Soft Flowerbread
2 cups warm herbal tea ¼ cup honey 2 Tbsp yeast 4 cups white wheat flour 1 tsp salt 1-2 Tbsp edible flowers, dried or fresh
Dissolve the honey in the tea and sprinkle the yeast in. When the yeast is foamy, add it to 2 cups flour. Let rise until about doubled.
Add the rest of the flour, the salt, and the flowers. Knead for about 10 minutes, with more flour as necessary.
Coat the bowl and dough with a thin layer of oil and let rise, covered, in a warm place until about doubled again, but not for too long.
Form into a loaf. Spray the inside of your oven or put in a pan of water.
Put loaf in oven while it's preheating to 350° F, and bake for about 1 hour.
Some flowers, like lavender, are available as a culinary herb. Fresh edible flowers can sometimes be found at grocery stores in the refrigerated section with the fresh herbs. Also look for herbal teas that are made with flowers. Small, aromatic seeds such as fennel seeds are a good addition, or seeds from flowers like poppy seeds.
You can also harvest flowers and blossoms from your garden. Not all of them are sweet. I like chive flowers and squash flowers. Be sure you look up your flowers online to see if they are edible.
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