Posted 21 September 2002 - 04:45 PM
Apologies aside, I wanted to know if anyone had a good homemade recipe for whole wheat bread to be made in a machine.(at least 3/4 whole wheat flour, not white flour with a little whole wheat thrown in for color). You do have to use special recipes, right? Or can you just use any old bread recipe.
Any hints would be appreciated. Thanks!
Posted 22 September 2002 - 06:01 PM
My machine says you can adapt recipes by 1)just changing the order you add them and the temperature of ingredients to go along with your machine's instructions and 2) stopping after the mix cycle the first few times and checking dough consistency and making adjustments if necessary (after you figure it out, you can do it to begin with and forget the checking)
We either make 100% WW or the following recipe, depending on my mood, but you can substitute some white for whole wheat flour in a recipe...again...you might want to check for dough consistency the first few times.
Here is the WW/white recipe I use - I suppose one could use honey in place of the molasses if preferred. We love the taste with molasses, though. You can also, as I said, use more WW and less white
1 package of quick rising yeast (it doesn't have to be special bread machine yeast)
1 3/4 Cup WW flour (best if you mill your own but not essential)
1 C bread flour
3 Tablespoons brown sugar (for the yeast)
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Cup water, very warm
1/4 Cup molasses
1 Tablespoon melted shortning
Put ingredients into pan in the order given if your machine says to put dry ingredients first. If your machine says to put wet ingredients in first, just reverse the order.
The original recipe said to choose the white bread setting, but I use the WW one and choose and high crust setting, but that is preference. I like a good crust, but it may very well be too brown for some so you might want to use the medium first. If you use the white setting, the original recipe said to put it on high crest setting as well. Adding a tablespoon of caroway seeds to the dry ingredients is good, too, if you have them on hand.
Bread is soooo wonderful, esp. in the winter, when it goes good with any kind of soup. My kids' favorite snack used to be homemade half and half (that is what I made before the advent of the bread machines) and unsweetened apple butter. Sweet but healthy.
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Posted 28 September 2002 - 11:50 PM
I'd LOVE to have that french bread recipe one of you were talking about! In fact, ANY recipes you guys would care to share, would be appreciated by many of us I'm sure.
One of our favorites are to let the machine knead the bread and then I take it out, flatten it some, put layers of pizza sauce, cooked pepperoni or seasoned hamburger, and cheeses, then fold the bread over, sealing it for baking. Throw it in the oven and you have quite a nice taste treat!
I also use kneaded bread dough to make my homemade cinnamon/caramel rolls. YUM.
PS - I also have a great "Oster Kitchen Center" (food processing unit) which came with dough hooks. It saves a lot of work too!
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