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Title: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: witchypoo on December 07, 2012, 03:45:06 PM: whenever i make 100% wheat bread, i usually end up with a brick. i typically have to cut w/white flour to get a loaf worth eating.

i am trying a new recipe this evening; if it works out, great! but if it does not, i will need a good whole wheat recipe. do any of you have a good one?
Title: Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: merigayle on December 07, 2012, 04:44:46 PM: hmmm. not sure i have ever made 100% whole wheat.
Title: Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: nadra24 on December 07, 2012, 09:32:06 PM: Do you add wheat gluten? I don't have a recipe, but I can check with my mom. I am pretty sure she cuts her wheat flour with white, but she may have changed that recently. I will find out.
Title: Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: witchypoo on December 07, 2012, 09:49:55 PM: no gluten.

i used a poolish with this new recipe, and it seems to have done the trick.
Title: Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: merigayle on December 08, 2012, 07:04:50 AM: poolish?
Title: Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: witchypoo on December 08, 2012, 10:12:20 AM: pre-ferment
Title: Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: merigayle on December 08, 2012, 11:34:01 AM: Quote from: witchypoo on December 08, 2012, 10:12:20 AM
pre-ferment
as in you let the dough pre ferment before baking?
Title: Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: witchypoo on December 08, 2012, 11:59:51 AM: a poolish is a type of starter.
Title: Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: merigayle on December 08, 2012, 12:28:47 PM: Quote from: witchypoo on December 08, 2012, 11:59:51 AM
a poolish is a type of starter.
ah, gotcha. i have no idea beyond basic bread making. Still patting myself on the back for making monkey bread from scratch last weekend, although it took 3+ hours.
Title: Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: merigayle on December 08, 2012, 07:16:42 PM: just saw this on pinterest http://homemadebyjaci.com/simple-trick-for-light-fluffy-whole-wheat-bread/ (http://homemadebyjaci.com/simple-trick-for-light-fluffy-whole-wheat-bread/)
Title: Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: witchypoo on December 09, 2012, 02:30:44 PM: Quote from: merigayle on December 08, 2012, 07:16:42 PM
just saw this on pinterest http://homemadebyjaci.com/simple-trick-for-light-fluffy-whole-wheat-bread/ (http://homemadebyjaci.com/simple-trick-for-light-fluffy-whole-wheat-bread/)

the ratio of yeast to water to flour to honey in this recipe is similar to the recipe i used. i'm interested in his idea re: salt.
Title: Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: merigayle on December 09, 2012, 03:36:58 PM: Try it and report back :)
Title: Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
Post by: caribougrrl on December 12, 2012, 07:20:47 AM: Interesting. I stopped putting salt in whole wheat bread, but I might try his knead-the-salt in trick to see if it works, because bread really needs a bit of salt to make it right.