{"id":31,"date":"2024-11-05T16:27:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T16:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-02-03T13:23:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T13:23:24","slug":"communion-bread-recipe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/communion-bread-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Communion Bread Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Luther Seminary to your table<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/communion_bread300w.jpg\" alt=\"Pastor holding communion bread\" class=\"wp-image-526\" style=\"width:247px;height:315px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sift dry ingredients together<strong> three times<\/strong>: (important!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>2 c whole wheat flour<\/em><br><em>1 c white flour<\/em><br><em>1 &amp; 1\/4 tsp baking powder<\/em><br><em>1 &amp; 1\/4 tsp salt<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Stir in 4 tsp oil. Set aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Mix wet ingredients together until dissolved:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>3\/4 cup + 2 Tbsp very hot water (minimum of 180 degrees F)<\/em><br><em>3 Tbsp honey<\/em><br><em>3 Tbsp molasses<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well. Dough should be slightly sticky. Do not knead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Divide into four balls and flatten each into a 1\/4 inch thick disk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/CommunionBreatScoring.png\" alt=\"Visual example of communion bread scoring\" class=\"wp-image-527\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yield: four 8 oz. loaves. Each loaf serves 60-70 people, depending upon the size of the piece given. The loaves freeze well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A well-used, well-loved recipe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Luther Seminary&#8217;s communion bread recipe has been used here for more than 25 years. It is baked on Campus each Wednesday and served fresh as part of our weekly Holy Communion service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Luther Seminary to your table Sift dry ingredients together three times: (important!) 2 c whole wheat flour1 c white flour1 &amp; 1\/4 tsp baking powder1 &amp; 1\/4 tsp salt &nbsp;Stir in 4 tsp oil. Set aside. &nbsp;Mix wet ingredients together until dissolved: 3\/4 cup + 2 Tbsp very hot water (minimum of 180 degrees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-31","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}