Flour with baking soda and salt, and a sour liquid (unsweetened soy milk with vinegar, buttermilk or yogurt) that activates the soda; mix just until the dough comes together, without kneading or rising, shape into a round loaf and score a cross on top, or transfer to a loaf pan, and bake right away. Pareve version: Unsweetened soy milk.
💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
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Mix the unsweetened soy milk with the vinegar and let stand 5 minutes, until the unsweetened soy milk sours and thickens slightly.
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Sift the flour and baking soda into a large bowl and stir in the salt.
BowlSifter
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Make a well in the center, pour in the unsweetened soy milk mixture and mix quickly, just until a soft, even dough forms, without kneading.
Wooden spoon
💡The baking soda starts releasing gas as soon as it meets the sour liquid: mix quickly and put it in the oven right away, without kneading, because kneading makes the bread tough.
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With floured hands, shape the dough into a ball and place it on a floured baking sheet.
Baking pan
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Score a deep cross on top of the loaf with a sharp knife.
Knife
💡The deep score lets the heat into the center of the thick loaf: the bread bakes evenly and opens nicely into four.
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Bake 35–40 minutes, until the bread is browned and sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
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💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
464calories
14 gprotein
87 gcarbs
4 gfat
● protein 13%● carbs 79%● fat 8%
Per serving (208 g), of 4 servings
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Baking soda: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 5 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Baking soda →
Salt: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 6 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →
Milk: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 244 g · 60 kcal per 100 g · More about Milk →
Vinegar: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 15 g · 21 kcal per 100 g · More about Vinegar →
🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel
Oven· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
Baking pan· Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
Sifter· Also works: Fine sieve (None) · Whisk (Whisk the dry ingredients well instead of sifting)
Knife· Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
Bowl· Also works: Pot (None)
Wooden spoon· Also works: Silicone spatula (None) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (a regular spoon gets hot)
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⚙️ What you can change
Possible additions: Sugar · Milk · Vinegar to sour the milk · Yogurt · olive oil · In a loaf pan, without shaping (loaf pan lined with parchment paper) · Cooling before slicing (minutes) (10)
