Monday, May 26, 2008

Whole Wheat Bread

I ended up baking three loaves of bread today, and they were all consumed while warm :D

Time to Prepare: ~20 minutes active, 20 minutes passive
Time in Oven: ~30-50 minutes

Ingredients:
2 1/3 cups warm water
2 cups wheat/graham flour
2 cups white flour
2 tablespoons oil
2 teaspoons dry yeast
2 tablespoons molasses
spices (I used fennel and cumin today)

Cookware:
bread tin to bake your bread in
bowl
aluminium foil

Directions:
1) Put the warm water in a bowl and mix in the flour, yeast, and oil. Dough should be a consistency which does not stick to the sides or bottom of the bowl, and not too much to your hand either. Add flour or water to achieve this.
2) Cover the bowl and place it in a bath of warm/hot water to rise for 10 minutes
3) Set your oven to 350F
4) Once the dough has rizen just a bit, mix in molasses and spices.
5) Cover bowl again and leave in warm/hot water bath to rize for 20-25 minutes
6) Place in oven for 30-50 minutes, until top is a nice golden brown.

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