WHOLE WHEAT SANDWICH BREAD
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Whole Wheat Bread
I
used to make bread a lot when the kiddies were non-existent, or still
young. Then it became too time consuming. Awhile back, after
buying a bread
machine
(re-con Cuisinart from Woot -
one of my bet buys ever), I started again. But the whole wheat
bread recipes sucked big time,
and rye bread wasn't even an option in their cook book. Recently
I
watched this
video from COOKs, and was intrigued.
It seems the reason home made whole wheat breads are, at best, white
bread with wheat color is chemical. Whole wheat granules
have razor blades growing out of them, which slice the gluten to shreds
and inhibit the ability of yeast to do it's thing. The
solution—melt
the razor blades in a milk bath!
This is a 24 hour deal, although it can probably be cut to 8
hours. I screwed up because after making the Biga
and putting it to rest, I decided to watch some movies. The next
day I
discovered that I was also to have made the "soaker" at the same
time, so I was behind. I made the soaker and put it in the fridge, and
after 8 hours continued with step three.
Let
me tell you something, combing two clumps of yeast risen sticky dough
by hand is a sumbitch. While I own damned near every cooking
device
known to man, I do not own a Cuisinart mixer—because MoSup put her foot
down and said she would not have yet another gadget cluttering her
counter top. But wait. Bingo! I set the Cuisinart bread
maker to
"Dough" and plopped the two clumps in with the honey, salt and
yeast, etc. Voila!
But wait.
I evidently had screwed around with it so much that I punctured magic yeast
membrane, and it wouldn't rise. Of course I only discovered this
after
waiting 45 minutes and finding it flat.
"I know, the marble counter was too cold!" So I opened the
oven
door (I had it preheated to 400°) and put the loaf pans on the open
door. Nope. Still didn't rise. S@&*## F*!#!
I was about to throw the whole mess away, but what the heck. I
ripped
all the dough into little pieces and put them back into the bread
machine, with more honey and more yeast. This time it worked.
Of course the truest test any of my cooking must pass is MoSup's
palate. She freaking wet her pants! USA USA USA. I
toasted two
slices and made me a tuna sandwich, and YES. This bread is so
nutritious that you will actually lose weight and restore your boner.
If you want the written
recipe- here. You're welcome.
PS-
Here's my next adventure
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Bread machines. Blah. Hand kneeded bread. I make it all the time. The first (fresh) loaf goes fastest. And I experimented with whole wheat and honey and got it down pretty good. Now I'll read your recepies.
ReplyDeleteTim
And then there's bread gloves.
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righty gomez
Sounds like an ordeal Rog-I have a 20 year old commercial Vita-Mix that I drop whole wheat berries in, grind them to fresh flour, add my honey, yeast and water mix which has already risen-crank the Vita Mix for another minute or two, plop it into my covered, stone baking dish, let it rise, beat it down and let it rise again and bake it. Light airy whole wheat bread every time. Actual work time about 10 minutes
ReplyDeleteAnd the variations are endless-my cranberry, walnut, pistachio or jalapeño & cheddar are killer.
I balked when I bought the damn thing, cost around $600 in the early 90s, but it is an amazing appliance. It turns so fast, you can make hot soup in it with just your ingredients and broth in 5 minutes-or fruit, 1/2 & 1/2 and a little sugar and ice, ice cream and I mean killer ice cream in a few minutes-like nut butters, pecan and walnut, wow. Post work out shakes or smoothies, I mean it's amazing.
MM
I want it. Will you give it to me? Or be a prick about it?
ReplyDelete:)
Used to make bread all the time, especially when I lived up north and it was cool out. Would love to have a bread machine.... BUT I'd end up weighing 500pounds. So that's out.
ReplyDeleteI use a Vitamix to grind wheat berries ( a 25# bag of Great River is now up to $1.20 a pound and rising at Amazon. Food inflation will destabilize the world.) I knead using a big ass stand mixer.
ReplyDeleteI make a pretty decent powdered milk and honey whole wheat loaf by adding a few tbs of gluten and one of lecithin to each loaf. I get good results by letting the kneaded dough sit overnight in a real cool place to soften the wheat. To wake the yeast up the next day, I nuke a couple of cups of water and then put the pans in the microwave with it for moist heat.
Freddie Sykes
I think you have an appliance fetish dude like I love flashlights(and guns and glass)-if I had 2....they don't make the one I have anymore, it's all stainless with chrome and bright red lettering, very retro. I think even Mother Sup would let you keep this on the counter.
ReplyDeleteMM
so you're being selfish, right?
ReplyDeleteBread machines are too homo.
ReplyDeleteRead, "Artisan Bread in 5 minutes".
All you need (WITHOUT ANY KNEADING):
* 6-1/2 cups flour
(NOTE: either 1) 6-1/2 white, 5-1/2 white and 1 semolina, or 5-1/2 white with 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 rye)
* 3 cups water
* 1-1/2 tbsp yeast
* 1-1/2 tbsp coarse salt (in a pinch, you can use semen, I suppose)
440 degrees for 30 minutes with some water-in a pot in the oven
The secret to tasty whole wheat bread is to add millet. Depending on the size of the batch, I add anywhere from a half cup to a full cup of whole millet.
ReplyDeleteI can make really fantastic whole wheat sourdough bread. Unfortunately, I can't eat the stuff any more.
No knead dough is too sticky for my taste. It's like touching liver in a non-Portnoy way.
ReplyDeleteFreddie Sykes
Tell ya what Rog, it's yours when I pass on.
ReplyDeleteMM