Two Wonderful Vegan Bread-Making Books
If you like making homemade bread, check out US author Shane’s two books:
The Vegan Bread Machine Cookbook has 65 recipes, and his book Baking Vegan Bread at Home has simple recipes for:
- White or Wholewheat Sandwich Loaf
- Rapid-rise White Bread
- Sprouted Wheat Bread
- Jalapeno ‘Cheese’ Bread (above)
- Oatmeal Bread with Sunflower Seeds
- Rosemary & Thyme Gluten-Free Bread
- Speedy Herb Focaccia
- Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls
- Walnut Cranberry Artisan Loaf
- Celebration Challah
- Panettone Christmas bread
You’ll also find expert tips on how to get the best performance from your bread machine, especially when working with vegan ingredients. Plus tips on how to store and freeze your homemade bread.
Before cooking, read up on food safety for people and pets (many foods in bread like salt, fresh dough, onion, garlic, dried fruits and citrus are unsafe near animal friends). Bin allium scraps (onion, leeks, garlic, shallots, chives) and citrus/tomato/rhubarb scraps, as acids could harm compost creatures. It’s okay to put them in food waste bins (made into biogas).
For tinned ingredients, fully remove lids (put inside) or pop ring-pulls back over holes (and pinch tops closed) before recycling, to avoid wildlife getting trapped.
Never give leftover stale bread to garden birds or wildfowls. As well as being a choking hazard (same with pizza crusts and crackers), it can harm due to mould, salt or butter from sandwiches (that smear on feathers, affecting waterproofing and insulation). Birds need their own food in safe garden havens.
Basics of Bread (an e-book of simple recipes)
Basics of Bread is a beautiful e-book from Madeleine Olivia and her husband Alex, on how to make 20 simple plant-based bread recipes for beginners. The book features the basics of how to knead bread plus recipes for pizza dough and bagels, to focaccia, hot cross buns and cinnamon rolls.
