ROSEMARY BREAD

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1 1/2 tablespoons dried rosemary
1 cup unflavored rice or soy milk
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons brown rice syrup
1/2 cup olives (the recipe says halved, I slice mine)
1 cup coarsely chopped walnut pieces


Directions

1.)Preheat oven to 350

2.)Sift together flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.

3.)Add in rosemary.

4.)Whisk milk into oil and rice syrup in another bowl.

5.)Stir into flour mixture until just moistened (sometimes depending on the weather or whatever it needs just a touch more moisture. If so, I add JUST A TOUCH of water until all the flour is absorbed - it's a very thick batter).

6.)Fold in olives and walnuts.

7.)Spoon batter evenly into prepared pan.

8.) Bake 45-50 minutes until the bread is golden and the top springs back to the touch.

9.)Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing from pan and cooling on wire rack.

10.)Eat a big fat piece and delight in the fact that you're eating bread even though you're a monkey with a yeast intolerance!