French Spiced Bread - PCOS-Friendly Recipe

French Spiced Bread
Servings: 2
Dessert

Nutrition per Serving

0 Calories
0g Protein
0g Carbs
0g Fat
Recipe by Kamel Saci Kamel Saci, head baker at New York's Il Buco Alimentari, flavors his pain d'épices, a classic French spiced bread, with a vibrant spice mixture of star anise, ginger, and cinnamon from spice blender La Boîte. It's great for a sweet t

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup whole almonds
  • 1/2 cup store-bought or homemade candied orange peel
  • 1/2 cup dried apricots
  • 1/2 cup dried plums
  • 2 cups honey
  • 1 1/4 cups whole milk
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 6 (3") cinnamon sticks
  • 3 star anise pods
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon Reims N.39 spice mix
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 large eggs

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 °F. Grease loaf pans with melted butter.
  2. Toast almonds on a rimmed baking sheet, tossing once or twice, until golden brown and fragrant, 6 –8 minutes. Coarsely chop zest, apricots, plums, and toasted almonds. Transfer to a small bowl.
  3. Bring honey, milk, salt, cinnamon, and star anise to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Meanwhile, whisk flour, baking powder, spice mix, and baking soda in a large bowl.
  4. Strain honey mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into dry ingredients and whisk to combine. Add eggs and whisk until incorporated. Using a spatula, quickly fold in zest mixture.
  5. Divide dough between prepared pans, filling each about three-quarters full. Bake bread until tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 35 –40 minutes.
  6. Let bread cool 10 minutes in pan, then carefully remove from pan and transfer to a wire rack.

PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe

This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Honey.

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