The ultimate allergy-free bread. No grains, gluten, eggs, dairy, or nuts! This grain-free butternut squash bread will make the perfect low-carb accompaniment to any lunch or dinner.
For the most part, when I see a grain-free bread recipe it’s always a big let down. Grain-free breads (usually using nut or coconut flours) require a whole lot of eggs which is a big no-no for me. So I cry and move on. However, have no fear my grain-free/egg-free loving friends! I have just the recipe to quiet your sorrow!
Where did the inspiration come from? Anti-Grain of course! I promised you I had 3 recipes, one for each of the Anti-Grain flours, and this is the 100% grain-free recipe I devised! I used the lovely butternut squash flour for this bad boy!
Who doesn’t love butternut squash? When I think of squash, I always think of the butternut first and foremost, then acorn, then spaghetti. There are just too many squashes out there to love, but butternut has always been a tried-and-true favorite. We are still in prime squash season too, so we might as well bang out all the squash recipes we can, right?
However….I was a time-saving foodie here and used canned butternut squash instead of roasting up a fresh one, haha! So if you’re really in the seasonal-mood, you can go the more “complicated” route, or just pick-up some canned butternut squash and whip out your can opener. Plus, if you use canned, you can have perfect “in-season” squash all-year round! Even though I still buy whole butternut squash all year…..
Another tid-bit about this “bread”, it is not a fluffy, bready-bread, but a soft, mushy-like, “eat with a fork” bread if you get my drift. It’s delicious though and really makes the perfect side dish! Just another way to use squash instead of soups, roasting, etc. I used some fragrant beautiful rosemary and a secret dash of cinnamon to really make this “bread” the bomb. Butternut and rosemary were made for each other and the cinnamon is just an essential part to life (my life at least).
Grain-Free Butternut Squash Bread
Ingredients: (1 loaf, serves 4-6)
+ 2 Cups Butternut Squash Flour
+ 1 Cup Pureed Butternut Squash
+ 1 Tsp Baking Powder
+ 1 Tsp Baking Soda
+ 1 TB Dried Rosemary (crushed)
+ A Dash of Cinnamon
+ 1 Cup to 1 1/4 Cups Unsweetened Flax Milk (or non-dairy milk of choice)
Directions:
+ Preheat your oven to 350ºF.
+ Grease up a 9×4 inch bread pan (I wiped mine well with olive oil) and set aside.
+ In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except the milk. Give everything a good dry stir. Then add the milk. Start with 1 cup, but you may need to add more until you get a good thick but movable batter.
+ Pour the batter in to the greased bread pan and even out the top. Sprinkle some more rosemary on there too.
+ Bake the bread for about 35 minutes. Remove and allow to cool completely then transfer to a wire rack to air out the bottom.
Funny story. Actually not that funny, but I made this bread the day I went to the oral surgeon when I got home from school. I made it before I left and had it cooling on the counter for when I came back. Little did I know that would be a great thing considering I could not feel the left side of my mouth or really chew that night. Thus, soft forkable squash bread was the name of the dinner game!
Anyway…enjoy this allergy-free grain-free bread! I really want a slice. I only ended up having this that first night I made it and froze the rest. Then I forgot about it and it is now wrapped in wax paper in freezer bags in my freezer back home. Damn. Just another treat I can look forward to during my next trip back home, haha!
So tell me:
+ What’s the most creative way you’ve used squash (of any kind)?
+ In general, savory or sweet? That ones hard for me. I’m in the middle because I really hate “sugar” and my sweet is not the same definition as most people think as sweet. Hmmm….
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This is so interesting, Rebecca. I’ve never heard of squash flour. Very cool.
Just like apple, sweet potato, and now pumpkin! Anti-Grain rocks!
I love how healthy this is and the fact that the main ingredient is a veggie. I need more healthy bread recipes in my bread list so pinning 🙂
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Thanks! It’s super healthy and full of nutrition! No “slow-you-down” carbs here!
This bread looks & sounds so good! I’ve never heard of butternut squash flour, but will def. be on the lookout now. Looooove the added rosemary, too — one of my favorites! Nice!
Thank you! I love rosemary too!
This looks amazing! I love butternut squash, but it’s so often overlooked in favor of the zucchini, at least for breads. Thanks for linking up at the Get Your Shine On party. We’d love it if you’d stop by with a few more amazing recipes/crafts or inspirational posts!
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Yea! We need to bring on the B-Squash bread!
Thanks for sharing this recipe Rebecca! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂 I can’t wait to see what you share next time!
