Honey Wheat Berry Bread Food

HONEY WHEAT BERRY BREAD

Steps:

• **To cook wheat berries**.
• Combine 1/2 cup rinsed wheat berries and 2 cups water in saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer, covered for about 1 ½ to 2 hours, stirring occasionally, adding water if necessary. ( Cook until soft and some are popping open)
• Drain any standing water before adding the cooked wheat berries to the dough.
• Add drained wheat berries and 1 cup of cold water in the bread machine pan, Cool to lukewarm.
• Add the rest of the liquid ingredients followed by the dry ingredients on top, yeast will be last.
• Set bread machine to dough setting. Check in a few minutes, if dough looks too dry or too wet add a few tablespoons of warm water or flour to get a good soft dough consistency.
• When dough setting is complete (my machine is 1 ½ hours) remove dough from bread machine pan onto a lightly floured surface. Shape into a roll. Put in a bread pan that has been sprayed with cooking oil spray. Let rise for about 40 minutes to 1 hour or until about 1 ½ inches above pan.
• Cook on 350 degrees on middle rack of oven for about 30 to 35 minutes. Should be golden brown ( when thumped with your finger on the bottom of the loaf it should sound hollow )
• Remove bread from pan to cooling rack to cool. Let it cool at least 1 hour before slicing.

HONEY WHEAT BREAD I

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast and sugar in 1/2 cup warm water.
• Combine milk, 1/4 cup water, shortening, honey, salt and wheat flour in food processor or bowl. Mix in yeast mixture, and let rest 15 minutes. Add bread flour, and process until dough forms a ball. Knead dough by processing an additional 80 seconds in food processor, or mix and knead by hand 10 minutes. Place the dough in a buttered bowl, and turn to coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rise for 45 minutes, or until almost doubled.
• Punch down, and divide dough in half. Roll out each half, and pound out the bubbles. Form into loaves, and place in buttered 9x5 inch bread pans. Butter the tops of the dough, and cover loosely with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm area until doubled; second rise should take about 30 minutes.
• Place a small pan of water on the bottom shelf of the oven. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, or until tops are dark golden brown. Butter crusts while warm. Slice when cool.

WHEAT BERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Place the wheat berries in a strainer, rinse well under running water, and drain.
• Bring 1 1/2 cups tap water to a boil in a small saucepan and add the berries.
• Cover the pan, reduce the heat to low, and simmer until the berries are soft and the water is absorbed, about 1 hour.
• After the berries have cooked for 20 minutes, stir together the yeast, 1/2 cup of the warm water, and 1/2 cup all-purpose flour in a large bowl.
• Let rise for about 40 minutes.
• Stir the remaining 1 cup warm water, the oil, molasses, honey, salt, and whole-wheat flour into the yeast mixture.
• Add the flax seeds, sunflower seeds, and 1 cup all-purpose flour.
• When the mixture becomes too stiff to stir, turn it out onto a floured work surface and knead.
• Flatten the dough and press in the cooked wheat berries.
• Knead in the remaining 1/3 cup all-purpose flour until the dough is elastic and springs back when lightly pressed, about 6 minutes.
• Form the dough into a ball, place it in an oiled bowl, and turn the dough in the bowl to coat it well with oil.
• Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until the dough does not spring back when lightly pressed, about 2 hours.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface, press it flat, fold both the sides in and roll the dough into a log.
• Pinch the seam closed and set it into an oiled 10 x 4 x 3-inch loaf pan.
• Push the dough down flat.
• Place the pan in a plastic bag and tuck the bag opening under the pan to close.
• Let rise until the dough domes up and does not spring back when lightly pressed, about 1 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Remove the pan from the plastic bag.
• Using a sharp serrated knife, cut 3 diagonal slashes across the top of the loaf.
• Place the bread in the oven, spritz the inside of the oven a few times with water from a plant mister, and quickly close the door.
• Bake 15 minutes.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake for another 15 minutes.
• To test for done-ness, remove the bread from the pan and rap the bottom.
• It should sound hollow.
• If it is not quite done, continue baking out of the pan up to 10 minutes more.
• Cool on a wire rack.