Saturday, February 2, 2013

Lembas Bread

Lembas Bread (Lord of the Rings “authentic” Elvish bread)

Found from: http://lotrscrapbook.bookloaf.net/other/recipes.html#top

Ingredients:

2 ½ cups of flour (I used whole wheat flour)

1 tablespoon of baking powder

¼ teaspoon of salt

½ cup of butter
 (I used Irish butter)
1/3 cup of brown sugar

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

½ teaspoon honey

2/3 cup of heavy whipping cream

½ teaspoon of vanilla

Directions:
Preheat oven to 425F. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Add the butter and mix with a well till fine granules (easiest way is with an electric mixer). Then add the sugar and cinnamon, and mix them thoroughly.
Finally add the cream, honey, and vanilla and stir them in with a fork until a nice, thick dough forms.

Roll the dough out about 1/2 in thickness. Cut out 3-inch squares and transfer the dough to a cookie sheet.Criss-cross each square from corner-to-corner with a knife, lightly (not cutting through the dough).
Bake for about 12 minutes or more (depending on the thickness of the bread) until it is set and lightly golden.


***Let cool completely before eating, this bread tastes better room temperature and dry. Also for more flavor you can add more cinnamon or other spices***

I recommend this with some jam. Very tasty, almost like a scone in texture.