Pear Quinoa Chai spice Bread loaf. vegan and Giveaway Winners.

This one is a mildly sweet bread with a hint of chai spice. With quinoa in every slice, this makes for an amazing breakfast addition as is, or as a french toast! (The quickest french toast.. make pancake batter with fave spices, dip, and pan fry!)

Sometimes I think too much about what I should and should not post.. Like this bread, since I keep making similar breads pretty much every week, and the Everything Oatmeal cookie yesterday. There is something a bit new though about every recipe.. so here goes! This bread has a good load of quinoa, Pear puree to add the moisture, chai spice for a hint of magical taste in each slice and some bread flour to get it all together.

You can use stevia or artificial sweeteners in this bread since it has some natural sugar from the fruit. For proofing the yeast(step 1), add a teaspoon of flour instead of sugar and let it get frothy. Then add sweetener equivalent to 2 Tablespoons raw sugar.

For more breads, check out my Vegan Yeast breads, Sandwich loafs, multigrain breads and rolls and more on pinterest here.

For gluten-free yeast breads, dinner rolls, flatbreads, See the GF yeast breads album here.

I picked 2 random non profits/rescues from the 6 who had left the rescue names. and the 2 Giveways go to number 5 and number 3,

Krishna's comment for VSPCA

and VeggieGail's for Lane county animal shelter!

Thank you all. And Wish you a Happy Valentines day!

If you havent made anything yet, you should whip up some Chocolate cake for 1, put a large block of dark chocolate in the center of the batter and voila, you get a molten lava cake! Top it with some fresh strawberries and cream!

Ingredients: Makes half a regular loaf.

1/4 cup quinoa, uncooked

3/4 cup water

2 Tablespoons warm water

1.5 teaspoon active yeast

3/4 medium pear, chopped (about 3/4 cup)

1/4 cup whole wheat flour

3/4+ cup bread flour

2/3 teaspoon salt

2 Tablespoons raw sugar

1/2 teaspoon chai spice(My chai spice blend recipe here)

1/2 teaspoon ginger powder

Directions:

In a large bowl, add 2 Tablespoons warm water, yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar. Mix well and wait to get frothy(8-10 minutes)

Cook the Quinoa in 3/4 cup water, covered on low for 15 minutes or until tender.(All of the water might not get absorbed)

Let the quinoa cool a little, then blend cooked quinoa, pear, spices, salt and rest of the sugar.

Add whole wheat flour, bread flour and this puree to the yeast mix and knead for 5-7 minutes. Add more bread flour or water if needed to get a soft dough. The dough might be slightly sticky.

Let dough sit in a well greased container, covered in a warm place until doubled(1.5 hours)

Take dough out and using a little bread flour, shape into a loaf or a jelly roll.

Place loaf or roll with seam side down in a greased or parchment lined regular sizebread pan.

Spritz top with water and then with a little oil.

Cover with towel and let sit until doubled. (45 minutes)

Bake at 365 degrees F for 30-35 minutes until golden and a tap on the top sounds hollow.

Cool completely before slicing.

This bread is heading to Susan's Weekly yeastspotting, Hearth and soul blog hop, Raji's Healthy Diet-baked event started at Priya's, Slightly indulgent Tuesdays , Ricki's Wellness weekend