Spelt Bread
This vegan builds spelt flour, lukewarm water and dried yeast into a satisfying meal you can have ready in about 60 minutes. Scroll down for the ingredient checklist, a serving scaler and unit converter, and the method broken into 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and large pot. At easy difficulty across 7 steps, it's a good one for a busy evening. As written, every ingredient resolved to a plant source.
What you'll need
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Diet: vegan — no meat, fish, dairy, egg or honey, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten
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How to make it
- Stir the sugar and yeast into the lukewarm water and leave it for about 10 minutes until a layer of foam forms on the surface, confirming the yeast is active.
- Put the spelt flour and salt into a large bowl, make a well in the centre, and pour in the yeast liquid along with the olive oil.
- Mix to a shaggy dough, then turn it out and knead for 6 to 8 minutes until smooth, working gently as spelt has a more delicate gluten than wheat.
- Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth, and leave in a warm spot for about 1 hour until almost doubled in size.
- Knock back the dough, shape it into a loaf, and place it in a greased loaf tin or on a lined tray, then cover and prove for a further 30 to 40 minutes.
- Meanwhile preheat the oven to 220C (425F), and just before baking dust the top with a little flour and slash it lengthways with a sharp knife.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until golden and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped underneath, then cool on a wire rack before slicing.
You'll use: Oven · Large pot
Tips & common questions
How long does Spelt Bread take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 6 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Spelt Bread vegan?
Every ingredient listed on this page resolved to a plant or mineral source in our ingredient ontology — no meat, fish, shellfish, dairy, egg or honey. Labels can still differ by brand, so check packaged items.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Spelt Bread is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Kifli made with spelt flour (Serbian cuisine).jpg by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.