Oat, Whole Wheat, Onion and Dill Flat Bread
From All-Creatures.org Vegan Recipe Book: How Mary and Frank and Friends Eat

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Ingredients

~For each Flat Bread~
1 Onion, medium size
1/2 cup Oats, quick
1/2 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 tsp. Dill Weed, dried
Hot Sauce, to taste
1 tsp. Baking Powder (optional for a "lighter" bread)

(To enlarge the photo of the Oat, Whole Wheat, Onion and Dill Flat Bread, click on the photo or link)

Preparation

Oat, Whole Wheat, Onion and Dill Flat Bread is a delicious and quick way to make a vegan bread for any meal, and particularly for a sandwich. Preparation time is five to ten minures, and baking time in a microwave oven is less than 4 minutes per 2 piece of 5 inch flat bread or 1 piece of 7 inch flat bread.

There are basically two ways of making an unleavened flat bread: the ingredients can be mixed together into the consistency of a thick pancake batter, or kneaded together like bread dough. With either method, the finished texture of the flat bread will be chewier than leavened bread, and more like that of a pita or tortilla.

Place the quick oats and whole wheat flour in a mixing bowl.

Wash and peel the onion, cut into chunks and place in the container of a high speed blender, add the dill weed and hot sauce, cover, and run the blender at high speed until the contents are smooth. The total amount of the onion liquid portion of the bread dough should be about 1 cup, for each cup of flour.

Pour about 1/2 of the liquid portion into the mixing bowl and thoroughly mix together or knead into the consistency you desire, add additional onion liquid or water as needed.

Baking

If you are making the dough the soft way, scoop it out onto a large microwaveable plate, smooth it out and place in the microwave oven on high heat for about 4 minutes or until the top surface is no longer soft like batter in the center. Then using a spatula, carefully slide it around and under the flat bread to loosen it from the plate and flip it over. If it is still soft on the bottom, then bake for another minute or two, until it is not longer wet.

The oats will help keep the flat bread softer, so be careful not to over cook.

If you are making the flat bread from a bread dough consistency, dust the outside of the dough ball with a little flour, flatten it out into a flat round shape, and bake either in the microwave oven (as above), but shorten the baking time a little, or bake in a conventional oven at 350 degrees on a pizza or baking pan until it bakes to the consistency you desire. You may also notice that the flat bread may begin to puff up and separate like a pita bread.

In the conventional oven, it is not necessary to turn over the flat bread, but as soon as the bread is firm to the touch, but not hard, remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.

When baked, remove from the oven, serve, and enjoy.

One of the ways we enjoy these softer flat breads is in sandwiches, such as the one shown in the photo to the right, which is made by cutting the flat bread in half, and adding your favorite fillings and condiments. This one has miso, mustard, pickled pepper rings, onion slices, and lettuce. (To enlarge the photo of the potato onion oat whole wheat flat bread sandwich, click on the photo or link)

Ingredients Information

Baking Powder

Dill Weed, Dried Leaves

Oats, Rolled

Onions, Yellow

Pepper Sauce - Hot Red

Wheat, Hard White

Utensils and Equipment Information

Baking Pan, Stoneware

Bowls, Stainless Steel Mixing

Knives

Measuring Cups, Dry

Measuring Cup, Liquid

Measuring Spoons

Microwave Oven

Pizza Stone

Spoon, Large Mixing

Vita-Mix

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The above recipe is in keeping with God's creation intent (Genesis 1:29-31): 'Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-- everything that has the breath of life in it-- I give every green plant for food." And it was so. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.' (NIV) Let no animal suffer or die that we may live!