Rocky Mountain Communion Bread

• Scott Thomas
• Oct 23, 2006
• Series: Worship

This recipe has proven to be easy and it tastes great! It prepares about 80 biscuit sized wafers or 320 individual pieces.

The bread can be used creatively to enhance the observance of the Lord's Supper. It is a good recipe for the intinction method (dipping the bread into the common cup but not drinking) or to be observed by families or groups of people by tearing off a piece or as an individual piece taken with an individual cup of juice.

This is designed to be kneaded in a bread machine, and cooked in the oven.

¾ cup scalded milk
1 egg (or egg substitute)
¼ cup honey
2 ½ cup all purpose flour (may need to be adjusted for lower altitudes)
¼ cup butter (or margarine)
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon of vanilla

Put flour, cinnamon, salt, vanilla and honey into a bread machine. Scald the milk on medium heat, pour into bread machine. Melt butter, pour into machine.

Set bread machine for knead setting only. When kneading is complete, take mixture out and place on a flat surface prepared with a small amount of flour spread on the surface to avoid sticking. Roll out dough with a rolling pin into a rectangular shape until it is even and thin. Poke holes in the dough to avoid bubbling.

This bread can now be prepared in any shape. If the bread is to be cut into shapes (i.e. biscuit sized circles), do this now and place individual pieces on a dry cookie sheet. To make individual-sized pieces, place entire dough on cookie sheet and cut edges to fit.

Gather the unused dough and roll out and repeat process above.

Bake in oven at 375 degrees for 7 minutes. Do not over bake. Adjust time so that the bottom of the biscuit is brown and the top is not browned (especially if small pieces are to be cut).

Remove cooked bread from the cookie sheet and allow them to cool uncovered. For small pieces, use a pizza cutter to cut to desired size after it is removed from the oven.

The bread is unleavened (without sin), pierced (fork holes) and bruised (browned) in the manner of our Savior.

The bread mixture could be prepared and baked in a bread machine to create a flat (unleavened) common loaf of bread.