
Replacing butter with flax seed meal
I have been trying to replace the butter in a whole grain bread recipe with a sufficient amount of flax seed (1 tablesppon of butter to 3 of flax seed). Unfortunately, the bread doesn't seem to rise as as much as I need it to. I bake this break for PB&J sandwiches and the little sandwiches are sort of sad. The original recipe is:
3/4 c water
1.5(minus 3 Tbs) c WW flour
3 Tbs wheat gluten
1/2 c oat flour
1/4 c almond flour
1.5 Tbs dried milk powder
1 Tbs butter (being replaced with 3 Tbs of flax seed meal)
2 Tbs honey
1 tsp salt
1 tsp yeast
I have tried to reduce the flour a little to compensate for the extra solids in the flax seed meal. I have also tried slightly more yeast (and a new batch of yeast). Neither has helped much. I am baking the bread in a 1 Lb zojirushi. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. Thanks.
