![]() ![]() ![]() This bread can also be used for sandwiches. It’s great with butter or your favorite spread. Ingredients are: pasteurized 100 pure carbonated apple juice, pomegranate juice, grape concentrate for color, citric acid, natural pomegranate flavor, no sweeteners, no preservatives, no alcohol. When this bread is eaten soon after it is baked, it has a crusty exterior and soft interior. The batter will look like a very wet bread dough. The bread also has almost no flavor to it.Īdd the soda to the self-rising flour and mix in until no flour lumps remain. Without any sugar, the top of the bread stays very pale and has an almost floury crust. Carbonated Water: While this works, I don’t recommend it.It doesn’t really taste like coke but it was just a little too much sweetness added to the bread that made the flavor unusual for me. There is also a slightly more sweet flavor to the bread. Coke: Coke will make the overall color of the bread light brown, almost like wheat bread.No ginger flavor, slightly paler crust, but an overall good plain bread flavor. Ginger Ale: The ginger ale version was similar to the sparkling apple juice version.You don’t taste the apples but there is just enough sugar to give the bread a more well-rounded plain bread flavor. It helps give the crust of the bread a nice light brown color. Sparkling Apple Juice: This was my favorite version. ![]() Similarly, using the soda adds just a little sugar to make the bread taste better but the bread isn’t very sweet. Even plain bread usually contains a little sugar to give it a more complex flavor. The carbonated beverage does a few things: it helps the bread rise and it gives the bread color and flavor. My favorite versions were sparkling apple juice and ginger ale.Įven though the bread is made with soda, it won’t really taste like the soda. While it will technically work, the bread crust is floury and the bread doesn’t have any flavor. I don’t recommend using carbonated water. The bread flavor and color will vary depending on the soda you choose. I’ve made this with cola, ginger ale and sparkling apple juice. Soda: You can use almost any carbonated beverage, so most soda flavors will work along with sparkling juices. If you don’t have self-rising flour, you can make your own by mixing together all purpose flour, baking powder and salt. It saves a few extra steps so I like to have self-rising flour in my pantry. Self-Rising Flour: Self-rising flour is all purpose flour that is already mixed with baking powder and salt. The bread comes out crusty and soft and is perfect for making sandwiches, dipping in soup, or eating with your favorite spread. I call this emergency bread because it can be made with basic pantry ingredients and is ready in a very short amount of time. This bread is the easiest bread I’ve ever made. This bread has a texture similar to traditional yeasted bread but doesn’t require any yeast, kneading or rising. It’s just 2 ingredients and doesn’t need yeast, eggs, butter or oil. ![]() The bread can be made with ingredients you likely already have on hand. This one was "mild" or even "weak" but had a "slightly sour finish that's appealing" and a "good sweet/tart balance." One would buy this juice, three might and one wouldn't.įifth-place Safeway Select ($2.49 for 25.4 ounces) was "very sweet." Two tasters might buy it, but three wouldn't.This very easy bread recipe is great when you are in need of bread and don’t have a lot of time. Sonoma Sparkler ($3.79 for 25.4 ounces, Whole Foods), an organic juice, came in fourth. Others found it "sour" or "a little too tart." Two would buy this bottle, one might and two wouldn't. Third-ranked Le Village ($3.79 for 25.4 ounces, Rainbow) was the favorite of two tasters, who liked its "tart," "crisp" flavor. But it had "good apple taste" and "floral taste." Four would buy it one wouldn't. The panel found this one a bit sweeter than the regular Martinelli's. Four tasters would buy this brand, and one might.Ĭlose behind in second was Martinelli's Organic Gold Medal ($3.19 for 25.4 ounces, Rainbow and Whole Foods). "Nice little bubbles on the tongue," said another. "Pure apple flavor, a good balance between apple and sweetness," said one. They liked its apple flavor, its bubbles and its color. Several tasters picked the popular Martinelli's out of the lineup, though the tasting was blind. The five panelists differed about which of the sparking juices or ciders they liked best, but three picked the eventual winner, Martinelli's Gold Medal ($2.99 for 25.4 ounces in many stores). The other three had off, sour or "weird" flavors. Altogether, the panel liked three of the eight, and thought two others were OK. But the two that finished at the top of the pack this year do. ![]()
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