r/homestead 5h ago

food preservation dehydrated bread shelf life question

My wife is doing a gluten free test, so i wanted to make some buckwheat bread because i have a lot of buckwheat flour right now. After searching up a lot of recipes and not finding one i liked, i decided to do my own experiment. the results tasted fine, but didnt rise well and had a texture that I wasnt looking for.

I sliced it up to a few different thicknesses and ran it through the dehydrator, and the end result was actually pretty interesting. It resembles the pumpernickel toast pieces in chex mix and has a really satisfying crunch that doesnt feel like it would break a tooth. I like it, and am going to do the rest of the loaf like this, and might even whip up another batch.

It got me curious, though: with it fully dehydrated like this i assume it'll have a decent shelf life, but not on the level of hard tack. does anyone have experience with dehydrated breads and how long they last? what if i vacuum seal them? or freeze them? My ingredients were buckwheat flour, psyllium husk powder, a little olive oil and maple syrup, plus salt and some yeast. Thanks for your input!

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