I've got a yummy healthy bread recipe I learned from a neighbor.
Deonna's Wheat Bread (4 loaves) ( like bigger loaves so I make 3 sometimes)
4 C "warm" water (I use a quart jar because it's four cups exactly)
2 T yeast (I keep the container and the Tablespoon in the freezer ready to go)
1/2 C Sugar
4 C Whole Wheat Flour (I keep the Cup in the flour bucket ready to go)
------------Mix, set aside lightly covered (shower cap-sprayed inside with pam) in large plastic bowl for 45 minutes to 1 hour. The mixture will be bubbly and spongy looking. Don't be afraid of the goo.
------------then add
1/2 C vegetable oil
1 heaping T salt
2 T Dough enhancer (this helps make softer bread, get some from a health food store, some
grocery stores and I've even seen it at Walmart in the grocery section by the flour)
1/2 C Wheat Gluten (same places for this) (Now I keep these two things in their own container
with the proper measuring utensils stored in them so they are ready to go)
-------------Mix well enough to be combined, then add
2 C Wheat Flour
2-3 C White Flour
-------------Mix well enough that the ingredients are combined. I start with a spoon til most of the stuff is mixed then I dump it out on the floured surface countertop and then I kneed it with my hands so that it's incorporated together. Don't over kneed, this is lazy bread. The stuff should be slightly sticky/soft. Just make sure the ingredients are combined then set aside in the messy plastic bowl you've been using all along, lightly covered for 1 hour +
Knock down and kneed dough to get air bubbles out, cut into 4 (3 for me) equal sections, roll in loaf shape, set in lightly greased loaf pan (I use pam), set aside for 1 hour+
Bake 350 degrees oven for 25 minutes.
Cool on rack, takes half a day to cool down enough to put into bags so they don't sweat and make your bread all sweaty. Even if you leave them out alittle too long you think cuz they feel alittle hard, they do soften up in the bag some.
Tip: leave plastic bowl out to air dry because it makes for easier clean up after the flour gooie mess is dried out, the stuff will easily fall out, then wash with very little water. So, this technique says on excess water useage.
Happy Baking. It's yummy yummy bread.
Monday, August 17, 2009
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