Protein breads are the shizzz. Well, they are for me. Seeing as bread and I can’t seem to come to an understanding these days. But protein breads are awesome. Plus the possibilities are endless. Sweet ones, savoury ones, all-purpose ones. They can be light and airy or hearty and full of nutritionally dense goodness. I love them.
I tend to steer clear of using yeast for protein breads. Mostly because I make mine gluten-free and I don’t like using gluten substitutes. But hey, yeast free is a bonus. Sure I could set up a sourdough starter but I don’t have the time, inclination, or fridge space for that kind of malarkey anymore.
It is rare for a week to go by in which I don’t make at least one loaf of protein bread. I like my lower carb ones for daytime as I tend to eat most of my carbohydrates later in the day. But I do like to have a lower fat, higher carb bread that I can enjoy with my evening meal or an evening snack with cheese. It is also great as part of a post workout meal.
This savoury bread with sweet potato and rosemary is fantastic with soup, filled with chicken, eggs and vegetables, or anything you like. It is a great addition to a cheese board too. What a great idea for Christmas, yes? It has a proper bread texture and is quite hearty but light.
I hope you enjoy it! It is free of added gluten, nuts, sugar, yeast, and dairy. A one-tenth of a loaf serving will give you 93kcals, 12.5g of protein, 0.7g fat (0.1g saturated), 8.3g carbohydrates (1g sugars), and 2.3g of dietary fibre! That’s pretty awesome by way of macros, isn’t it?
Make it. Now. 
Makes 1 x 21cm x 10cm loaf
Ingredients
- 135 grams cooked sweet potato (boiled or baked)
- 300 grams liquid egg whites (or 4 whole eggs)
- 90 grams unflavoured rice protein isolate (or substitute micellar casein)
- 75 grams oat flour (gluten-free or substitute quinoa flour)
- 15 grams psyllium husks
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, finely chopped
Directions
Preheat the oven to 180℃.
Line the loaf tin with non-stick silicone paper or grease and dust with a little oat flour. Set aside.
Place all the ingredients, except the rosemary, into the bowl of a food processor. Process until the dough is smooth. Alternatively, you can puree the sweet potato and combine all the ingredients in the bowl of a mixer and mix on a low to medium speed until the dough is smooth and light.
Stir in the rosemary until well-distributed in the dough. Transfer the dough to the prepared tin, and bake for about 25 to 30 minutes until cooked through. Do not over bake the loaf. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin.
Turn out and slice to serve. Keeps well for several days if stored wrapped in foil, in a freezer bag, in the refrigerator.
Macronutrient Profile
I have provided macros as per the recipe above, using liquid egg whites and rice protein isolate. If you substitute other ingredients, you will have to account for these changes.
…and I jumped up and immediately made this bread after reading this post
It’s quite delicious!
Yay! Good for you! Yeah, it’s not bad, is it?? I personally think rosemary makes pretty much anything better
Thank you so much for the feedback!
I’m sorry I’m trying to convert this recipe to ounces but because the measurements are so incalculable to any real ounces it’s pretty impossible to make. Example. 90 grams is 3.17 ozs.. 135 grams is 4.76 ozs. 75grams is 2.65 ozs and 15grams is .53 ozs. Those aren’t necessarily cooking measurements. Making bread recipe needs to be pretty accurate. There is no way to measure this accurately for this recipe. I guess I could go out and purchase an ever so fancy scale but I already have a ton of spoons, cups and varying measuring equipment. It looks good though
. It has some of my favourite foods. I eat very little protein and would love the opportunity to incorporate this into my diet. Next recipe maybe.
Hi Sharon,
I’m sorry you’re having difficulty with converting to volume measures. Unfortunately, baking does best with weight measures and I consistently recommend that everyone should have a kitchen scale. There is nothing fancy about a kitchen scale…and a pretty good one won’t set you back too much in terms of cost. They are affordable. I don’t provide volume measures as a general rule as i would then provide them in metric volumes, which would cause further confusion.
But seriously? Go ahead and make this bread! 90g ~ 3.25oz, 135g ~ 4.75oz to round up to measures you can manage. It will be fine for a bread. For more delicate baked goods, I seriously recommend a scale. you will never look back
Reblogged this on Gal About Town and commented:
More food… om nom nom nom!
thank you gorgeous gal
more to come…cheesecake on its merry way