Nutty Whole Wheat Bread.
You can cook Nutty Whole Wheat Bread using 11 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Nutty Whole Wheat Bread
- Prepare 125 ml of Warm water (1/2 US cup).
- It's 125 ml of Warm milk (1/2 US cup).
- It's 50 ml of Olive oil or melted butter (about 3 Tbsp).
- It's 7 g of active dry yeast (2 tsp).
- Prepare 10 g of brown sugar or honey (2 tsp).
- Prepare 300 g of Whole wheat flour (2 heaping cups).
- It's 200 g of All-purpose flour (1 2/3 cups).
- It's 10 g of Salt (2 tsp).
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Chopped nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts are nice).
- You need 1 of beaten egg for brushing top (not necessary but gives bread extra color).
- You need of Optional toppings: rolled oats, sesame seeds, etc..
Nutty Whole Wheat Bread instructions
- If not chopped already, chop up your nuts into smaller pieces. Walnuts are nice, or use a mix of your favorites :).
- In a small pot, mix milk, water and olive oil/butter. Heat until warm (but not hot!) on low heat. Take of heat and mix in honey/sugar and yeast until dissolved. Warm water is important to activate the yeast so don't use cold!.
- Let the liquid sit for 5-10 minutes. You should get little bubbles or foam from the yeast starting to be active..
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together wheat flour and regular flour..
- Pour in the liquid mixture, then add the salt last. Start mixing and folding with a spatula to bring the dough together..
- You want the dough to be moist but not sticky. If the dough is too dry or powdery, add add just a little more milk or water (try a Tablespoon or two at a time). Once the dough comes together, it's ready to knead!.
- Dust your kneading surface with plenty of flour and place the ball of dough onto it. Also, dust your hands with plenty of flour to prevent the dough from sticking..
- First, flatten out the dough a little bit and gently press in the nuts..
- To knead, fold in the outer edges of the dough toward the center and press down with the palm of your hand each time. Repeat....
- Keep folding over and pressing, while rotating the dough around so you can form a big ball..
- Knead this way for 10 minutes or so until the dough is fairly smooth..
- Once finished, you'll have a ball of dough which should be smooth on top and have creases from folding on the bottom..
- Grease the mixing bowl with just a little oil and put in the ball of dough, crease-side down. Brush the top with a little oil too to help prevent drying..
- Cover with wrap and set in a warm spot or warm oven for about 1 hour - 1.5 hours. The dough should rise to about double..
- Squish out the air and shape into the shape you want (e.g. a round or oval loaf). Place on the baking sheet..
- Beat an egg with a Tablespoon of water and brush top of dough with it. If adding toppings like rolled oats, sesame seeds, etc., sprinkle on desired amount. The egg will give the bread a nice brown color and hold on any toppings while baking but isn't necessary..
- Let dough rise for another 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375°F/190°C. Bake for 30-40 minutes (mine only took 30 minutes). Let cool on a rack for a few minutes before digging in!.
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