I tested this millet bread recipe.

Found some super discount hulled millet at the store, always wanted to try making something with millet. Got this recipe somewhere online and lost the page and cant find it again.


Equipment:  immersion blender (or regular blender i dont see why not)
Mixing bowl
Bread baking pan
Oven
Some spare bowls and forks/spoons

Ingredients:
Millet seets
3 eggs
Plain yogurt
baking powder
olive oil
salt

rinse 1.5cups millet 3x in fresh water. Strain.

Pour boiling water over the millet. Let stand for at least 2 hrs up to 10hrs.  I let mine stand for 12 hrs because i wasnt sure the immersion blender would handle the tough seeds. They were marginally softer at 12 hrs than 5 but still tough enough that i had to squish seriously to break a few in between two spoons. So dont be afraid if it doesnt seem very soft.

In another bowl, Crack and scramble 3 eggs. Add half cup yogurt. whisk into the eggs.

Drain the soaked millet. Add to the eggs and yogurt to it.

Grind into a wet mixture with immersion blender. Go until there are no solid seeds you can see, and then a bit more. Just dont make merangue out of those eggs.

Add 1.5 tsp baking powder and mix in.

Add 3 tbsp olive oil and mix in.

Add 4-8 pinches of salt. Mix.

Bake in baking dish no more than 80% full at 360f for 45-50mins.

Result: as you can see there wasnt enough to fully fill my bread pan. I think a 20% margin is about right for how much it rose.

The resulting bread is a crumbly, gritty,  squishy (but not wet at all) affair. Extremely reminiscent of cornbread and should be eaten as a straight replacement for cornbread. Goes very well with butter.  Like cornbread, i think it would take well to caramelizing the crust or adding enough sugar to make it cake. Might work as a base for some kind of banana bread.

I love millet as a hot cereal....now looking forward to trying this bread recipe.  Thanks!.....

John Weiland wrote:I love millet as a hot cereal....now looking forward to trying this bread recipe.  Thanks!.....

Please share your hot cereal approach as i have a half cup millet remaining and dont need more bread!