Whole wheat bread from sponge
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ounces | White bread flour |
| 10 | ounces | Whole-wheat flour |
| 1¼ | cup | Water |
| 1 | teaspoon | Yeast |
| 1 | tablespoon | Malted milk |
| ½ | cup | Oats |
| 2 | tablespoons | Powdered milk |
| 1½ | tablespoon | Oil |
Directions
Preset machine to WW regular about 15 min before sponge is mixed. Sponge: Warm water, yeast (sprinkled on top, mixed in) with 4oz bread flour with about ¼ cup ww flour. Pour into machines basket. Put in flour next followed by rest of ingredents. Rise time for sponge is about 15-20 min.
ÒI thought the texture of the white bread was a tad too course. So I tried making a sponge with the water, about 4oz of flour, 1 Tbs malt and yeast.
Let rise 15min, pour in and add rest of ingredients. Worked like a charm.
Very light and fluffy with even, small holes.
In moving to a more whole wheat bread, I've tried to use the same technique, but with the whole wheat setting. This has a 30 min rest before mixing the ingredients and lets the bread rise/rest three times. I let the sponge rise 15 min by choosing the WW setting ahead of time.Ó >From: mark.stephens@... (mark stephens) From: Bread-Bakers Archives: ftp.best.com/pub/reggie/archives/bread/recipe