Spelt Bread

Spelt is the natural offspring of durum wheat, and was once a common Mediterranean weed. It was the primary wheat used during the Roman empire and the Middle Ages. Roman wedding breads, called confarreatios, were made from spelt. Now grown in America as a specialty wheat, spelt is a tasty alternative to regular wheats and growing in popularity because it tastes so good and is easy to handle. Some bakers use a bit of spelt in all their whole wheat breads for the extra flavor. Spelt fl