Playoff Season

I'll start with the moral to this story:  "It is best to read the comments section before making a recipe".

I've lately been following the website www.101cookbooks.com and have made a couple of fabulous recipes from there.  This is NOT one of them.

I gravitate to recipes using lots of whole grains and minimal added fat.  This one seemed like a natural.  However, as one of 101cookbooks.com commenter said, "You could knock a cow over with one of these rolls!"

My patties turned out like hockey pucks.  Sami Salo could use these things for slapshots from the blue line and they'd remain intact.

Now, I'm not outright diss-ing these things.  I think there's potential here.

Here is the recipe I used:

Big Sur Bakery Hide Bread Recipe

I have bolded the ingredients I used:

5 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra flour for dusting
1/2 cup flax seeds
1/2 cup sesame seeds
2 cups oat bran
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup amaranth, quinoa, millet, or poppy seeds (or any combo of these)
2 tablespoons dulse flakes, or 1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons beer
2 1/2 cups buttermilk, half-and-half, milk, or water
unsalted butter, softened for serving

Adjust the oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 375F degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper if desired.
Place all the dry ingredients in an (extra-large) bowl, stir them together, and make a well in the center. Add the beer and the buttermilk. Mix with the handle of a wooden spoon until a thick, wet batter forms. Sprinkle a layer of flour over the top. Turn the batter onto a lightly floured surface and roll it into a loose log about 2 inches in diameter. Cut it into 1 1/2-inch-thick slices and par them down with your hands to form patties. Place the patties on the baking sheet and bake them for 45 minutes, until golden brown. Let them cook completely.
To serve, slice each patty in half, toast it well, and smear with butter (hs note: a sprinkling of salt works wonder here as well). And seriously, make sure to toast it. Hide bread is similar to an English muffin in that if you don't toast it, it'll taste raw.
Makes about fifteen 4-inch patties.


Here's my challenge to you:  Look over the recipe -- try it out -- and see if you can make something edible from it.