Would love to have your recipe... We are Presbyterian who have just 'merged' 3 local churches here in El Paso, Texas
I and another member of the congregation are sharing the baking of the communion breads...
What a joy it is to be able to share my gift of baking with this new church 'Grace Presbyterian' and our congregation.
Kristen
Sunday 18th of November 2012
Here's the one I use: https://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2009/03/wednesday-baking-whole-wheat-bread/
Julia
Tuesday 1st of September 2009
We keep kosher at Passover, which means no leavened products whatsoever. So we eat matzah, basically a big square cracker. From this, people try and make all kind of crazy things like matzah bagels and pizza (by grinding it up and reshaping it) (yuck) instead of just enjoying what it is and/or sacrificing for a week. Anyway, your post made me think about that. My son and I happen to love matzah and eat it throughout the year topped with cream cheese or jam or peanut butter but most Jews (including my husband, who makes it through through Passover only by eating "granola" that I made from crushed matzah and fruit and nuts) would think that's crazy.
maddie
Monday 31st of August 2009
I have wonderful memories of communion bread...A lady in our church made it out of pie crust dough...delicious and buttery! (and unleavened I suppose?:)She would roll it flat and then cut it w/ a cutting wheel. My dad was our pastor and on occasion he'd have too much left over and we got to snack on it!:)
Kristen
Monday 31st of August 2009
Ahh, but I know there is at least one place where yeast is mentioned in a positive light...if I recall correctly, it's used in an illustration about the church spreading, but I'm iffy on that. I just know there's one positive reference to it. lol
Jesus used unleavened bread because the meal he was participating in was Passover, and Passover bread had no yeast because the Israelites were in a hurry to leave Egypt. So although the yeast/bad stuff references are there in other places in the NT, I'm not entirely convinced that we're not supposed to use leaven in communion bread.
Anyhow, I think that it's totally fine to use unleavened bread, but I think leavened bread is fine too. Most important, I think, is what the elements represent. :)
My husband says if it were up to him, he'd go the unleavened route just to be safe, and I can see that point of view. But, it's not up to either of us!
Becky
Monday 31st of August 2009
I'm also surprised you use that kind of bread. I'm also Protestant, but we have always used unleavened bread. I don't think it has anything to do with whether or not your are Protestant or not. It has to do with trying to follow the picture presented in the Scriptures. In the Bible, leaven represents sin, so leaving it out of the communion bread is what has always been considered normal in my sphere.
There are recipes that list unleavened bread. It is more or less like a flat tortilla.
cherry smith
Saturday 17th of November 2012
Would love to have your recipe... We are Presbyterian who have just 'merged' 3 local churches here in El Paso, Texas I and another member of the congregation are sharing the baking of the communion breads... What a joy it is to be able to share my gift of baking with this new church 'Grace Presbyterian' and our congregation.
Kristen
Sunday 18th of November 2012
Here's the one I use: https://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2009/03/wednesday-baking-whole-wheat-bread/
Julia
Tuesday 1st of September 2009
We keep kosher at Passover, which means no leavened products whatsoever. So we eat matzah, basically a big square cracker. From this, people try and make all kind of crazy things like matzah bagels and pizza (by grinding it up and reshaping it) (yuck) instead of just enjoying what it is and/or sacrificing for a week. Anyway, your post made me think about that. My son and I happen to love matzah and eat it throughout the year topped with cream cheese or jam or peanut butter but most Jews (including my husband, who makes it through through Passover only by eating "granola" that I made from crushed matzah and fruit and nuts) would think that's crazy.
maddie
Monday 31st of August 2009
I have wonderful memories of communion bread...A lady in our church made it out of pie crust dough...delicious and buttery! (and unleavened I suppose?:)She would roll it flat and then cut it w/ a cutting wheel. My dad was our pastor and on occasion he'd have too much left over and we got to snack on it!:)
Kristen
Monday 31st of August 2009
Ahh, but I know there is at least one place where yeast is mentioned in a positive light...if I recall correctly, it's used in an illustration about the church spreading, but I'm iffy on that. I just know there's one positive reference to it. lol
Jesus used unleavened bread because the meal he was participating in was Passover, and Passover bread had no yeast because the Israelites were in a hurry to leave Egypt. So although the yeast/bad stuff references are there in other places in the NT, I'm not entirely convinced that we're not supposed to use leaven in communion bread.
Anyhow, I think that it's totally fine to use unleavened bread, but I think leavened bread is fine too. Most important, I think, is what the elements represent. :)
My husband says if it were up to him, he'd go the unleavened route just to be safe, and I can see that point of view. But, it's not up to either of us!
Becky
Monday 31st of August 2009
I'm also surprised you use that kind of bread. I'm also Protestant, but we have always used unleavened bread. I don't think it has anything to do with whether or not your are Protestant or not. It has to do with trying to follow the picture presented in the Scriptures. In the Bible, leaven represents sin, so leaving it out of the communion bread is what has always been considered normal in my sphere.
There are recipes that list unleavened bread. It is more or less like a flat tortilla.