Diabetic Recipes

Cinnamon Currant Toasting Bread

(makes one 1-pound, 480g, loaf or 12 slices)

1 1-Pound Loaf
3/4 cup (180 ml) spring water at 75 to 80°F (23.9 to 26.7°C)
2 cups (280 g) white bread flour
2 tablespoons (18 g) dry buttermilk
1/4 teaspoon (1.25 ml) baking soda
1 1/2 tablespoons (18 g) granulated sugar
1 teaspoon (5 ml) salt
1 1/2 tablespoons (19 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 teaspoon (12.5 ml) ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons (7.5 ml) rapid-rise yeast or 2 teaspoons (10 ml) active dry yeast
1/3 cup (48 g) dried currants
  1. Put all ingredients except currants in the bread pan and assemble the bread machine according to manufacturer's instructions.
  2. Select regular, rapid, or delayed bake cycle and light crust setting.
  3. After the first beep or towards the end of the first knead, add the currants, following your bread machine's instructions for raisin bread. Bake and cool as directed.
Per slice: 105 calories (17% calories from fat), 3 g protein, 2 g total fat (1.1 g saturated fat), 18 g carbohydrates, 1 g dietary fiber, 227 mg sodium, 5 mg cholesterol
Diabetic exchanges: 1 carbohydrate (bread/starch)