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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