Amalia has been experimenting on a recipe for Elven Lembas bread for months, and speaking for myself (a willing guinea pig to all her baking efforts!) I believe it’s ready for its worldwide debut. You can scroll down to the end of this post for the recipe, or read the story behind it first.
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Simple, Healthy Lembas Bread Recipe & Mallorn Leaf Template
Ladies, oh, sweet, dear, hard-working keepers of the home and warmers of the hearth: are there not days you’d love to just pull out the Lembas bread and put it on a plate and be done with dinner, already?
And you MEN. . . those of you who would like to take off for the day without worrying about what you will pick up for your luncheon . .
Let’s pop into author J.R.R. Tolkien’s imaginary world of Middle-earth, just for a few moments. The hobbits who lived in their cozy underground homes were all about peace, comfort and good food, and indeed, I
Lembas Bread Recipe
(To prove this point, at this very moment in my home, the wood stove is radiating heat against the chill of this breezy day; there’s vegetable beef stew in the crock-pot for supper, and a batch of Lembas bread sits cooling on the countertop. If I was a foot shorter and had furry feet, I might actually be mistaken for a hobbit.)
Elven Lembas bread, also called Way bread, was a special type of bread or cake made by the Elves in Tolkien’s books. It was pocket-sized and exceedingly nutritious. It stayed fresh for months when wrapped in leaves, and was a type of superfood carried along on long journeys. Think super-powered energy bars.
According to the books (I’m referring, of course, to the Lord of the Rings trilogy) Lembas was brownish on the outside, and cream-colored on the inside. The secret of Lembas was very closely guarded, and it was not given to anybody who was not an Elf except on very special occasions. Like other products of the Elves, it was offensive to evil creatures; the loathsome creature Gollum refused to eat it.
Elven Lembas Bread
“In the morning, as they were beginning to pack their slender goods, Elves that could speak their tongue came to them and brought them many gifts of food and clothing for the journey. The food was mostly in the form of very thin cakes, made of meal that was baked a light brown on the outside, and inside was the colour of cream.” – The Fellowship of the Ring
” . . . we call it lembas or way bread, and it is more strengthening than any food made by Men . . .”
. . . for I have a daughter who really loves to cook who–though she’s a college girl now–occasionally pops home to cook or bake up goodies for her friends and family.
Lembas Bread Inspired By The Lord Of The Rings
A devotee of the works of Tolkien, and of reading in general, actually, Amalia has been experimenting with a recipe for Lembas bread, the Elvish bread written about in his books. She has been cooking and baking Tolkien-inspired recipes for years, in fact. I wouldn’t be surprised if she stumbled onto the Elvish Lembas secrets, in her own pretty imagination.
She started out by using a recipe that she found online, and then she played around with it until she liked it better. We’ve been enthusiastic guinea pigs to her (many!) baking efforts.
I think it was the fact that she wasn’t satisfied until she had made batch after batch, bless her heart. This last batch that Amalia made was so delicious–just a little sweet, with a marvelous crumb and a creamy texture inside–that I knew she was as close as anybody could get to the secret Elvish recipe.
How Did Lembas Bread Work In The Lord Of The Rings?
It was time, I decided, to share this recipe for Elven Lembas bread with you, gentle readers, and Amalia agreed. Because, after all, it’s more fun to share, and who doesn’t need an exceptional
Amalia’s Lembas bread recipe is buttery and rich, and just a little sweet. I don’t know if one bite will honestly satisfy a man for an entire day (I’m skeptical) as the Elves claimed, but it’ll more than likely satisfy your folks for some time, anyway!
Why not give it a try today? Oh–and a skiff of peanut butter and a drizzle of honey does not, after all, go amiss on this treat!
Elven Lembas Bread Recipe Archives
Just a few ingredients and a few minutes of your time to mix them together, and you’ll please any Lord of the Ring fans with these tasty breads!
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Lembas: Elvish Waybread
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I'm Amy and I live on a few windy acres in Nebraska, with an assortment of critters, hubs Bryan and youngest kid Mack. Join us as we learn more about growing our own food, making and fixing our own stuff, nurturing community, and creating more beauty in our own lives. (Click on the photo for more about me *yawn* if you really wanna.)“Eat little at a time, and only at need. For these things are given to serve you when all else fails. The cakes will keep sweet for many many days, if they are unbroken and left in their leaf-wrappings, as we have brought them. One will keep a traveler on his feet for a day of long labour, even if he be one of the tall Men of Minas Tirith.“—The Fellowship of the Ring, “Farewell to Lorien“ It’s time for another fictional foray into the magical and mystical world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
While the books are timeless and are well worth the puruse for avid fantasy readers, it was the movies that really stole my tweenager heart and began a lifelong obsession where I’ve continued watch the movies (extended editions ONLY) at least once a year, well into my adulthood. In fact, Return of the King is playing in the background as I type this right now.
The Bake Off Flunkie: Lembas Bread (elvish Traveling Bread)
The Fellowship of the Ring is where it all begins – and where we are introduced to lembas bread, an elvish whey bread that could fill the stomach of a grown man with just one bite.
And as someone who appreciates bread more than the average person, I just knew it was the perfect recipe to make my way into the delicious lore surrounding Middle Earth.
While there are many recipes for lembas bread out there that are inspired by a more authentic take on how this bread was made in Lothlorien by the elves, I always fancied the actual recipe for lembas bread to be more akin to a focaccia – but with less air bubbles.
Lembas Bread From Lord Of The Rings
The elves passed this recipe from generation to generation (even Galadriel herself had a part to play in this recipe keeping intact) and is a closely guarded secret – however exceptions to who could consume it were made from time to time. It was light and slightly crisp, with an undertone of sweetness. Even Gimili enjoyed this bread!
In the books, lembas is a whey bread made from ground corn and seed. Like other food made by Elven hands, lembas bread could not be corrupted by evil and therefore couldn’t be eaten by those also corrupted themselves. Gollum was unable to take even the tiniest
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