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Nutty Whole Wheat Bread

Name: How to cook Nutty Whole Wheat Bread - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Felice

Nutty Whole Wheat Bread

A simple bread with healthy whole wheat and toasty nuts! It's great for sandwiches, jams or with some good butter. I tried to add lots of step photos so you can make this bread even if you're a beginner!

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

Cooking time :

150 mins

125 ml

Warm water (1/2 US cup)

125 ml

Warm milk (1/2 US cup)

50 ml

Olive oil or melted butter (about 3 Tbsp)

7 g

active dry yeast (2 tsp)

10 g

brown sugar or honey (2 tsp)

300 g

Whole wheat flour (2 heaping cups)

200 g

All-purpose flour (1 2/3 cups)

10 g

Salt (2 tsp)

1/2 cup

Chopped nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts are nice)

beaten egg for brushing top (not necessary but gives bread extra color)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

If not chopped already, chop up your nuts into smaller pieces. Walnuts are nice, or use a mix of your favorites :)

* Step 2

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!

* Step 3

Let the liquid sit for 5-10 minutes. You should get little bubbles or foam from the yeast starting to be active.

* Step 4

In a large mixing bowl, mix together wheat flour and regular flour.

* Step 5

Pour in the liquid mixture, then add the salt last. Start mixing and folding with a spatula to bring the dough together.

* Step 6

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!

* Step 7

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.

* Step 8

First, flatten out the dough a little bit and gently press in the nuts.

* Step 9

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...

* Step 10

Keep folding over and pressing, while rotating the dough around so you can form a big ball.

* Step 11

Knead this way for 10 minutes or so until the dough is fairly smooth.

* Step 12

Once finished, you'll have a ball of dough which should be smooth on top and have creases from folding on the bottom.

* Step 13

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.

* Step 14

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.

* Step 15

Squish out the air and shape into the shape you want (e.g. a round or oval loaf). Place on the baking sheet.

* Step 16

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.

* Step 17

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!