Since I've been making all our bread for the past year and a half (save the occasional emergency run to the store), I've been working on getting a terrific 100% whole wheat recipe. My Azure Standard order finally arrived, so I have whole wheat again. This time, I got both Hard Red Winter Wheat and Hard White. I've only tried the Hard Red so far, so I'll let you know if there is something amazingly different about them - there is supposed to be. Anyway, the bread recipe I tried yesterday is pretty darned good, but I'll admit it was more complicated than the others I've tried. The taste was fabulous and it DID rise (something that is not guaranteed, it seems!). If you're curious, you should definitely put this on your "to try" list...
It comes from Crystal at Everyday Food Storage. (The Food Storage Network ladies are hosting Bread Month, so I'm looking forward to some more new bread recipes.) She also has a bread-making how-to video, if you're interested.
EZ 100% Whole Wheat Bread
1 1/4 cup warm water
1 Tblsp active dry yeast
1/4 cup honey or 1/3 cup sugar (I used honey)
2 3/4 cups whole wheat flour (I used Hard Red)
1/4 cup wheat gluten
1 tsp salt
2 Tblsp nonfat non instant dry milk
1 Tblsp butter/margarine/oil (I used oil)
1 Tblsp vinegar
1/4 cup potato flakes (NOT potato pearls)
Mix ingredients in order listed in mixing bowl of mixer with dough hook attachment (like kitchen-aid) for 12-15 minutes. Let rise until double, 1- 1 1/2 hours. Punch down, and shape into loaf or rolls. Let rise again until double and bake 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes until golden brown and sounds hollow when lightly tapped.
If you are making this recipe in a bread machine, follow your bread machine’s directions for wheat or whole grain selection and add the ingredients in the order listed for their recommendations. (I used my bread machine to do the dough because I was making the Sugar Doughnut Muffins at the same time.)
5 comments:
yum! I am trying to get to the point where I make all of our breads also. Someday, after we have our own house, I would like to grow our own veggies too :). Thanks for the recipes!
I keep wanting to make homemade bread but I haven't done that. I really, really need to try it and this looks like a great recipe!
Melissa and Moms, try the white bread recipe first...instant gratification in the form of a successful loaf of bread is a powerful incentive to keep learning...
I'm so bummed that I gave away my bread machine. :-( . I think I'm going to hit Craig's List to get another one. This is the second time I've given something away in my eagerness to lighten my load and regretted it. The first was giving away all of my knitting needles, crochet needles and yarn. I'm rebuilding that collection. Still I'm glad that I'm getting rid of stuff. Mistakes are sometimes made in the pursuit of liberty.
LA, I've think we've all done that at some time...if we're not using it, what is the point of dusting it? I think you're better off getting rid of something you might end up rebuying rather than never get rid of anything in the hopes that you might someday use it.
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