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Offline witchypoo

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100% whole wheat flour bread
« 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?

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Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2012, 04:44:46 PM »
hmmm. not sure i have ever made 100% whole wheat.
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Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
« Reply #2 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.

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Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
« Reply #3 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.

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Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2012, 07:04:50 AM »
poolish?
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Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2012, 10:12:20 AM »
pre-ferment

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Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2012, 11:34:01 AM »
pre-ferment
as in you let the dough pre ferment before baking?
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Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2012, 11:59:51 AM »
a poolish is a type of starter. 

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Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2012, 12:28:47 PM »
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.
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Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2012, 07:16:42 PM »
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Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2012, 02:30:44 PM »
just saw this on pinterest 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. 

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Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2012, 03:36:58 PM »
Try it and report back :)
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Re: 100% whole wheat flour bread
« Reply #12 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.

 

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