-Cindy
Thanks!
Your recipes always have the most intriguing flours. 🙂 I love butternut anything, so I’m sure this is as delicious as it sounds. Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Savoring Saturdays, Rebecca! Can’t wait to see what you share this weekend!
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What an interesting recipe. I love butternut squash. Thanks for sharing with us at the Funtastic Friday blog hop. Hope to see you again this week.
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Wow! So many comments on this post. You must be so happy!
Grain free–my daughter in law is allergic to gluten, I bet she’d love it. Thanks for coming to the Inspire Me Monday Linky party, and congrats again on the great response to your post.
Janice
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I hope she would enjoy it!
I don’t have allergies or restricted but I love butternut squash so much I am definitely willing to try this. I bet you made a lot of people with allergies and grain-free/ egg-fee diets very happy. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday!
I hope I did make them happy! XOXO
Yum! I have been on a butternut squash kick lately! That flour looks so delish!
Thanks for joining the link-up!
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Woohoo! Then totally something to try!
This looks delicious! 🙂 Thanks for sharing at The Homestead Blog Hop! Hope to see you again this week.
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It looks & sounds ultra-delicious! I have not yet seen butternut squash flour, but I’ll be on the lookout. I also love that puréed squash was thrown into the bread too. Yum.
Pure squash! Haha! XOXO
ps. Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe over at Healthy Vegan Fridays (and all of your amazing & continued contributions!!). It is so very appreciated =) I have pinned this to the Pinterest Board.
XOXO Always 😉
Delish healthy and allergy free, love it! Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop xo
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I had no idea this flour existed! How fun! I baked donuts with zucchini 2 summers ago. We were overwhelmed but our zucchini yield that year 🙂 Hope you are all healed from the oral surgeon.
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I had no idea butternut squash flour even existed. I’ll have to be on the lookout for that. This sounds amazing!
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It is so great and tasty!
Oh wow that looks so tasty and filling too. Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
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Thanks! XOXO
Hi Rebecca,
What a great recipe. I definitely will be saving this one. I have to be grain free and always have trouble trying to make any breads I finally just about gave up the idea of any type of bread, I also have an allergy to eggs. Thanks so much for sharing this on Real Food Fridays blog hop Pinned & twitted.
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Well I hope you get to make this one! XOXO
Whoa, this is cool! I’ve never seen squash flour before. I love using squash in just about everything, from soup to bread to cake!
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Right! Squash is a magic veggie 😉
I love a good quick bread and this one looks awesome – yum!
Thank you so much Carol! I do too!
Oh and sweet or savory you can’t go wrong with squash! My most creative hmmm… not sure we make pancakes, salads, wraps, nachos, muffins, oh and ice cream!
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Oh I bet this is amazing!! I love squash muffins!
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Squash everything!
Butternut squash flour?! #strangebutamazing
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I did not know that butternut squash flour existed but now I need it in my life!!!
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Looks amazing! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
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MMMMM! I love butternut squash! It looks so good! 🙂
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Squash flour? Who knew?? I’ll keep my out for this for sure, the bread looks delicious!
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I’ve never heard of squash flour. My mom bakes her own breads because she has similar dietary needs to you… so of course I’ll be sending her this recipe too!
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Awesome! Thanks Rachel!
You have piques my curiosity. I never knew you could make bread out of squash?!?! Sounds like a great alternative for someone who ends to eat grain free and egg free.
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It’s perfect for any diet!
OMFG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRYING THIS POWDER! I have been wanting to try it for CENTURIES (lol) but never have!!!!!!! NOW I AM GOING TO because you’re my gluten-free go-to girl! THANK YOU! I am sooo pinning this recipe and devouring it!
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Haha, thanks for the excitment 😉
Butternut squash bread rocks and your recipes looks so tasty! I love your use of rosemary and cinnamon!
Thank you so much Sonali! It sure does 😉
Yay for butternut squash! My friends and I determined that if I were to be any type of vegetable, that’d be my vegetable! (It’s really only because of the butt, but me. I’ll take it! It’s delicious!) This bread looks super good! <3 I need to get my hands on some of that squash flour! :]
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Ahahahahahaha! Farrah you are so awesome! I will always think of you as a BUTTernut squash now 😉 XOXO
This looks (and I bet smells) great! I’m starting The 21 Day Sugar Detox on Feb 2…and there is a no grain policy so I might just have to give this a try! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Great! I hope you get to enjoy A LOT of squash 😉
Wow that sounds so good!! I’ve never heard of butternut squash flour before! It seems like there’s a flour for everything these days 😉 I’ll keep an eye out and will give this a shot for sure
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There is a flour for everything! It is so great to see all the new options (not to mention super fun to experiment with!)
