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Eucharistic Bread
Carol
"A quick and easy bread to make for communion services. This bread is just a little sweet and can be shaped whichever way you like."
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Ingredients
1 h servings 104 calsOriginal recipe yields 20 servings (2 1 pound loaves)
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two baking sheets.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking soda. Stir in honey, shortening and water. Mix dough until it is smooth and well developed. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and supple, about 8 minutes.
- Divide the dough into two equal pieces and form into loaves. Place loaves on prepared baking sheets.
- Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 104 calories; 2.7 g fat; 17.8 g carbohydrates; 1.9 g protein; 0 mg cholesterol; 238 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
5/7/2001
Just as a note, this bread CANNOT be used to make Roman Catholic Communion hosts. Catholic hosts MUST be made with ONLY wheat flour and water, any other ingredients render the bread unsuitable f...
Most helpful critical review
10/17/2000
Tastes much like a large biscuit. A little doughy though. Crust is great however.
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5/7/2001
Just as a note, this bread CANNOT be used to make Roman Catholic Communion hosts. Catholic hosts MUST be made with ONLY wheat flour and water, any other ingredients render the bread unsuitable f...
12/12/2009
Just in case someone wants the exact citation: "The Code of Canon Law, Canon 924 requires that the hosts be made from wheat flour and water only." Ye Olde Wikipedia :) And the bread is good (on...
12/14/2002
I'm interested about the comments made by RAEVER_BOY...as a lifelong Catholic, I've eaten this kind of leavened bread at the Eucharist many times (though wafers are by far the norm.) If someone...
10/4/2009
Mmmm so good. I actually made biscuits out of this recipe because the ingredients were the only ones I had. Split them up into small balls and baked at 350 for 15-20 minutes. So easy & delicious!
5/26/2008
This is a tasty alternative to what my Protestant colleagues refer to as "styrofoam disks" in the Catholic tradition! For those preoccupied with rubrics and canonical norms, this bread is perfe...
4/15/2001
This bread is absolutley deliscious! I made it for my sister's first Communion service/party, and everyone loved it! The honey gives it a faint sweetness, and it's very, very easy to make.
3/1/2003
I attend a Evangelical Presbyterian Church and last spring I became the deacon in charge of communion preparation. We have been using this bread since our Maundy Thursday service in 2002. We hav...
4/6/2011
I made this recipe for the Recipe Photo contest. It is wonderful! There are so many things about it that I love. It is very quick and easy to put together, doesn't require rising time, but st...