Flatbread

 Flatbread Batches of 20 or 10.  

100 g. Flatbread cooling in a towel

Use all purpose or whole wheat flour?!

20 (100g.) Flatbreads

     In a bowl, put

2 1/2 c. (540 g.) warm water

1 1/2 c. (360 g.) milk

1 T. (9 g.) yeast

     Let sit 5 min. then add

1/2 c. (112 g) oil or pureed beans or applesauce

4 t. (26 g.) honey or sugar 

    Stir in 

10 c. (1123 g.) whole wheat flour (may need 1/2 c. more)

2 t. (12 g.) salt

     Mix well (I use my Bosch mixer) and let rest 1/2 hr., covered.

Roll out in 100g. portions like tortillas and cook on a griddle. Cool in a flour sack cloth and enjoy or when cold, freeze til ready to use. Take out of freezer individually and microwave 30 seconds. Delicious!!!

10 (100g.) Flatbreads

     In a bowl, put

1 1/4 c. (270 g.) warm water

3/4 c. 180 g. milk

1 1/2 t. (4 g.) yeast

     Let sit 5 min. then add

1/4 c. (56 g) oil or pureed beans or applesauce

2 t. (13 g.) honey or sugar 

     Stir in 

5 c. (562 g.) whole wheat flour (may need 1/4 c. more)

1 t. (6g.) salt

     Mix well (I use my Bosch mixer) and let rest 1/2 hr., covered.

Roll out in 100g. portions like tortillas and cook on a griddle. Cool in a flour sack cloth and enjoy or freeze til ready to use. Take out of freezer individually and microwave 30 seconds. Delicious!!!

33 g. flatbread snack or sampler sized!

Top flatbread with beans and cheese or Guacamole, black beans and lettuce.

We like to use the flatbread for pizza, breakfast burritos (folded taco style or like a pizza), a mini PBnJ sandwich... Go dream, imagine, and let me know what you like to do with em!

Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas

Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas – makes 10

    Heat 1 ¼ c. 270 g. water in microwave 1 minute

    In a food processor or bowl, add flour and salt and pulse 3 times or stir to mix

3 1/3 c. 403 g. whole wheat flour

¾ t. salt

   To the water, add

3 1/3 T.  44 g. canola oil. 

   While the processor is at speed 1, pour in all the liquid. When a ball of dough has formed, turn off.  (In a bowl, mix til all is combined. Knead a couple times.)

Let rest, covered, 30 minutes for best results. 

 Put away the processor and plug in the griddle. Use a medium high 350 degrees setting.

   Put the dough on a floured counter and divide it into 10 pieces with a dough scraper.  Cover with an upside-down bowl to keep fresh.  Roll out on a floured counter with a rolling pin. Cook on the griddle and put in a folded flour sack towel until all are done cooking. 

Fill with...

Hash and salsa, if ya want.  Brown burritos on the griddle for crisper edges.   

Kristen's smashed beans and cheese

Nut butter and jelly or fresh fruit (Try almond butter and oranges, Cashew butter and blueberries, Peanut butter and bananas, Sunbutter and raspberries)

Cheese and heat on griddle (Quesadillas)

Spread on butter and cinnamon and sugar

Or just eat plain!

Tortillas in towel in container to keep fresh!

In a 10.5" pie keeper container to keep fresh!

Rice Flour Playdough

I have a little friend who can't do gluten so I tried making playdough with rice flour.  I like it better than all-purpose flour AND it comes out of the carpet, unlike storebought playdough!  If this home-made playdough does get in the carpet, get out what you can, let the rest dry, scrape it a bit and then vacuum it up!

A double batch of playdough!

RICE FLOUR PLAYDOUGH

1 c. rice flour or all-purpose flour

2  t. cream of tartar
½ c. salt
1 c. water

1 T. oil (I used canola oil)
Food coloring (optional)

   Cook on the Stove Top:

   Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan and stir well. Cook over medium heat for 3 minutes, stirring until the mixture pulls away from sides of pan.

 

     Cool slightly and knead gently. Store in an airtight container when cool.

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Perfect Playdough Tools

Contain the mess by using a plastic picnic tablecloth or placemats or for each child to 'play' on.
If you're worried about playdough on the floor under the table, put a picnic tablecloth under the table area.
Who said you had to use cookie cutters for just cookies?
What about plastic forks, spoons, and butter knives.
Got any popsicle sticks?
Toy car tires leave cool tracks when you 'drive' on the dough. Let them dry well and shake to get the dough out.
A Slotted spoon pressed down on a ball of dough makes tubes of dough when the dough pushes through it (like spaghetti or hair).
Plastic Spatulas help you turn over or lift up some dough.
Test different objects to see the indentions that will remain!

This is the Original Playdough Recipe that I got while going to Central Texas College! 

Enjoy becoming a kid again!

Banana Deliciousness (Banana Milk)

 Banana Deliciousness (Banana Milk) 1-17-2025

1 c. milk

1 frozen banana

½ t. honey (optional)

In blender, mix til smooth.

 Strawberry Deliciousness (Strawberry Milk) 1-17-2025

1 c. milk

½ c. frozen strawberries

½ t. honey (optional)

In blender, mix til smooth.