Focaccia Bread

By vdub

I make this all the time. It holds together really well for sandwiches. I also eat it in the morning with almond butter for a quick breakfast.

Ingredients

• 2 cups flax seed meal
• 1 Tbsp baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt (I recommend Real Salt.)
• 1-2 Tbsps healthy sweetener (optional: Sucanat or coconut sugar would be good options. I use xylitol or 1 scoop stevia extract for a candida-friendly option.
• 5 beaten eggs (or equivalent alternative like Ener-G Egg Replacer.* See my Homemade Powdered Egg Replacer.)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted (other healthy fats may be substituted)

Details

Preparation time 10mins
Adapted from wholenewmom.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease pans (coconut oil works great!). * See below for pan selection information.

2. Mix dry ingredients well — a whisk works well.

3. Add wets to dries and combine well. If using eggs, make sure there aren’t obvious strings of egg in the batter.

4. 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.)

5. Spoon batter into pan and spread out.

6. Bake for about 20 minutes, until it springs back when you touch the top and/or is visibly browned.

4 cups of flax seeds yield about 6 – 6 1/2 cups flax meal. If you have extra after grinding, just store it in the fridge or freezer for adding to smoothies, etc.

Notes:

Eggs – If you are not a fan of eggs, using all 5 might be a bit much for you. You can try using 3-4 and substituting an egg alternative for the remaining eggs. Try Ener-G Egg Replacer for a good option.

Pan sizes and conversion info:
One recipe will fit well in a 10x 15 pan. To use 2 9×13 pans, make 1 1/2 recipes.

3 recipes covers 2 large circular baking stones.

If you really want to bake in bulk, make 4 1/2 recipes for 2 large size pizza stones and 2 9×13 pans (this is what I always do since we eat it up so quickly!)
Here are the measurements for 4 1/2 batches:

9 cups flax meal
4 1/2 T baking powder
4 1/2 t salt
4 1/2 T sweetener (using the lower measurement)
22 eggs, or equivalent
2 1/4 cups water
1 1/2 cups coconut oil

The baking stones really make clean up easy and there is no greasing necessary. No need to grease and clean up is a snap!