This Roasted Garlic Spelt Bread in a Pot is made with Healthy Bread in Five Minutes Garlic Bread dough. It utilizes a mixture of spelt flour, ground flaxseed and all-purpose flour. I like spelt and roasted garlic so this seemed like a winning combination to me.
Spelt is an ancient grain that has a somewhat nuttier and slightly sweeter flavor than whole wheat flour. It is a distant cousin to wheat and can be used in many of the same ways as wheat, such as bread and pasta making.1 Spelt contains more protein than wheat, and the protein in spelt is easier to digest. This means that some people who are allergic to wheat may be able to tolerate spelt. Spelt has gluten, just like wheat, so spelt is not suitable for a gluten-free diet.2
Spelt performs better when mixed with other flours. It has gluten but it is a very fragile gluten so it doesn’t rise as well as wheat. This is also what makes it more easily digestible than wheat for a lot of people.
This particular formula made a really wet dough. After a few unsuccessful attempts to shape a free-form artisan loaf, I decided to bake the bread in my clay bread pot.
Mmm, roasted garlic bread sounds delicious! I wouldn’t mind having my house smell like that. =) I usually use my digital probe thermometer to check the temperature of my breads to avoid the under-done problem. Good news is, I don’t have problems with gummy bread, bad news is, all my loaves have that little hole in them…
Yes, a digital probe thermometer is definitely helpful. Better a hole in the top than a tunnel in the dough (or gummy dough) which is what I’ve gotten when I didn’t bake the bread long enough.
Beautiful bread pot. Great way to treat dough that is a bit too wet.
This is a great way to do soft dough. I wish I had made this dough. My family and friends were not to excited about the berry bread.
Loved the clay pot, and the bread looked great.
I just love your clay pot, wish I could have a slice of your bread! YUMMY looking!