Gluten-Free Almond Flour Bread with Easy Chia Seed Jam

Elizabeth Eats

If you've been looking to cut down on highly processed breads and starches, then you will love this episode. Elizabeth shows you how easy it is to whip up a delicious gluten-free, high protein, almond flour bread, and then shows you the secret trick to making a healthy and easy stove-top jam that's low in sugar but high in flavor.

ALMOND FLOUR BREAD

Makes: 10 slices of bread

Ingredients

(use organic ingredients where possible)

• 2¼ cups blanched almond flour
• ¼ cup ground flaxseed
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp fine texture sea salt (such as Real Salt)
• 5 eggs
• ½ tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C).
2. In a food processor, combine the dry ingredients and pulse them until well combined, about 10 pulses.
3. Add the wet ingredients and mix until well combined, about 30 seconds. Scrape down the edges.
4. Pour dough (will be like a very thick batter) into a greased 9×5 bread pan; there will be enough to fill the pan about halfway up.
5. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
6. Let cool in the pan for 30 minutes before serving.

EASY CHIA SEED JAM

Makes: about 10 ounces

Ingredients

(use organic ingredients where possible)

• 2 cups frozen mixed berries
• 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
• 2 tbsp raw honey (more or less to taste)
• 2 tbsp chia seeds

Directions

1. Place the fruit, lemon juice, and honey in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Simmer 15 minutes until it bubbles and breaks down.
2. Remove from the heat and stir in the chia seeds until well combined, then let it sit at least 15 minutes to allow the chia seeds to gelatinize.
3. It will keep in an airtight glass container in the refrigerator up to 10 days.