I do all my baking with spelt flour as spelt is a huge amount easier to digest than modern wheat flour (see here). If the digestion struggles, the tissues of the body don’t get nourished and diseases begin to materialise; so a good reason to use spelt!
To make self-raising spelt flour, just add 2 teaspoons of baking powder to 150g (6 oz or 1 cup) of white spelt flour.
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6 Comments
Iris · February 16, 2018 at 10:11
Is that level teaspoons?
Kate · February 16, 2018 at 10:18
Yes, that’s right
Kate Longden · April 5, 2019 at 22:15
Can you use wholemeal spelt instead of white?
Kate · April 18, 2019 at 09:34
I’m sorry it took a while to respond, this went to spam for some reason. I haven’t tried it with wholemeal but I’d think you could try it but would need more baking powder than in the recipe. Enjoy!
Maryon Jeane · October 2, 2021 at 12:45
I use spelt flour in all my cooking, and have done for years now – ever since discovering the truth about modern wheat.
I buy organic spelt grains in bulk (from Bakery Bits here in the UK – the best spelt grains I’ve found) and mill them myself, as much as I need each time for the recipe I’m about to make. I’ve always had excellent results, and we don’t have any digestive problems.
Having said this, I mainly make bread products (rolls, flatbreads, pizzas, etc.) rather than bake sweet things (all our sweet things I make raw).
As I’ve just found a delicious-sounding recipe for pumpkin soup, which recipe uses self-raising flour, I came on here to find an easier recipe for self-raising spelt flour than the one I have, which is time-consuming and uses almond rather than spelt flour.
So thank you!
Pantry essentials - The Ayurveda Practice · January 29, 2016 at 08:33
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