Apr. 22, 2008 - Tuesday Part 3
I also got around to making some bread today. I HATE store bought bread! Even the "healthy" ones (which are hard to find) have so many preservatives and junk in them! I even soaked the flour Nourishing Traditions style but that threw me off with the liquid measurements, and while it turned out OK in the end, we had a yummy, healthy but UGLY loaf of bread!
It took me a long time to find a WHOLE wheat recipe that works for us, and this is the one I found. It's from The Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book: A Guide to Whole-Grain Breadmaking (which is at the Oak Harbor library), and it is a great book for anyone interested in bread. It really helped me a HUGE amount!
I'm lazy and make my bread in a breadmaker. I've used a lot of brands, but this cheap Walmart one is the BEST! It goes down to about $20 after Christmas!
FLUFFY Wheat bread:
Mix 6 T warm water with 1 t yeast mixed in until each grain of yeast is wet in a coffee mug
3 cups whole wheat flour( room temp.) (use 2/12 cups wheat berries if you grind your own)
1/3 cup plain yogurt or kefir plus 1 teaspoon salt plus 2/3 cups hot water
(or 1 cup warm water with 1 ¼ t salt if you don’t have yogurt)
2 T olive oil on butter
½ cup honey
1 tsp salt
*I apologize if my thoughts are sporadic today, blogging with a finicky baby on my lap and 2 "Jedis" near by has me somewhat distracted!
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