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| lilwing |
Posted - Jan 04 2010 : 9:32:56 PM
My mom would make fresh bread when I was a kid and it was the BEST bread ever - she'd also take the same bread recipe and make pizza dough with it. It was AMAZING. She would grind her own wheat berries and make fresh flour from it. Well, she stopped making it when we moved (it was a shame!) and then either completely forgot and can't find the recipe, yet she remembers the ingredients. LOL. Can anyone here suggest perhaps how much goes into this recipe? Heck, maybe one of you know this recipe because she didn't make this up on her own but got it from somewhere else... maybe the food co-op she got her wheat berries from... But here's the ingredients -- the honey was quite a strong flavor actually, and the bread took on a darker hue.
It was the best smell and flavor ever.
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Wheat flour (was from ground wheat berries)
honey
hot water
yeast
oil
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Proud Farmgirl #775
http://maggielousdaughter.blogspot.com
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| Okie Farm Girl |
Posted - Jan 05 2010 : 6:28:57 PM
Brook,
I grind my wheat and I use the Prairie Gold Hard "White" wheat, but you can use whole wheat from the store too. For home ground, I sift the dickens out of mine to make sure it has lots of air so the bread isn't heavy. Anyway, I have this recipe that I have had for years and years - probably at least 20 - and I don't know if it would be any help or not.
Whole Wheat Bread
1 cup lukewarm water
2 tbsp butter or oil
2 tbsp honey
1 teaspoon salt
1 pkg dry yeast (I use bulk SAF yeast and that would be 3 tsp)
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup white flour or enough whole wheat to keep the dough light
Place all ingredients except flour in mixer with dough hook. (I proof my yeast first) Add flour 1 cup at a time. Mix untill all ingredients are mixes and begin to form a ball. Continue kneading on low for 8 minutes. Turn out onto floured surface (go to my website to see the Oklahoma Pastry Cloth™ for just this job!) and gently form a ball. Place into bowl with 1/2 tsp oil in the bottom, turn and smooth oil over surface. Cover with a damp towel and allow to rise until double. When doubled, turn back onto floured surface and form a loaf. Place in 4x7 loaf pan and allow to rise to double. Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown.
Don't know if that is close or not! Happy baking! :-)
Mary Beth - aka Okie Farm Girl
http://www.oklahomapastrycloth.com
http://www.oklahomapastrycloth.com/blog/?page_id=2
The Sovereign Lord is my strength - Habakkuk 3:19 |
| lilwing |
Posted - Jan 05 2010 : 6:12:35 PM
I wrote you, Diane! I would probably get the whole wheat flour actually. I'd like to grind it myself but mom has the grinder and she was going to try and figure out her recipe again, so she's not about to give up her grinder.. lol
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Proud Farmgirl #775
http://maggielousdaughter.blogspot.com
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Jan 05 2010 : 05:06:16 AM
Brooke,
I have been making all my bread for over a year now. You can get some really nice organic whole wheat flour in the store. Or do you want to grind it yourself? I have some really good recipes for whole wheat bread. If you want you can send me an e-mail and I will share it with you.
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