High Rising Whole Wheat Commercial Yeast Bread Recipes

SOFT WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Place the warm water in a large bowl and sprinkle the yeast on top. Set aside for 5 minutes to allow the yeast to proof.
• Add the honey and butter.
• Blend in 2 cups of the flour and the salt until moistened. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes.
• Stir in an additional 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 cups flour, until dough pulls away cleanly from the sides of the bowl.
• Knead on floured surface, adding 1/2 to 3/4 cup additional flour, until dough is smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
• Place dough in large greased bowl and cover loosely with plastic wrap. Let rise in warm place until doubled in size, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Lightly mist a 9x5-inch loaf pan with non-stick spray.
• Punch down the dough and shape it into a loaf.
• Place in prepared pan, cover loosely with greased plastic wrap, and let rise in warm place until doubled in size, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Uncover dough, and bake 40 to 45 minutes or until loaf sounds hollow when lightly tapped.

BASIC WHOLE WHEAT YEAST BREAD

Steps:

• Saltolyse
• Mix the flour, salt, and 390g of the water. Cover and let the dough hydrate for 20-60 minutes. Longer is okay too.
• Yeast Prep and Mixing
• Combine the instant yeast, a pinch of sugar, and 35g water and let it sit for about 5 minutes. You can use 100-110F water if you want to further boost its activity. This step isn't necessary for making instant yeast work well, but I find the yeast mixes in more evenly when it's hydrated.
• Pour the bloomed yeast over the saltolysed dough. Squish it into the dough with your hand, and knead and slap and fold the dough until it's fully incorporated.
• Note the level of the dough in your bowl or make an aliquot jar with a small piece of the dough, marking the level with a rubberband.
• Cover the dough and let it rest 20 minutes.
• Gluten Development and First Rise
• Laminate the dough on a clean, damp surface. Be gentle but expect some tearing as you stretch the dough out because it's early in the development of gluten.
• Fold up the dough, return it to the bowl, cover, and let it rest another 20 minutes.
• Laminate the dough a second time, then let it continue rising in the covered bowl until it has roughly doubled. In warm summer months, this is about 20 more minutes or an hour total since mixing in the yeast. In a cold kitchen, this could be two hours since mixing the yeast, and in that scenario, you might want to add in a round of coil folding 20 minutes after the second lamination.
• Preheat, Pre-Shaping, Shaping, and Final Proof
• In warm seasons, begin preheating the oven and baking vessel to 500F as soon as the dough is finished with the first rise. In cold seasons, you might wait to preheat until after the shaping the dough.
• Scrape the dough out of the bowl onto a well floured countertop and pre-shape it into a tight ball. Cover with your bowl and let it rest for 15-20 minutes.
• Shape the dough to suit the shape of your proofing basket and baking vessel.
• Place the dough seam-side up in your floured proofing basket.
• Cover and let rise again for 15-30 minutes depending on your room temperature.
• Baking
• Flip the dough out of the proofing basket and onto a sheet of parchment paper or onto the base of your hot baking vessel. Score the dough, then cover and return the vessel to the oven.
• If your baking vessel is a ceramic cloche, bake at:
• 500°F for 20 minutes, lid on
• 450°F for 10-15 minutes, lid off
• If your baking vessel is cast iron, bake at:
• 500°F for 15 minutes, lid on. At the 15-minute mark, place a baking sheet directly under the cast iron on the same shelf. This will prevent the base of the bread from burning.
• 450°F for 5 minutes, lid on
• 450°F for 10-15 minutes, lid off
• When baking is complete, the bread should have an internal temperature over 205F and it should sound hollow when you knock on the bottom of the loaf.
• Let the bread cool for at least a couple of hours before you slice it.

QUICK RISE WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Add ingredients in the order listed to bread mixing bowl.
• Using a dough hook, mix well and add more flour if needed so that the dough cleans the sides of the bowl (dough should be slightly tacky.
• Knead for 10 minutes.
• Shape into 2 to 3 loaves depending on the size of your pans. Add dough to sprayed pans.
• Cover with tented plastic or cloth and let rise for about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400 for the last half hour of rising. It is ready to go in the oven when the dough is doubled in bulk.
• Turn oven down to 350 and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Take out of pans and let cool on wire rack.
• Brush tops with melted butter to keep crusts soft.
• additional ingredients may be added:.
• Eggs:.
• decrease water by 1/4 cup and add two beaten eggs. Eggs add flavor, liquid, color, structure, nutrients and tenderness to breads.
• Cracked wheat:.
• Add 1/2 cup uncooked cracked wheat for each 4 cups of flour. If using uncooked cracked wheat the bread will be somewhat crunchy. cooking the cracked wheat first will add a variety of texture without the crunch feel. Many people like to put oatlems or other cooked cereals into their bread. As a guidelin, use 1/2 cup or less per 4 cups of flour.
• Potatoes:.
• They add a sweet, rich flavor to breads. Add 1/2 cup to 4 cups flour and reduce water by 1/4 cup.