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100% Whole Wheat Bread Baking (Part 4) - Rising, Shaping, & Baking

Breadbaking - Final Product

This is the final post in the series on baking great 100% whole wheat bread.  Part 1 covered getting great whole wheat bread flour (see 100% Whole Wheat Bread Baking (Part 1)), Part 2 introduced the basic recipe and the other ingredients needed (see 100% Whole Wheat Bread Baking (Part 2)), Part 3 covered mixing and kneading the bread (see 100% Whole Wheat Bread Baking (Part 3)), and this final post  details rising, shaping, and baking the bread.  This final post on the subject is rather long and picture intensive, but I didn’t want to break the subject into even more parts.

Once kneading of the bread [...]

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September 18th, 2011 | 2 comments - be the next!

Whole Wheat Irish Soda Bread

Irish Soda Bread

Here’s a quick, easy, delicious, and healthier soda bread with lots of flavor – the orange zest and currants insure that it’s never bland.  It’s adapted from a recipe in Barefoot Contessa At Home by Ina Garten.

3 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for the currants

1 cup finely ground whole wheat flour*

4 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt

4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, in 1/2-inch dice

1 3/4 cups buttermilk

1 extra-large egg, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon grated orange zest

1 cup dried currants

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees, and line a sheet pan with parchment paper.

Combine the flours, sugar, baking soda and salt in the bowl [...]

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March 17th, 2010 | One comment so far
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