Pear Quinoa Chai spice Bread loaf, is a mildly sweet yeast bread with a hint of chai spice. There is cooked quinoa in every slice, this makes for an amazing breakfast addition as is, or as a french toast. (The quickest french toast.. make thin pancake batter, add 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 Pear puree for moist softness, a good load of quinoa, and 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 see here, Sandwich loafs, multigrain breads and rolls and more.
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 commenters 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.
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Pear Quinoa Chai spice Bread loaf
A mildly sweet yeast bread with a hint of chai spice. There is cooked quinoa in every slice, this makes for an amazing breakfast addition as is, or as a french toast. Allergen Information: Free of Dairy, egg, corn, soy, nut.
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 118kcal
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (42.5 g) quinoa uncooked
- 3/4 cup (187.5 ml) water
- 2 Tablespoons warm water
- 1.5 teaspoon active yeast
- 3/4 (0.75) medium pear chopped (about 3/4 cup)
- 1/4 cup (30 g) whole wheat flour
- 1 cup (125 g) bread flour
- 2/3 teaspoon (0.67 teaspoon) salt
- 2 Tablespoons raw sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) chai spice My chai spice blend recipe here
- 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) ginger powder
Instructions
- 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. Or use scant 1 cup cooked quinoa.
- 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 size bread 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 35-40 minutes until golden and a tap on the top sounds hollow.
- Cool completely before slicing.
Notes
Nutritional values are based on one slice
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Pear Quinoa Chai spice Bread loaf
Amount Per Serving
Calories 118
% Daily Value*
Sodium 197mg9%
Potassium 99mg3%
Carbohydrates 24g8%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 4g4%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin C 0.7mg1%
Calcium 8mg1%
Iron 0.6mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Tracy @ Daily Deal Blog
Healthy bread for breakfast! Perfect with hot coffee or hot chocolate.
Alea Milham
You know I can’t resist anything with Chai! I love the addition of quinoa in this bread – brilliant idea!
Richa
Thanks Alea!
April @ The 21st Century Housewife
I had no idea you could make bread with quinoa – what a great healthy thing to do! I like the idea of the pears and the chai spices too. Thank you for sharing this recipe with the Hearth and Soul hop.
Jackie @ Vegan Yack Attack!
Your bread always looks so tremendous, Richa! I’ll definitely need to be trying out one of the recipes soon! 🙂
Caitlin
quinoa and pear juice in bread?! this looks so wonderful. the texture looks amazing. once again, you are amazing.
Richa
Thanks Caitlin! xoxo
Anonymous
Can I make this with quinoa flour?
Richa
yes you can.. use about 1/3 to 1/2 cup quinoa flour. You might need some few Tablespoons extra water, since the cooked quinoa has extra moisture which will not be there in the flour. Add water while kneading to get a soft dough.
Helene Dsouza
Lovely idea! I have never tasted quinoa bread and I hadnt actualy heard aboutthis type of bread. I can imagine the aroma, the flair of the bread with the spices. Thanks a lot for sharing! =)
Kitchen Flavours
Chai spiced loaf looks extremely yum….would love to taste this…..
Plateful
Bread looks awesome, Richa! Lovely texture and I’m intrigued by the flavors. Would sure love to have this with a cuppa. Hope you had a wonderful V’day!
Richa
Thank you all.. hope you had a fun Valentines day!
Balvinder Ubi
Your Breads does come up nice without even eggs.
Richa
Thanks Balvinder.. with good gluten development i dont need any eggs. hopefully will make a no egg glutenfree bread that is soft an airy too!
Vegiegail
Thank you so much, Richa! I am thrilled for our local shelter! And thank you also for this lovely bread recipe! I cannot wait to try it!
Sudha
picture perfect..i was not this lucky wiht my loaf..i should follow ur recipe verbatim :)..i dint use the fruit as well…
Richa
what happened to your loaf?
Elsa
Wow, I’ve never had quinoa bread. I have to give this a try!
Junia
i love the idea of putting quinoa with a touch of chai and pear puree! 😀
Genevieve
I love the combination of pear with ginger and chai! You are the master at making creative fruity breads! Happy Valentines 🙂
Sunday Morning Banana Pancakes
oh WOW this looks so amazing; love your suggestion of making this into french toast, so good!
Richa
Thanks heather.. most of my breads end up as french toasts topped with a load of fruits in the morning!
Kalyani
wonderful and delicious bread ……
Aarthi
WOW..I love this..Thanks for posting it Dear..
Aarthi
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Shannon
This sounds wonderful. My partner eats quinoa at every meal, so it would be fun to throw some in a loaf instead of just piling it on his plate!
Cara
Richa, when in the world are you going to open up a Hobby and More bread bakery??? I mean, you are such an artist when it comes to bread-making, it’s insane!
Richa
i need a better name for the bakery.:)
Cara
Babe-a-licious Bread Maker? I’m working on it…
Caitlin
yes! richa totally needs a bread bakery! i’m gonna help think up a name.
Richa
babe-a-licious.. 😀 sounds like something else::DD
yes.. u girls put your brain cells to work..:)
Isobelle
I agree with Raji – this is a definite keeper!
What a creative bread recipe. I love it!
Richa
Thanks isobelle!
Raji
This one looks like a keeper Richa…indeed looks soft and I like breads which are a little bit sweet..and what to say about chai spice..simply superb !
Lady link this to my healthy diet event- baked goodies. https://vegetariantastebuds.blogspot.com/2012/02/healthy-diet-event-baked-goodies.html
Richa
thanks Raji! yep will link it up.
Rohini singh
Can someone