Welcome to Simply Sugarless, our monthly sugar-free recipe column written by Starr Struck's own Sara Meeks. Once per month, Sara picks a "regular" recipe and adapts it into a sugar-free version of that same recipe using only natural sweeteners (fruit, sweet veggies, etc.). A perfect option for those trying to eat less added sugar on a daily basis. Take it away, Sara... This blog series has turned more into a “What I have Been Dying to Try Without Sugar But Couldn’t Muster the Motivation to Do On My Own” column. That doesn’t have as nice of a ring to it, so we’ll stick with “Simply Sugarless," but just know that I appreciate the motivation and have been crazy excited to share all these new attempts at cooking/baking with all of you. The convenience of picking up peanut butter or spaghetti sauce or muffins at the grocery store is *obviously* an improvement over having to cook everything from scratch, but it’s nice to dig in [once in a while] and realize what’s really involved in the process of making some of our favorite, pre-made foods. And, seriously, how good does all the really fresh stuff taste?!? Amazing, right? Anyway, that’s what’s going on with this month’s recipe: I’ve been wanting to make my own whole wheat bread for ages. A lot of commercial breads have pretty yucky stuff in them, but we go through SO MUCH BREAD in our house that baking it myself isn’t feasible. Plus, it’s a lot of work, you know? All that kneading…and the rising…whew! But I’m happy to report that the final product here made all the hard work worth it. I’m still not sure we found a realistic replacement for my husband’s daily peanut butter + jelly sandwiches, but as a delicious break from the monotony of commercial bread? I’ll take it! WHOLE WHEAT BREAD Hands-on time: 20 minutes | Rising time: 2-4 hours | Cook time: 40-50 minutes | Total time: ~5 hours Yield: 1 loaf Ingredients:
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So pretty, isn't it? There's really nothing like homemade bread! We have a bread maker and I used to make whole wheat bread in it all the time, but as happens in life, it fell to the wayside when things got busy. Sara's creation and all of these delicious-looking pics make me want to dig it back out...
View more Simply Sugarless recipes and/or learn more about the column + Sara here. You can also follow Sara + her fam on her fun photo-a-day blog, Small City | Big Days. Thanks for sharing, Sara! Comments are closed.
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HELLO!I'm Mary Catherine, a Cape Cod-based yoga teacher, painter, designer, writer, mom, and list-maker extraordinaire. My goal is to inspire you to start living a more creative, simple, joyful, + purposeful life.
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