Communion Bread Recipe

 

From Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

Sift dry ingredients together three times:

 

2 C whole wheat flour

1 C white flour

1 & 1.4 tsp baking powder

1 & 1/4 tsp salt

 

Stir in 4 tsp oil. Set aside.

 

Mix wet ingredients together until dissolved.

 

3/4 C plus 2 TBS very hot water

3 TBS honey

3 TBS molasses

 

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well. Dough should be slightly sticky. Do not knead.

 

Divide into four balls and flatten each into a 1/4 inched thick disk.

 

With a knife, score the top of each loaf into eight pie-shaped sections, so that the sections can be more easily broken off while serving. Alternatively, you could score a cross onto the loaf.

 

Lay the loaves on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and brush the tops of the loaves with oil. Bake an additional 5-8 minutes. Let cool.

 

Yield: four 8 oz. loaves. Each loaf serves 60-70 people, depending upon the size of the piece given. The loaves freeze well.