could go really well with stews and soups.

It comes out with a nice crispy crust all over and it’s pretty amazing knowing that Paleo dieters can also have bread that tastes good!

I have tried some gluten-free bread in the past and I was not impressed, but I was very happy with this Paleo bread recipe.

It’s a very simple, easy recipe. I think it’s also a good base recipe to add other ingredients in the future.