According to the Lord of the Rings wiki page;
"Lembas, also called Elven bread or Waybread in the Common Speech, was a special food made by the Elves."
I thought I would try to be clever and send the guys some "lembas" during Lent, since cookies are a no-no.
Though I'll be honest, with 1.5 cups of sugar and a cup of butter, this isn't particularly mortifying food.
Unless you're allergic to sugar and butter.
Pictures! Because that's one of the keys to a fabulously popular blog post!(which we all know this is bound to be!)
I was lazy and crudely cut some cheapy green cardstock paper for the lembas wrapping.
These definitely aren't as fancy as THIS post's lembas, but I bet they taste better! The recipe is from the mom of the British family I did Ministry to Mom's to while in Austria last semester. It's actually British flapjack, but hey, that might've been what Tolkien had in mind when he thunk the idea up!
LEMBAS BREAD (aka, British flapjack)
"Lembas, also called Elven bread or Waybread in the Common Speech, was a special food made by the Elves."
I thought I would try to be clever and send the guys some "lembas" during Lent, since cookies are a no-no.
Though I'll be honest, with 1.5 cups of sugar and a cup of butter, this isn't particularly mortifying food.
Unless you're allergic to sugar and butter.
Pictures! Because that's one of the keys to a fabulously popular blog post!(which we all know this is bound to be!)
I was lazy and crudely cut some cheapy green cardstock paper for the lembas wrapping.
These definitely aren't as fancy as THIS post's lembas, but I bet they taste better! The recipe is from the mom of the British family I did Ministry to Mom's to while in Austria last semester. It's actually British flapjack, but hey, that might've been what Tolkien had in mind when he thunk the idea up!
LEMBAS BREAD (aka, British flapjack)
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar (I use brown)
- 1/2 cup honey
- 4 cups oats
- 2 cups coconut or oats.
Melt the butter, then add the sugar and honey. Melt and mix well, then add oats, mixing well. Add coconut, or two more cups of oats. You can flavor with orange zest and cranberries, or something else - whatever you like!
Spread it all out on a flat baking tray, about 1 1/2 cms or so thick. Press down a bit and bake until golden brown, 15 minutes or so.
Spread it all out on a flat baking tray, about 1 1/2 cms or so thick. Press down a bit and bake until golden brown, 15 minutes or so.
This stuff tastes a lot like the Sunbelt Oats and Honey granola bars, so if you like those, you're in luck! If you don't, then well, you probably won't like this stuff.
