Makes 2 Loaves
Preparation time: 3 hours approximately
Ingredients
3/4 cup low-fat milk
2 tablespoons honey or sugar
2 tsp salt
Preparation time: 3 hours approximately
Agnes
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| Seven Grain Bread |
3/4 cup low-fat milk
2 tablespoons honey or sugar
2 tsp salt
3 tablespoons margarine or butter
3/4 cup 7 grain cereal, or 12 grain cereal
3/4 cup 7 grain cereal, or 12 grain cereal
2 packages active dry yeast, or 2 ½ tsp.active dry yeast
1 ½ cups warm water, 110 F
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, separated 1 3/4 and 1 ½ cups
Instructions
Place milk, honey, salt, and margarine in small saucepan. Heat over low heat until margarine melts and honey dissolves. Add 7 Grain cereal to milk mixture and heat three minutes without boiling. Cool milk mixture to lukewarm.
Dissolve yeast in warm water, about 110oF, in warmed mixer bowl, let sit for 10 minutes.
Add lukewarm milk mixture, whole wheat flour and 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour to yeast. Attach bowl and dough hook to mixer. Turn to Speed 2 and mix about 1 minute. Continuing on Speed 2, add remaining flour, ½ cup at a time, and mix about 2 minutes or until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl. Add more flour, one tablespoon at a time if needed, mix until bowl comes clean. Knead on Speed 2 for another 2 minute or until dough is smooth and elastic. Dough will be slightly sticky to the touch.
Cover. Let rise in warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
Shape each half into a loaf, and place in greased 8 ½ x 4 ½ x 2 ½-inch baking pans.
Cover. Let rise in warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
Bake at 400o F for 30 minutes, or until golden brown if using dark pans or 375o F in glass pans. Bread will be baked when 200oF is reached or sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from pans immediately and cool on wire racks.
Hints
Buy the 7 or 12 twelve grain cereal from the Bulk Barn.
Warrm water to proof yeast can be anywhere from105 F to 115 F.
Make sure the yeast has disolved in the water before adding other ingredients.
Measure ingredients accurately, use knife to level flour and other ingredients in measuring cups or spoons.
If kitchen is cold, turn oven on for one minute, then turn off and place dough in oven to rise, close oven door.
Make sure you have a KitchenAid that is able to handle bread mixture, such as the Professional KitchenAid.
1 ½ cups warm water, 110 F
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, separated 1 3/4 and 1 ½ cups
Instructions
Place milk, honey, salt, and margarine in small saucepan. Heat over low heat until margarine melts and honey dissolves. Add 7 Grain cereal to milk mixture and heat three minutes without boiling. Cool milk mixture to lukewarm.
Dissolve yeast in warm water, about 110oF, in warmed mixer bowl, let sit for 10 minutes.
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| Yeast disolved, flour mix, extra flour and milk mixture |
Add lukewarm milk mixture, whole wheat flour and 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour to yeast. Attach bowl and dough hook to mixer. Turn to Speed 2 and mix about 1 minute. Continuing on Speed 2, add remaining flour, ½ cup at a time, and mix about 2 minutes or until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl. Add more flour, one tablespoon at a time if needed, mix until bowl comes clean. Knead on Speed 2 for another 2 minute or until dough is smooth and elastic. Dough will be slightly sticky to the touch.
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| Dough comes clean from bowl |
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| Place dough in greased bowl |
Cover. Let rise in warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
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| Dough is ready when finger indentations stay. |
Punch dough down and divide in half.
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| Punching dough |
Shape each half into a loaf, and place in greased 8 ½ x 4 ½ x 2 ½-inch baking pans.
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| Dough in pan before rising |
Cover. Let rise in warm place, free from draft, about 1 hour, or until doubled in bulk.
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| Dough ready for oven |
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| Cooling bread |
Hints
Buy the 7 or 12 twelve grain cereal from the Bulk Barn.
Warrm water to proof yeast can be anywhere from105 F to 115 F.
Make sure the yeast has disolved in the water before adding other ingredients.
Measure ingredients accurately, use knife to level flour and other ingredients in measuring cups or spoons.
If kitchen is cold, turn oven on for one minute, then turn off and place dough in oven to rise, close oven door.
Make sure you have a KitchenAid that is able to handle bread mixture, such as the Professional KitchenAid.
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