You won't notice that this bread is "diabetic friendly" when you eat it! It's really, really good--moist, full of flavor, soft on the inside, and crunchy on the outside. The bread is loaded with nutrition. It includes white whole wheat flour (you can use regular whole wheat, but the bread will be heavier in texture), flax seed meal, chia seeds, and cottage cheese, which adds moisture, flavor, and extra protein to the bread. The bread is great "as is," and it's also good with a slice of cheese. Or you can turn it into "avocado toast" with a slathering of mashed avocado and a cooked egg on top. I like the bread alongside a bowl of vegetable soup. The bread is easy to make, and I usually make two small loaves in the air fryer. I think the air fryer gives the bread a nicer crust while keeping the interior of the bread moist. If you'd like to bake the bread in the regular oven, bake the loaves at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. Enjoy!
Sourdough Cottage Cheese and Dill Bread -- Makes 2 Small/Medium Loaves
1 cup of sourdough starter/discard
1/4 cup of canola oil
2 tablespoons of flax seed meal
2 tablespoons of chia seeds
1 cup of low-fat cottage cheese
1/2 cup of milk
2 teaspoons of dried dill weed
1 cup of white whole-wheat flour
Mix all of the ingredients listed above well in a large bowl. Loosely cover the mixture and let it sit for at least an hour. I usually let my mixture sit for 4-5 hours while I go do things. When you're ready, add to the mixture:
1 cup of white whole-wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt (remember the cottage cheese has a lot of salt in it)
Mix, then knead in the flour/salt and knead the dough for 3-5 minutes, adding in an additional 1/4-1/2 cup of additional white whole-wheat flour as you knead to prevent the dough from being too sticky to knead. Divide the dough into two pieces and form two round loaves (they'll be a little bigger than a softball). Spritz two 6-inch round cake pans with non-stick cooking spray and place a dough ball in each pan. Spritz the dough balls with non-stick cooking spray and loosely cover them with plastic wrap. Let the dough rise until it increases in volume by about one-third. Remove the plastic wrap and lightly score the dough, if you'd like. Place one dough-filled pan in your air fryer basket, put the basket in the air fryer, and air fry the dough at 320 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until the loaf is golden brown and a thermometer inserted in the center registers at least 190 degrees. Remove the bread from the air fryer basket to cool and repeat the cooking process with the remaining dough. Turn the cooked bread out of the pans to cool completely before slicing for neater slices.
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