Recipe characteristics
- Quick and easy to make
- Requires only a few ingredients
- Flourless
- Healthy alternative to a classic white bread
- High in fiber
- Dietary requirements: vegan (dairy-free, egg-free), gluten-free, nut-free, and soy-free.
Notes on ingredients
- Buckwheat: To make the buckwheat bread, soak the buckwheat in enough water to cover, for 4-5 hours.
- Rice milk: Substitute it with soy milk, oat milk or almond milk.
- Instant dry yeast: There is no need to activate the instant yeast. The yeast will become active soon after coming in contact with the moisture from the wet ingredients.
- Flaxseeds: You’ll need ground flaxseeds for this recipe.
- Seeds: Topping bread dough with seeds such as pumpkin, sunflower, cumin seeds is a simple and effective way to increase the nutrition and flavor.
Buckwheat: a highly nutritious pseudograin
Despite its deceiving name, buckwheat is neither wheat nor grain—it’s a seed. Here is why you should include it in your daily diet:
- It is highly nutritious, easy to prepare, and inexpensive.
- It has a nutty, toasty flavor and a soft texture.
- Its glycemic index is between 30 and 35 (depending on the origin of the buckwheat) so it doesn’t cause unhealthy spikes in blood sugar levels.
- It is a good source of plant compounds called rutin and quercetin, which have protective antioxidant properties.
- Buckwheat is also an excellent source of protein and fiber. One cup of cooked buckwheat has approx. 6 grams of protein and 4.5 grams of fiber.
- It is naturally gluten-free and generally safe to eat for people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity.
How to make it
- Soak buckwheat groats in water for approx. 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a loaf pan (20 x 10 cm) with parchment paper.
- Once soaked, rinse buckwheat well and let it drain. Place the groats into a food processor or a blender, along with milk, ground flaxseeds, instant dry yeast, 1 teaspoon of maple syrup, and salt, and blend until all is well combined and the batter is relatively smooth.
- Stir in sunflower and pumpkin seeds into the batter (optional).
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle with seeds. Let it rise at room temperature for 30-45 minutes until it almost doubles in size.
- Bake for 45 minutes. After 20-25 minutes, loosely cover the bread with a sheet of aluminum foil to prevent the top of the bread from burning.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a bit before removing it from the pan.
- Let it cool completely before slicing.
Quick tips
Allow the bread to rise away from a heat source
If the area is too warm, bread will rise too fast. Then, when placed to bake in the oven, it might result in large air pockets forming inside the dough. By leaving it at room temperature in a draught-free place, you’re allowing it to rise evenly and at its own rate.
Problems with high temperatures in your dough
High temperatures in your dough can result in big uneven holes in your bread. These high temperatures can originate from a couple of different things:
- Milk is too warm: Milk should be at room temperature. This is especially important when baking during summer months. If the milk temperature or your environment is too warm, the bread will rise too fast resulting in large air pockets forming inside the dough.
- Over mixing or mixing at high speeds: If you are using a blender or a food processor, both can raise the temperature of your dough. Try not mix at high speeds to avoid raising the temperature of your dough too much.
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Flourless Gluten-Free Buckwheat Bread
Equipment
Ingredients
- 250 g buckwheat groats soak in water for 4-5 hours
- 100 ml rice milk at room temperature
- 5 g instant dry yeast
- 20 g ground flaxseeds
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup or other sweetener
- 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds optional
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds optional
Topping
- sunflower, pumpkin, cumin seeds optional
Instructions
- Soak buckwheat groats in water for approx. 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a loaf pan (20 x 10 cm) with parchment paper.
- Once soaked, rinse buckwheat well and let it drain. Place the groats into a food processor or a blender, along with milk, ground flaxseeds, instant dry yeast, 1 teaspoon of maple syrup, and salt, and blend until all is well combined and the batter is relatively smooth.
- Stir in sunflower and pumpkin seeds into the batter (optional).
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle with seeds. Let it rise at room temperature for 30-45 minutes until it almost doubles in size.
- Bake for 45 minutes. After 20-25 minutes, loosely cover the bread with a sheet of aluminum foil to prevent the top of the bread from burning.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a bit before removing it from the pan.
- Let it cool completely before slicing.
Quick tips
- Allow the bread to rise away from a heat source: If the area is too warm, bread will rise too fast. Then, when placed to bake in the oven, it might result in large air pockets forming inside the dough. By leaving it at room temperature in a draught-free place, you’re allowing it to rise evenly and at its own rate.
- Problems with high temperatures in your dough: High temperatures in your dough can result in big uneven holes in your bread. These high temperatures can originate from a couple of different things:Milk is too warm: Milk should be at room temperature. This is especially important when baking during summer months. If the milk temperature or your environment is too warm, the bread will rise too fast resulting in large air pockets forming inside the dough.Over mixing or mixing at high speeds: If you are using a blender or a food processor, both can raise the temperature of your dough. Try not mix at high speeds to avoid raising the temperature of your dough too much.
Nutrition facts
* The nutritional information provided is calculated automatically and should be used as an estimate.
17 comments
It sound delicious.
How long does the bread last for? What is the best way to store it?
Hi, Astrid! You can place the loaf in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. Or you can wrap individual slices in a plastic wrap and freeze.
I follow Dr. Michael Greger’s way of eating, and thus don’t use processed grains. Can the batter just be stirred together? I would also leave out the sugar and salt! How do you think it will turn out? It looks so good! Thanks!
Hi, Susan! You can skip sugar and salt but you have to blend buckwheat, that’s a crucial step, you can’t just stir it. I am familiar with Dr. Michael Greger. I personally don’t think of blended buckwheat as processed food. Most of the time, whole foods go through some minor modifications such as cutting, blending, grating, or fermenting. I believe such modifications are allowed on a whole-foods plant-based diet.
Thanks! Then I might just try it!
Can you use buckwheat flour instead of groats?
Hi, Judy! I haven’t tried it but I think you’d probably need to adjust some measurements.
Would soaking overnight cause any problems? Thanks.
Hi, Anna! Try to keep the soak time to 7 hours max, or the buckwheat might become too mushy.
Can you use another kind of plant milk?
Hi, Lorraine! You can substitute it with soy, oat, or almond milk.
I bought buckwheat flour. Not sure if it will work. Also the measurements are different then i use. Cups and teaspoons. ??? The recipe looks delicious. I would love to try.
Hi, Anita! You need buckwheat groats for this recipe, not buckwheat flour.
This bread is delicious! It holds together well for sandwiches and has a lovely flavor. We made it for the first time yesterday and will definitely make it again.
That is so awesome to hear Adrienne, thanks so much for your feedback!
This is a great recipe! I love all things buckwheat so have tried many versions of a flourless buckwheat loaf made from the soaked groats. I think this one is really easy and holds up really nicely! My only complaint is that my loaf ended up kind of smaller (less tall) than I would’ve liked but it still tastes amazing. I’ll definitely make it again! Thank you!
Thank you so much for your feedback, Madeline! So happy you liked it!