Description
Healthy, grain-free, vegan, blueberry breakfast bread, made with split red lentils and coconut flour! Delicious, as well as quick & easy to make, it is perfect for snacking, too.
Ingredients
- 1 cup split red lentils, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup nondairy milk (I used almond)
- 1/3 cup coconut palm sugar
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil (I used avocado oil)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup coconut flour (lightly spoon to measure; do not pack)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1–1/2 cups blueberries
Instructions
- Combine the rinsed lentils and water in a medium bowl or other container; loosely cover. Let stand, at room temperature, for at least 6 hours or up to 24 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9-inch baking pan with parchment paper; spray or grease exposed sides.
- Do not drain lentils.
- Add the entire contents of bowl (soaked lentils and remaining water), milk, sugar, oil and vanilla to a blender. Blend on HIGH speed until completely smooth (no tiny bumps), stopping once or twice to scrape down the sides of container.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the blender; blend until combined, stopping to scrape down once or twice. Spoon half of batter in pan and sprinkle with half of blueberries; repeat with remaining batter and blueberries,
- Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until bread is risen, appears dry on the surface, and a toothpick inserted near center of bread comes out clean.
- Cool bread in pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Use parchment to remove bread from pan and cool completely, or serve warm. Cut into 16 squares.
Notes
Storage: Store the cooled bread in a covered container at room temperature for 1 day, the refrigerator for 5 days or the freezer for up to 6 months.
Serving tip: Although the blueberry bread is still good when cold, it is most delicious when warmed a little bit. 10-15 seconds in the microwave is perfect.
Tip: Split red lentils have become widely available in recent years. You can find them in most grocery stores, shelved alongside other dry beans and legumes. They are not expensive, either (about $2.50 for a 1-piound bag, depending on where you live).
- Category: Bread, Breakfast
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 square (1/16 of pan)
- Calories: 118
- Sugar: 6.2 g
- Sodium: 147 mg
- Fat: 4.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 17.7 g
- Fiber: 4.8 g
- Protein: 3.7 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Veronica
Monday 13th of July 2020
I just recently found your site and have already saved so many recipes. Your recipes are great, veggie filled with fun different and healthy types if flour, love it!! 😍 Just a quick question in regard to using the soaking water, is there a specific reason you want to use it - like it has starch that is needed for the recipe or so? I have always read that the soaking water from nuts and legumes should be discarded. Could I use fresh water and maybe add what is missing if not using the soaking water? Thanks for all your great recipes!!!
Camilla
Monday 28th of December 2020
Thank you so much, Veronica, so glad to connect!
Joy
Tuesday 7th of July 2020
Thanks for the great recipe idea. It worked perfect with all purpose flour and regular sugar, I just had to add a bit more to get the batter thick enough. Rather than soaking overnight, I added boiling water to the lentils and let it soak 15 mins. It's a good base for experimenting, like another commenter mentioned cinnamon and ginger. Next time I will try date paste instead of sugar to make it even healthier. Be sure to think of this as a 'bread' and not a 'cake', otherwise you might be tempted to add an icing or powdered sugar glaze, and doesn't that beat the purpose?! ;-)
Camilla
Tuesday 7th of July 2020
Hi Joy, so glad it worked with your smart adaptations! :)
Katrina
Saturday 13th of July 2019
Would this work with split peas? Thanks for any tips 🙂
Camilla
Wednesday 8th of January 2020
Hi Katrina, No, split peas do not work (I have tried them in other breads).
Misty
Thursday 21st of June 2018
I made this bread and it was surprisingly soft! I liked it a lot but I think it could be improved with some added flavor to the batter. It does contain vanilla but maybe cinnamon, nutmeg, almond extract, or lemon zest would be great! I enjoyed this cold from the fridge.
Kathrine
Tuesday 5th of June 2018
Wow! These are awesome! So glad I stumbled upon your website. Can't wait to try more of your recipes!