Mr. Hemp
on 12/13/12 5:26 am - CA
Caveat: for for a variety of reasons (time, availability, expense) this may not be everyone's cup of tea. Sharing the following for those who might be interested.
Was very pleased with the Mr Peanut bread recipe that was discussed on this site. GF made it and taught me to make it - - the simplicity of the recipe is remarkable and the results delicious. After maybe 15 loaves and a lot of experimentation with variations of the basic recipe we began to grow tired of the peanut flavor. Also recently learned about phytic acid in nuts and grains that can bind with calcium and minerals to prevent intestinal absorption so we were looking for an alternative to peanut butter and to replace all of the nuts we used to eat. Since hemp seed is big in our diets, the thought of making the Mr. Peanut bread recipe with hemp butter presented itself. Yesterday we did this and the results were amazing so decided to share with you here. The hemp butter in place of peanut butter in the recipe made a wonderful bread with a much more neutral, mild taste that should blend well with many different variations from garlic bread to dessert breads – although we have so far only tried a dessert bread with Splenda, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, chopped pecans and dried cranberries infused with blueberry juice. Even the “normal” people in GF’s family loved this bread.
Note, hemp butter is more expensive than peanut butter. Manitoba Harvest recently stopped selling Hemp Butter but put on their web site a video of how to do it. The only thing we did different was to toast the hemp seed before making the butter.
If you are interested, this is how it was done:
Made our own hemp butter by toasting raw hemp seeds in a large skillet then blending them to “butter” in the Vitamix blender. We like the flavor of the toasted seeds and toasting browns the seeds so the butter ends up visually resembling peanut butter. One 8oz package of Manitoba raw (not organic, but that is available), toasted and blended made one cup of hemp butter. Exact amount needed for recipe.
Mr. Hemp Bread recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup hemp butter
3 jumbo eggs
½ tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp vinegar
That is the basic recipe. Make it plain like that add optional sweeteners, salt, seasonings and flavorings, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, nuts, dried fruit, salt, basil, oregano, sundried tomatoes, cheese, garlic, etc.
Directions:
Mix hemp butter and 3 eggs until smooth, add baking soda and mix well. Add any optional ingredients now before adding the vinegar. Then working quickly vinegar, mixing well and quickly pour into sprayed 8”X4” or smaller loaf pan (if you use a standard size, or larger loaf pan you will need to double this recipe) Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or more depending on your oven. To determine doneness, touch center of loaf to feel for firm consistency; when it is done you should not feel a “give” as if it might still be gooey under the crust. Let cool completely for ease of slicing. Will try to include pic:
Below is the nutritional data for the basic recipe and also for our dessert variation. Also included the nutritional data for the same basic recipe made with Jif peanut butter for comparison.
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Hemp Bread Totals: Peanut bread totals:
Calories = 1630 Calories = 179)
Fat = 119g Fat = 143g
Carb = 32g Carb = 72g
Fiber = 24g Fiber = 16g
Net carbs = 8g Net carbs = 56g
Protein = 104g Protein = 80g
Hemp Bread slice (1/16th of loaf): Peanut bread slice (1/16th of loaf):
Calories = 102 Calories = 112
Fat = 7g Fat = 9g
Carb = 2g Carb = 5g
Fiber = 2g (1.5) Fiber = 1g
Net carbs = 0g (0.5g) Net carbs = 4g
Protein = 7g Protein = 5g
Hemp Cinnamon Pecan Blueberry Bread (HCPBB) Totals:
(flourless, gluten free, dairy free)
Calories: 2260
Fat: 163g
Total Carbs: 91
Dietary Fiber: 35
Net Carbs: 56
Protein: 110g
(HCPBB) SLICE (1/16th of loaf):
Serving size 1/16 of loaf
Calories: 141
Fat: 10g
Total Carbs: 6
Fiber: 2
Net Carb: 3.5
Protein: 7
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Jif Creamy Peanut butter
Serving size 2Tbsp (32g) serving per container 16
Used 8 servings (16 tbsp = 1 cup)
Calories 190 X 8 = 1520
Fat 16g X 8 = 128
Total carbohydrate 8g X 8 = 64
Dietary fiber 2g X 8 = 16
Protein 7g X 8 = 56
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Hemp Hearts (raw shelled hemp seeds)
Serving size 3Tbsp (30)g servings per container about 8
Used 8 oz
Calories 170 X 8 = 1360
Fat 13g X 8 = 104
Total carbohydrate 3g X 8 = 24
Dietary fiber 3 gr X 8 = 24
Net Carb 0g
Protein 10g X 8 = 80
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Eggs: Jumbo (63g)
Used 3 eggs
Calories 90 X 3 = 270
Fat 5g X 3 = 15
Total Carb 1g X 8 = 8
Fiber – 0
Protein 8 X 3 = 24
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Pecans: ½ cup serving size ¼ cup servings per container
Used ½ cup – 2 servings
Calories 210 X 2 = 420
Fat 22g X 2 = 44g
Total carbohydrate 4g X 2 = 8g
Dietary fiber 3g X 2 = 6g
Net Carbs = 2g
Protein 3g X 2 = 6g
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OceanSpray Craisins dried cranberry blueberry juice infused 5 oz bag
Serving size 1/3 cup (40 g) servings per container 3
Used 1/5 servings (1/2 cup)
Calories 140 X 1.5 = 210
Fat 0
Total carbohydrate 34g X 1.5 = 51g
Dietary fiber 3g X 1.5 = 4.5g
Net Cabs = 45.6g
Protein 0:
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Splenda
on 12/13/12 11:19 am - CA
Thanks for all the hard work you put into this and for sharing it with us.
Thank you for your kind and supportive remark. 
The hard work was selfish because we wanted to know. Once the results were in thought we might it might be interesting to others. Bottom line, this recipe makes FANTASTIC TASTING BREAD!
