My friend, Mel, asked me for some Ezekiel flour so she could make Ezekiel bread with her sweet daughter, Hannah.  I realized that even though I have been selling Ezekiel mix for quite some time, I had never actually made Ezekiel bread for myself!  So, I thought I would try it, and see why so many people are lovers of this bread.

Take 2 and 2/3 cups of Ezekiel mix and run it through your grain mill so that it becomes flour.  If you already have Ezekiel flour, measure out 4 cups.  Set this aside.

In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together 2 cups of warm water, 1/4 cup of oil, 1/2 cup of honey, and 1 Tablespoon instant yeast.

Let this mixture sit for 4 to 5 minutes.  It will get nice and foamy and smell “yeasty”, and will look like this:

Add your Ezekiel flour and 1 teaspoon of salt.  Mix with a wooden spoon.  This will make a batter, similar in texture to a banana bread or muffin batter.

Spray a 10″ x 4″ pan with oil and dump the batter into the pan.  While you are doing this, you can pop your oven on for 2 minutes so it is warm (don’t forget to turn it off!).

Place the pan in the warm (not hot!) oven, and let rise until the batter is about a half-inch from the top of the pan.  This only took 20 minutes in my oven.

Take the loaf OUT, and preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  Bake the loaf for 35-50 minutes.  This was, honestly, the only tricky part about making this bread.  It is a little hard to judge when the loaf is done, because the texture is so different from “traditional” yeast bread.  My loaf became nice and brown quite quickly, so halfway through, I lowered my oven down to 325 so the top wouldn’t burn.  After about 30 minutes of baking, check the loaf with a toothpick or knife.  You want it to be “done” inside; not gooey.  I think in all, I baked mine for about 45 minutes.

Done!  This is totally the easiest bread in the world to make!  No kneading, rising (much), rolling, shaping, etc.  And, so few ingredients.  The texture is different from a traditional raised yeast bread; more cake-like and spongy.  It tastes delicious; the honey flavor is quite pronounced.  Make sure you use a honey variety that you like!  My son and husband gobbled the Ezekiel bread up with enthusiasm, and it was wonderful the next morning toasted for breakfast.