Raw Bread Recipe
If you're on a raw diet, there's no need to skip the bread! With this simple raw bread recipe, you can enjoy a slice of toast or a vegan sandwich without the need for an oven. With the help of your dehydrator and a handful of simple ingredients, you'll be on your way to enjoying a delicious slice of vegan bread in no time.
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What Do I Need to Make Raw Bread?
While most traditional bread recipes are prepared with flour and yeast, this unique no-bake version is packed with healthy ingredients. In addition to healthful grains, this raw bed also features fruit and seeds to add extra fiber and protein to each bite. To make your own raw bread, you'll need these simple ingredients:
- Oats
- Banana
- Coconut flour
- Flaxseed
- Mango
- Apple
- Black sesame seeds
- Sunflower seeds
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How Do I Make Raw Bread?
Making raw bread is very similar to preparing traditional bread. But instead of cooking your bread in the oven, you'll use your dehydrator to "bake" the loaf! To make your own raw bread at home, just follow these four easy steps.
Step One: Prepare the Dough
Combine the oats, mango, banana, and apple in a blender or food processor. Blend the ingredients together until smooth, then add the flaxseed and coconut flour to the bowl. Continue blending for an additional 2 to 3 minutes. If the consistency gets too thick, add up to ½ cup of water as you blend.
Step Two: Form the Loaf
Once the dough is well blended, lightly dust your work surface with coconut flour and roll out the dough. Use your hands to form the dough into a loaf. If the dough is too sticky to handle, add up to one tablespoon of coconut flour.
Step Three: Top with Seeds
After forming the dough into a loaf shape, sprinkle the sunflower seeds and sesame seeds over the top of the loaf. You can add other seeds to the loaf, as desired. Lightly press the topping in place to keep the seeds from falling off.
Step Four: Cook the Loaf
Place the bread in a dehydrator tray and set the temperature to 115 degrees. Dehydrate the bread for around 4 hours for chewy bread or 5 hours for crispy bread.
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Is Raw Bread Vegan?
Since this bread is prepared with a variety of fruit, grains, and seeds, it's perfect for anyone hoping to enjoy a vegan dish! And it's a great substitute for traditional yeast bread for anyone on a raw vegan diet since this no-bake recipe is prepared without the use of yeast.
Can I Make Raw Bread in the Oven?
Using a dehydrator is the best way to make this raw bread recipe. But if you don't have a dehydrator, you can also use your oven to dry out the loaf.
But just because you're using your oven doesn't mean you're actually baking the bread! Instead, you'll cook your loaf on a very low temperature, essentially dehydrating the bread instead of baking it.
Set the oven to cook on the lowest setting (around 105 to 115 degrees). Place the bread on a baking sheet and allow it to cook for around four hours for chewy slices or five hours for crisp bread.
How Do I Get My Raw Bread Crispier?
Even after dehydrating your bread loaf, the inside of the raw bread may still be soft. If you want your bread to have a crispier crust, simply return the loaf to the dehydrator to cook longer.
Another simple way to add a crispy crunch to your raw bread is to slice it and then dehydrate it more. After dehydrating your bread for four hours, remove it and cut it into slices.
Arrange the slices in an even layer on the dehydrator tray and return the slices back to the dehydrate for another hour at the same temperature.
Raw Bread Recipe Ideas
Since there's no baking involved, this raw bread recipe is quick and easy to prepare! And that means you can make a few adjustments to the recipe to suit your own tastes. Try these substitutions and additions to create a delicious bread recipe to enjoy.
- Add some spices. One simple way to add more flavor to your bread is with the help of spices. Warm spices like cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and allspice pair perfectly with the fruit in the bread.
- Mix in a few nuts. Give your raw bread more protein and a little more crunch with the help of some nuts. Try adding chopped pecans or walnuts before forming the bread into a loaf.
- Add more seeds. You can also add more flavor to the top of your loaf with the help of more seeds. Sprinkle some pumpkin, chia, or caraway seeds over the top of your loaf before dehydrating.
What To Serve with Raw Bread?
Once you have this delicious raw bread prepared, you're going to want to enjoy it with all your meals! Try serving your raw bread with some of these simple toppings and sides:
- Nut butter
- Sliced fruit
- Vegan butter
- Honey
- Jam or jelly
- Compote
- Vegan yogurt
- Maple syrup
- Vegan cream cheese
Raw Bread Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup oats
- 1 banana
- 1 cup coconut flour
- ½ cup flaxseed
- 1 mango
- 1 apple
- ⅓ cup black sesame or any seeds of your choice
- ½ cup sunflower seeds
Instructions
- Mix oats and shredded mango, banana and apple in a blender or a food processor. Blend until smooth, add flaxseed and and coconut flour, keep blending for around 2-3 minutes. You can add ½ cup of water if the consistency is to thick.
- Transfer your mixture on to flat surface and try to form a bread loaf. Sprinkle the surface with coconut flour, if its to sticky to form a desired shape add 1 tablespoon of coconut flour.
- Sprinkle your bread with sunflower seeds, sesame seeds or any seeds of your choice, press them gently onto your bread so they stay in place.
- Place your bread over dehydrator tray, set the temperature on 115F, you can also use an oven on its lowest settings (anything between 105-115F) Dehydrate for about 4 hours. If you like an extra crispy bread leave it for an additional hour or cut the bread into individual slices, place in on a tray it and continue to dehydrate it for additional hour.
