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Re: Looking for wheat bread recipe

debunix <debunix@well.com>
Sun, 1 Oct 2006 21:05:05 -0500
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>I bought some Wheat Montana wheat flour and would like a great 
>recipe for Wheat Bread.  Any suggestions?

Rosemary, what kind of wheat bread are you looking for?

I usually find the best whole wheat recipes are the best recipes for 
white flour plus extra hydration and sometimes a bit of gluten flour 
to adjust for the greater liquid requirement of my whole wheat flours.

That said, my favorite bread for sandwiches or toast or cinnamon 
rolls is the buttermilk bread from the laurel's kitchen breadbook (a 
whole book of whole wheat recipes); my favorite crusty baguette 
is  pain l'ancienne from the breadbaker's apprentice.

If you're not sure you want to go 100% whole wheat, this is a nice 50:50 bread:

http://www.well.com/user/debunix/recipes/NormansBread.html

I've put some notes on substituting whole wheat for white flours here:

http://www.well.com/user/debunix/recipes/WholeBaking.html#Substitutions

Hope that helps.

Diane Brown in St. Louis
http://www.well.com/user/debunix/recipes/FoodPages.html