No Knead Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Bread Recipes

FAST NO-KNEAD WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Combine flours, cornmeal, yeast and salt in a large bowl. Add 1 1/2 cups water and stir until blended; dough will be shaggy. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rest about 4 hours at warm room temperature, about 70 degrees.
• Oil a standard loaf pan (8 or 9 inches by 4 inches; nonstick works well). Lightly oil your hands and shape dough into a rough rectangle. Put it in pan, pressing it out to the edges. Brush top with a little more oil. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest 1 hour more.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake bread about 45 minutes, or until loaf reaches an internal temperature of 210 degrees. Remove bread from pan and cool on a rack.

NO-KNEAD WHOLE WHEAT SWEET POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt, and yeast. Whisk to thoroughly combine. Add the sweet potatoes and toss gently with a rubber spatula to incorporate. Add the cider and water and continue to fold the mixture gently until all of the flour is absorbed and the mixture forms a wet dough. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rise for 3 to 4 hours. The dough will rise to approximately one and a half times its initial volume.
• Using a rubber spatula, gently loosen the dough from the bowl. Dampen your hands with cool water and, with the dough still in the bowl, slide one hand under one side of the dough. Fold that side of the dough into the center and press down gently so the dough adheres to itself. Give the bowl a quarter turn and repeat the folding process. Do this two more times. After the fourth fold, flip over the dough so the seams are on the bottom. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it rise at room temperature for 8 to 12 hours. The dough will double in size.
• Repeat the folding procedure. Gently turn the dough out onto a damp counter top. Shape it into a rectangle approximately the size of your loaf pan and roll up the dough lengthwise to make it easier to move it into the pan. Grease the inside of your pan with soft butter or nonstick spray and place the dough inside, gently stretching it to fit the inside of the pan. Cover it with plastic wrap and let it rest for 30 minutes.
• While the dough is resting, preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C) or 375°F (190°C) with convection.
• Remove the plastic wrap from the bread and put the pan in the oven. Bake for 20 minutes and then, without opening the oven door, turn the temperature down to 350°F (175°C) or 325°F (160°C) with convection. Bake for 45 minutes more. If the top of the bread starts to get too dark, tent the loaf with foil. The bread is done when the top feels firm to the touch and you hear a hollow sound when knocking gently on the bottom of the pan.
• Remove the bread from the oven. Let it rest for 5 minutes in the pan, then turn it out of the pan and let cool completely on a rack.