One of my first blog posts was about homemade bread using the bread machine. I could never figure out whole wheat bread and have always ended up making 1/2 wheat, 1/2 white bread.
Well, I recently discovered some flour and a recipe that has made my 100% whole wheat bread making a success! Yay!
I discovered this flour at my local HyVee. It's 100% whole wheat, but is made with hard white wheat which results in a lighter flour and thus a lighter textured bread. I believe King Arthur
makes a similar product.
makes a similar product.
This is the recipe that I adapted from allrecipes.com
Whole Wheat Bread
Note: The dough enhancer helps you get a lighter loaf, but is not necessary!
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Making homemade bread with a bread machine is so easy. I know there are those out there that mill their own grains and swear by hand making bread. I think that is amazing, but that just isn't realistic for me at this stage of life. Using a bread machine is for those of us who are lazy but want whole grains with no HFCS (and are too cheap to buy expensive bread at the health food store). A great place to find a bread machine is the thrift store! Every time I go to a thrift store, I check out the appliances and there is always a few bread machines in new condition. I think it's one of those Christmas presents that never gets used and goes to Goodwill. It's worth the $10!!
Does anyone else have any bread machine successes or failures? Or maybe you mill your own grains and make bread by hand?
- 1 1/8 cups water
- 3 cups whole wheat white flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/3 cup honey or sugar or sucunat
- 1 tablespoon dry milk powder
- 1 1/2 tablespoons butter or oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1-2 TBS Dough Enhancer
(optional)
Note: The dough enhancer helps you get a lighter loaf, but is not necessary!
Pin It
Making homemade bread with a bread machine is so easy. I know there are those out there that mill their own grains and swear by hand making bread. I think that is amazing, but that just isn't realistic for me at this stage of life. Using a bread machine is for those of us who are lazy but want whole grains with no HFCS (and are too cheap to buy expensive bread at the health food store). A great place to find a bread machine is the thrift store! Every time I go to a thrift store, I check out the appliances and there is always a few bread machines in new condition. I think it's one of those Christmas presents that never gets used and goes to Goodwill. It's worth the $10!!
Does anyone else have any bread machine successes or failures? Or maybe you mill your own grains and make bread by hand?
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I tried a bread machine and ended up with bricks. I was SO bummed! I figured I was the worst bread maker on earth if I couldn't even make bread in a bread machine! BUT, when I tried making my bread by hand (and by hand I mean mixing and kneading with our Kitchen Aid mixer) the loaves turned out BEAUTIFULLY! I always add wheat gluten to my bread, it makes it "fluffier" and it holds together better...I think it's like 4 tsp. per loaf? I also have a wheat grinder attachment for our Kitchen Aid Mixer that works like a charm and was around $80 (a lot cheaper than most electric wheat grinders), so a lot of the time I just grind our own wheat. Mmmm. There's nothing like fresh baked homemade bread, that's for sure!
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ReplyDeletethanks for the tips!! I desperately want a Kitchen Aid mixer so that I can make bread (as well as a plethora of other things). Making bread without one is just way too labor intensive. I'm glad that it works for you! I'm also glad that the grinder attachment is working for you, that sounds like a good investment!
I just saw yesterday at Hy-Vee (135th and Antioch) that you can grind your own flour in the Health Market section... kinda cool! We don't eat a lot of flour, so I didn't look that closely, but I think you could do white or whole wheat, and then I read this post and thought I'd pass that along. Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I think it is a little crazy how we try things at the same time. I literally just bought 18 pounds of Prairie Gold Wheat this week!!! We have a hand grinder that someone is letting us borrow so we will see what we think. Maybe I should go with that grinder for the kitchen aid. Oh Megan, just get the kitchen aid. You will use it SO MUCH!!
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