Wholemeal Spelt Bread Food

SPELT BREAD

Steps:

• In a cup, combine 3/4 cup of warm water, 1/4 cup of honey and 2 tbsp of yeast. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine 2 2/3 cup of warm water, salt and oil.
• Add half flour and yeast mixture.
• Stir well.
• Add remaining flour and knead for about 8 to 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit (95C) and then turn off.
• Grease an ovenproof bowl and place dough in it. Let rise in oven. Punch dough down.
• Divide into three, place into three greased loaf pans, poke holes in loaves and let rise again.
• Bake 425 degrees Fahrenheit (220C) for 20-25 minutes.

SEEDED WHOLEMEAL LOAF

Steps:

• Combine both flours in a large bowl with the yeast and 1 tsp fine salt. Mix the treacle with 250ml warm water until well combined. Stir into the flour to make a slightly sticky dough. If you need to add more water, splash it in 1 tbsp at a time.
• Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for 10 mins (or in a tabletop mixer for 5-7 mins). Your dough should be smooth and elastic when it's ready. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, flip the dough over to coat it in oil, then cover with a sheet of oiled cling film. Leave in a warm place until doubled in size - this will take about 1 hr (see note, below). Lightly oil a 900g loaf tin.
• Once doubled in size, knead the dough again for 3-5 mins to knock out the air bubbles - add most of the seeds and work these into the dough as you knead. Shape the dough into an oval roughly the same length as your tin. Place in the tin and leave to prove, covered with oiled cling film, for 30-45 mins until it has nearly doubled in size again. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
• Gently press a finger into the loaf to check if it has had enough proving time (see tip). When it's ready, glaze the top of the loaf with the egg yolk and sprinkle over the remaining seeds. Bake in the oven for 40-45 mins until golden brown - if you tip the loaf out of the tin and tap the bottom, it should sound hollow. Leave to cool on a wire rack for at least 30 mins before slicing.

HONEY SPELT BREAD MACHINE BREAD

Steps:

• Put the ingredients into your machine in the listed order.
• Choose setting on bread machine: light crust, 1.5 pound loaf, either the rapid wheat or whole wheat settings work just fine, depending on how much time you have. After the flour has been added, make a depression in the flour to hold the yeast until mixing begins.

30 MINUTE SPELT ROLLS THAT ARE LIGHT & AIRY!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 F.
• In your mixer bowl combine water, coconut oil, yeast and sugar. Mix and allow to rest for 15 minutes.
• Using your dough hook attachment, mix in the salt, egg and flour. Knead with hook until dough is smooth and soft (about 2 minutes).
• Form dough into 12 balls and place into a greased 9″x13″ pan and allow to rest for 10 minutes.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until tops are golden brown.
• Brush with melted butter and sprinkle some poppy or sesame seeds on top.

TASTY-HEALTHY WHOLE SPELT BREAD

Steps:

• Roast the sesame seeds and set aside.
• Grease a 11.5 x 5 inch loaf pan.
• Dissolve yeast in a 1/2 cup of water.
• Sift flour into bowl. Add all other ingredients and mix until a smooth dough is formed.
• Fill dough into loaf pan and let dough rise for about 1 hour. The dough should rise noticable in that time. Otherwise extend time.
• Meanwhile preheat oven (480 F, 250 C).
• Put loaf pan into oven and bake for 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 390 F (200 C) and bake for another 45 minutes.
• Take bread out of the oven and turn it around. Bread should easily come out of the loaf pan.
• Put bread into the oven again and bake for additional 15 - 30 minutes. Check frequently. When you thump on the Bread and it sounds hollow, bread is done.
• Take the bread out of the oven and let cool down.
• NOTE: I take the bread out of the loaf pan after 1 hour of baking and bake it until it is done. If the bread should not come out of the loaf pan easily, bake it until it is done in the form. The bread is dense (I like it that way). The moisture can be regulated by baking time, but bake it at least for 1 hour.
• NOTE: You can replace the whole spelt flour against whole wheat flour. You could also use other seeds. Try what you like best.

SEEDED SPELT BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Weigh out the spelt flour into the mixing bowl and add the salt and yeast without letting them touch each other in the bowl.
• Make a well in the centre of the flour and add the softened butter along with the water and the mixed seeds.
• Bring the ingredients together until they're all combined, don't worry if the dough looks too sticky early on because it will continue to absorb water as it's kneaded.
• Knead the dough on an oiled surface for 12-15 minutes if you're kneading by hand or for 10 minutes if you're using a dough hook.
• Leave the dough to rise in a large mixing bowl until it's doubled in size, this will take at least an hour.

WHOLEMEAL SPELT BREAD

Steps:

• Place the flour, flaxseed, sesame seeds and dry yeast in a large mixing bowl and mix until well combined.
• Slowly add in the honey and water, keep mixing as you go with an electric mixer until you reach a dough consistency.
• Sprinkle some flour on a cleaned work surface, then knead the dough until you have a firm ball.
• Place the dough in a large bowl, cover with a kitchen towel and leave for 1-1 1/2 hours. (Until the dough has doubled in size).
• Grease your loaf tin with coconut oil.
• Once the dough has risen, remove it from the bowl and place it in your tin.
• I sprinkle the top of mine with a few more sesame seeds (but this is optional).
• Slice a few cuts on top of the loaf and then cover with a kitchen towel again for another 30-40 minutes, to let it rise again.
• Preheat the oven to 200C/390°F.
• Bake the loaf in the oven for 20-25 minutes, then leave out to cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.