Healthy Wholemeal Brown Bread | Happy Kitchen Rocks
Healthy Wholemeal Brown Bread
120 mins prepServes 10
This no-fail wholemeal bread recipe uses just a few ingredients you can easily tweak and is perfect for beginner bakers. Best whole grain bread recipe that is ideal for sandwiches and packed with nutrients.
Prepare whole grains
2 Soak the grains of your choice overnight. It can be pure wheat berries or a combo of wheat berries and any (or all) of the following grains: rye, spelt, millet, oat berries, barley, buckwheat and quinoa.
3 After soaking, boil them for 30 minutes or until they are done, drain well and let cool. If you don't have time for soaking whole grains, just boil them a little longer, until they are tender.
Make the dough
6 Combine slightly warm almond milk with apple cider vinegar, maple syrup (or another liquid sweetener of your choice) and fresh yeast. Leave for 10 minutes to activate the yeast.
7 Add flour mixed with salt and knead well until fully combined (about 5 minutes). Add more flour if the dough sticks too much to your hands.
Let rise
10 Cover with cloth and let rest for about 1 hour or until doubles in size (see notes). Once your dough has doubled in size, add the cooked grains (make sure there is no extra liquid in them) and transfer into a 12 inch rectangular loaf pan greased with olive oil. Cover and let rest for 30 more minutes. Preheat the oven to 220 °C or 430 °F.
Bake
13 Bake the wholemeal bread for 20 minutes, then lower the temperature to 190 °C or 370 °F and bake for about 40 more minutes. Check the readiness by inserting a toothpick in the middle of the loaf. The bread is ready when it comes out dry. Enjoy!