Well this sounds just amazing I love it! I pretty much like any recipes with squash in them. I recently roasted some butternut squash and topped it with almond butter. Random, but delicious! 🙂
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Butternut squash anyway is a good thing 😉 Haha!
Oooh, I have to try this! I have heard of the squash flour and really want to try it. I love the flavor of squash like that. And I can actually eat this bread!
Sarah Jane @ Fit Betty recently posted…4 Goal Setting Tips {& Immune Support with Ester-C}
Yes and squash can be sweet or savory which is so great depending on what you want!
This looks and sounds so good! And definitely different, I’m going to have to give it a try. I’ve never heard of squash flour so I’m going to have to keep an eye out for it!
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I hope they get out in the stores for everyone soon! Anti-Grain flours are so great for all us allergy sufferers!
This looks soooooo good!
Can’t wait to try!
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Book marking this because I seriously need to make this at least once! It sounds absolutely decadent and delicious!
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Haha, thank you so much Ana! I hope you get to make it and enjoy!
Looks fabulous…I can go for some right now on my sick day!!
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O, I’ll send you some! XOXO
very interesting! I love the addition of rosemary <3
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Rosemary is one of my favorite earthy herbs!
Squash flour??? Seriously?!? Ahh, I would love to make muffins or pancakes with that!!
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Wait till I share my last Anti-Grain recipe with the sweet potato flour next! 😉
I’ve been waiting for these amazing flours to make another appearance and they came back with a butternut bang! This looks awesome. It kind of reminds me of cornbread, walking that fine line between sweet and savory 🙂
Omg! Hahaha, “butternut bang” <---- (I love you!) Totally not the texture of cornbread, but but yes to the sweet/savory thing! (Which means it would be perfect alongside soup or chili!)
Ok, I have never heard of Squash Flour! How awesome! This looks absolutely delicious. I MUST make this. And then tell my kids afterwards they ate squash 😉 Seriously though, this looks REALLY good!
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Haha, thank you AJ! Everyone will love it for sure 😉
I’ve done grain free muffins but never bread, this really looks delicious 🙂 Grain free is always more dense and filling in a good way though. I really haven’t gone wrong with butternut squash either, it’s the best!
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Haha, totally! And this is do up your ally! I thought of you while making it! 😉
I am not a huge fan of “fluffy, bready-bread” so, this would be perfect – specially with that rosemary and cinnamon flavorings in it!
Right back ‘atcha! This is so much better and nutritious!
This looks delicious, Rebecca. I bet it smells fantastic, too. Now I have to admit I’ve never cooked with squash, ever! It’s just not that popular in Australia, I guess because it rarely got cold where I lived.
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It did smell fantastic!
Omg…..that is really sad! I must send you some real squash then!
This is so cool! It sounds like a savory quick bread. I love butternut squash too and the strangest thing I’ve done with it is make mac n cheese. Not that weird, I know. Pinned!
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Yes! The perfect savory bread in my opinion 😉
Haha! That’s still awesome…and super yummy!
I’ve seen these flours and now I definately must try this. I love recipes that are vegan and paleo.
Haha, me too! Now anyone can enjoy!
Wow I’ve never heard of squash flour! I agree that most coconut flour based breads are not that good. Glad you found something better!
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Totally! I just think it’s so cool how many new grain-free flours are becoming available now!
I never knew such a flour existed! Must get asap!
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I know! I love it!
I need some of that flour!!
Yes you do!
Gorgeous as usual and who ever heard of squash flour! Amazing and think of the things we can use it for! Thanks for linking up to Savoring Saturdays. We love your recipes!
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Thanks Ali! It’s so much fun to try out these new flours!
I’m super impressed that you were able to create this allergy-friendly bread! You’ll make a lot of people happy 🙂
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I so really want to try butternut squash flour!!! That sounds amazing!
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I know you would have a fun time with it 😉
I’ve never heard of squash flour! I’ll definitely keep an eye out at Whole Foods today! This bread looks delicious!
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This looks good. Rebecca. It looks dense, and given that you said that it’s an “eat with your fork” kind of bread, I’ll bet it’s good for lasting in your belly and staving off hunger. I never knew they had so many grain free options. That’s great for those who need or want that option. Happy Wednesday!
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It’s great! Totally not your typical fluffy bread, but a nice squash side 😉