Focaccia-Style Flax Bread

This flax bread makes great toast!.  Photo © Carolyn Ketchum of the great All Day I Dream About Food blog.

Updated December 20, 2014.

User Rating

I call this "focaccia" because it is baked in that style -- flat on a sheet pan, and then cut up into whatever sized pieces you want. It works for toast, sandwiches, and other bready uses. It is "rough" in texture like heavy whole grain breads. Since it isn't made with wheat, it doesn't have the same kind of grain as wheat breads, but the carb in flax is almost all fiber. Flax is very useful on a low carb diet, as well as being amazingly good for you.  Learn more about the health benefits of flax seeds.

Ingredients

• 2 cups flax seed meal
• 1 Tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1-2 Tablespoons sugar equivalent from artificial sweetener
• 5 beaten eggs
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/3 cup oil

• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 20 minutes

• Total Time: 35 minutes

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare pan (a 10X15 pan with sides works best) with oiled parchment paper or a silicone mat.
1) Mix dry ingredients well -- a whisk works well.
2) Add wet to dry, and combine well. Make sure there aren't obvious strings of egg white hanging out in the batter.
3) Let batter set for 2 to 3 minutes to thicken up some (leave it too long and it gets past the point where it's easy to spread.)
4) Pour batter onto pan. Because it's going to tend to mound in the middle, you'll get a more even thickness if you spread it away from the center somewhat, in roughly a rectangle an inch or two from the sides of the pan (you can go all the way to the edge, but it will be thinner).
5) Bake for about 24-28 minutes, until it springs back when you touch the top and/or is visibly browning even more than flax already is.
6) Cool and cut into whatever size slices you want. You don't need a sharp knife; I usually just cut it with a spatula.
Nutritional Information: Each of 12 servings has less than a gram of effective carbohydrate (.7 grams to be exact) plus 5 grams fiber, 6 grams protein, and 185 calories.
Interested in resistant starch ? Try Flax Bread with Resistant Starch

User Reviews Reviews for this section have been closed.

User Rating:

None

Great basic recipe! I added some Italian herbs and a bit of parmesan cheese to it and it was very good. Next time I will probably add some more flavor to it in the way of more herbs, etc. As an experiment I put some thinly sliced cheddar cheese layed on top of a slice and microwaved til it melted. That was delicious!!

source:  http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/breads/r/flaxbasicfoc.htm