Fresh Milled Grain Whole Wheat Bread In Bread Machine Recipes

HOMEMADE 100% WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Mill your flour using the WonderMill on Bread flour mode. If you don't have a mill you could use a good quality 100% whole wheat flour instead.
• In a mixing bowl scoop out the flour, add the instant yeast (not the active dry yeast) and salt to your bowl. Make sure you don't add the salt on top of the yeast as it will kill the yeast. Mix the flour.
• Gradually add water to make a sticky dough. Do not knead.
• Proof the dough. Allow the dough to raise until it's double, either naturally or in your electric pressure cooker. I prefer proofing in my Instant Pot or Mealthy Pot. Place the heat proof bowl into the pot and allow the dough to double on yogurt mode for 30 minutes.
• Coating. Mix the dough one more time and transfer the dough into the bread pan on a parchment paper. Coat the dough with milk or alternate milk.
• Preheat oven at 390 degrees F or 200 degrees C.
• Bake the bread in the oven for 40 minutes.
• Remove the pan and place it on a cooling rack. Allow the bread to cool before slicing it.
• Remove bread from the pan and slice it. It's best when freshly consumed. Will last a day or two at temperature and then it's best to refrigerate for upto 3-4 days.

FRESH MILLED GRAIN WHOLE WHEAT BREAD IN BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Grind about 5 cups of hard red or hard white spring wheat. This should make a little more than 600 grams of flour. Weigh the flour out.
• Tip for using Vitamix--store grain in freezer so it does not get hot during grinding. Do only 1 cup at a time. You can re-grind the larger pieces.
• Measure it out on a scale because the weight of flour is different depending on the grind. This is key. It will be around 4-5 cups, but you won't get bread that is as good if you use volume over weight.
• In your bread machine, add everything EXCEPT yeast and about 1 cup of flour.
• Turn on your bread machine and let it mix. It'll be kind of gloopy, that's fine. You might need to help get all the wheat wet by mixing it inches It doesn't have to be perfect, but we want the wheat wet. Stop once it's mixed (turn off machine). Of course you can do that by hand if you want to.
• Set the timer on your bread machine for at least 8 hours later and use the dough cycle for the best bread. You can wait up to 24 hours.
• The wait is so that the whole wheat can do a few important things; develop a good gluten and break down phytic acids. By using buttermilk (you can make your own or use water and 2 tsp apple cider vinegar) you give it an acidic environment to do it's thing.
• Pour the remaining flour on top of the dough and make a little "bowl" in the flour and carefully pour the yeast into the indent so that it is separated from the dough. If you don't, it will activate too early. Even better if you have a bread machine with a separate yeast chamber. If so you do not need to hold back any flour.
• When the machine beeps the next morning, the dough should be nicely risen, although you might expect it to be a bit higher if you're used to using regular bread flour. Worry not, my friend.
• Wash your counter very well and spray a little oil on it. Oil up your hands and turn the dough onto the counter. Fold it over itself a few times and then tear the dough in half. Just using your hands make it into a rectangle and roll it up tightly. Place it into an oiled bread pan. Cover with a towel and allow to rise for another hour or so. I just turn on my oven for a bit at low heat and then turn it off.
• Take the towel out of the oven (very important part) and bake for 25-30 minutes at 350.

HOME MILLED WHOLE WHEAT BREAD (FOR BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• 1. Add ingredients to bread machine according to manufacturer's instructions.
• 2. If available, select the whole grain cycle, if not use the basic wheat or white cycle.
• 3. If machine allows "extended rise", select 20 mins.
• 4. Select bread color "medium".
• 5. Press "start" and walk away! Enjoy your bread about 4 hours later (I set mine overnight, so we have a fresh loaf in the morning).