BS: Seeking bread recipe

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: Janie
Date: 23 Jan 04 - 10:59 AM

Kim-- For a high, light 100% whole wheat bread, I strongly recommend a sponge recipe such as the 1st link in Leo's posts. I do a lot of 100% whole wheat bread baking (I cheat and use my bread machine to mix and do the 1st proof of the dough for most recipes) I have not found adding gluten to the whole wheat flour to be very helpful in terms of getting a higher rise. In my family, we like the denser, heavier loaf that you get using 100% whole wheat, so I just substitute whole wheat for white flour in any recipe that strikes my fancy. I adjust the liquid based on how the dough feels and looks as I stir in the liquid. (I keep all of my flours and meals in the freezer to keep out the mealworms, and nearly always have to use more liquid than a recipe calls for, since freezing also dries.)The recipe Dani was referring to is not 100% whole wheat, but includes 1 cup white bread flour. It is a very dark bread because it has 1/3 cup molasses in it. Boy is it tasty--the recipe is in the Mudcat "Whiskey Before Breakfast" cookbook.

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 23 Jan 04 - 06:18 AM

The Grant Loaf is a good wholewheat yeast bread:

http://lynnescountrykitchen.net/breads/grant.html



The Grant Loaf

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INGREDIENTS

10-½ cups stone-ground whole-wheat flour
Two - ¼ ounce packages active dry yeast OR Two 3/5 ounces cakes fresh yeast
2 teaspoons salt
5 cups tepid water
1 tablespoon brown sugar, honey or dark molasses

Mix the salt with the flour. In very cold weather, warm the flour slightly - enough to take off the chill.

Place in a cup 3 tablespoons of tepid water, the fresh yeast and the sugar, honey or dark molasses. If using active dry yeast, sprinkle it on top of the water and leave for 2 minutes or so for the yeast to soften before adding the sweetener. In about 10 to 15 minutes this mixture should have produced a thick, creamy froth. Pour this into the flour and add the rest of the water. Mix well - by hand is best - for a minute or so, working from the sides to the middle, until the dough feels elastic and leaves the sides of the mixing bowl clean.

Butter three 9x5-inch loaf pans and leave them in a warm place. Divide the dough, which should be slippery, but not wet, into thirds and place these in the warmed pans. Put the pans in a warm place, cover them with a cloth and leave them for about 20 minutes, or until the dough rises with ½-inch of the rims of the pans.

Bake the loaves in a preheated 400 degree oven for approximately 35 to 40 minutes, or until they sound hollow when rapped on the bottom.

Makes Three 9x5-inch loaves

TO MAKE ONE LOAF:   Use 3-½ cups of whole-wheat flour, one ¼-ounce package of active dry yeast OR one 3/5 ounce cake fresh yeast, 1 teaspoon salt, about 1-½ cups of water and 1 teaspoon brown sugar, honey, or molasses.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 23 Jan 04 - 05:23 AM

Anyone got a good sourdough recipe.
eric

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: Kim C
Date: 22 Jan 04 - 03:00 PM

I'll have to check out that book. Thanks!

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: KateG
Date: 22 Jan 04 - 02:43 PM

Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book from Rodale Press -- an entire book of excellent bread recipes and not one of them calls for white flour. It's an excellent book, and the discussions of the chemistry of breadmaking are fascinating.

The keys to sucessful 100% whole wheat bread are 1) start out with a slightly wetter dough than normal, since whole wheat flour will absorb more moisture -- but it takes a little time; and 2) knead, knead, knead....then knead some more.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: open mike
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 11:50 PM

# http://www.spelt.com/
# http://www.pacificbakery.com/spelt.htm
# http://www.bobsredmill.com/recipe/ingredient.php?pid=365

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 08:22 PM

What is spelt?

Robin - who hopes he spelt it rite...

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 02:09 PM

spelt flour is becoming available - I've seen it in mainline chain grocery stores.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: Kim C
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 02:02 PM

Spelt! I had forgotten about spelt. Our health food grocery sells spelt bread but it's very expensive. I figure I could make it for less money.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: Dani
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 01:17 PM

Give Janie a PM: she has an awesome recipe. I think it's whole wheat, but rises beautifully. She's given it to me, but I've lost it.

Dani

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: Sooz
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 01:06 PM

Give it longer to rise or it will be heavy and you will get better results with real fresh yeast. Otherwise its just flour, water, a little fat and a little salt. With wholemeal flour it will need a bit more than half a pint of water to the pound of flour.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 12:57 PM

We can buy a variety of brad flours here that are not white but I use the same recipe for all baking. Spelt flour makes really tasty bread and is one of the oldest flours still in production so I'm told.

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: Kim C
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 10:48 AM

Cornbread I can do. I'm curious about making whole-grain breads that are white-flour free... maybe some that have things like cracked wheat or oats or millet. :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 10:39 AM

We've shared lots of bread recipes at Mudcat. I posted one with a combination of white and wheat flour, but it could easily be modified to use other types of flour. There are also some very good cornbread recipes out there that don't use any wheat flour at all. Would any of those interest you?

I'm on the last day, the big haul, to finish a huge writing project (so why, you ask, am I'm diddling around in the email?). I'll mark this thread and come back with a really good recipe my cousin gave me. Her cornbread is wonderful and moist, but it is all cornmeal.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 10:29 AM

when it comes to food - I'm always interested...

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: Kim C
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 09:52 AM

I knew I could count on you, MMario! Thanks. :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: MMario
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 09:37 AM

another

Subject: RE: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 09:28 AM

yup - there is such a beasty : most recipes use a mix of flours becuase it gives a better rise...

wHOLE WHEAT BREAD has a recipe that uses the sponge method (and a third rise) to hopefully achieve the same thing.

Subject: BS: Seeking bread recipe
From: Kim C
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 08:38 AM

Greetings Friends...

I am seeking a recipe for a whole-grain bread that does not involve white flour. Is there any such animal? This would be for home-baked bread without the use of that infernal gadget, the bread machine.

Thanks---

Kim