Ezekiel Bread (Wing and a Prayer Recipe)

This is also known as fasting bread, prayer bread, or Bible bread. It is nutritionally complete and tastes yummy. In my search for a recipe for this bread, I found 3. I made a special trip to a health food store to pick up the less common ingredients. When I got there, I found that I couldn't find all the ingredients for any of the recipes so I winged it and prayed that it would turn out well and it did. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

• Preparation Time: 40 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
• Calories: 166 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup honey
• 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
• ½ cup millet
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons sea salt
• ¼ cup rye flour
• 8 cups whole wheat flour
• 4 cups barley flour
• 1 cup dried lentils
• 1 cup canned garbanzo beans, undrained
• 5 ¼ cups warm water (110 degrees F (43 degrees C)), divided
• 2 tablespoons dried great northern beans
• 2 tablespoons dried mung beans
• 2 tablespoons dried adzuki beans

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Place garbanzo beans in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook until soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain and let cool.

Step 3

Stir 1/2 cup water and yeast together in a small bowl until yeast dissolves. Let stand until yeast forms a creamy foam, about 10 minutes.

Step 4

Combine lentils, millet, great northern beans, mung beans, and adzuki beans in a high-powdered food processor or blender. Blend on high speed until fine enough to pass through the mesh of a sifter or strainer.

Step 5

Pour lentil mixture into a large bowl. Mix in whole wheat flour, barley flour, and rye flour.

Step 6

Place cooled garbanzo beans in a large bowl. Add honey, olive oil, and salt; mash together. Stir in remaining 4 3/4 cups water. Stir in yeast mixture. Whisk in 2 cups flour mixture. Stir in remaining flour mixture, 1 cup at a time, kneading well until dough is smooth.

Step 7

Grease a large bowl and place dough inside. Cover with a very damp cloth. Let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.

Step 8

Deflate dough and turn out onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead gently and divide into 4 pieces. Form each piece into a loaf.

Step 9

Grease four 9x5-inch loaf pans. Place loaves inside. Cover with a very damp cloth and let rise until doubled, about 40 minutes.

Step 10

Bake loaves in the preheated oven until golden brown and the bottom of a loaf sounds hollow when tapped, about 1 hour.