Making Bread

Just a short post to say that I made my first whole wheat bread today. A lot of factors were not quite right going into it– instead of 1 part whole wheat flour to 3 parts white, I used 3 parts whole wheat; I accidentally put in more gluten than was called for; and, I had rapid-rising yeast instead of the regular, which makes me uncomfortable to use because I can’t proof it to see if it’s still active. I was also concerned about the small amount that the dough had risen. Nevertheless, all’s well that ends well– the loaf turned out a little dense but tasted just fine, with a decent crumb.

I think I’ll try the no-knead whole wheat recipe next, just for the heck of it.

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6 Responses to “Making Bread”

  1. Kalina Says:
    March 31, 2008 at 12:54 am

    yay whole wheat bread!
    we’ve accidentally ended up with whole wheat that’s “a little dense” a lot of times though, very easy to do.

    I like the Tassajara Bread Book’s Overnight Wheat Bread/Wheat Veneration recipe from their 25th anniversary edition, and Russell recently recommended this one as being fantastic http://www.breadtopia.com/all-whole-wheat-bread. Still hadn’t gotten around to trying a no-knead whole wheat (thought the Wheat Veneration is close to that) so I look forward to hearing your results!

  2. zantimisfit Says:
    March 31, 2008 at 8:03 am

    I should give you my recipe for whole wheat. I use whole wheat pastry flour and I don’t use any white flour. I get a pretty good loaf.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/zantimisfit/221543957/

  3. balladofyoko Says:
    March 31, 2008 at 9:41 am

    Thanks for the suggestions, Geminica and Zanti! I’ll let you know how my experiments turn out.

  4. Quiconque Says:
    March 31, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    Zanti, “I get a pretty good loaf?” C’mon. You wrote that on purpose!

  5. zantimisfit Says:
    March 31, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    Qui! Are you talking about my poo obsession?

  6. Whole Wheat No-Knead Bread « The Ballad of Yoko Says:
    May 2, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    [...] As promised, I tried the No-Knead Recipe with whole wheat. I misread the directions and added about a half cup of water more than was needed, so my first rise was very gluey and sticky. However, I saw that there were bubbles in the dough, which meant that the yeast was active, so I went ahead and added more flour until it was a little easier to handle for the second rise. [...]

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