Good afternoon, my dear readers! Today I want to share with you recipes on how to make bread from whole grain flour. My family always looks forward to when I bake it again. At first it may seem rough in taste, because most often it is baked from rye or wallpaper flour. However, once you get a little used to its unusual taste, you are unlikely to want to go back to store-bought loaves. In addition, such homemade bread will be fresh the next day and will not go stale.
Baking not only has a balanced taste, but is also very healthy. It prolongs the feeling of fullness due to the fiber it contains, which means it is suitable for weight loss and proper nutrition (PN). Its calorie content is about 180 - 250 kcal, but all of them benefit the body.
The products used for cooking are the simplest: whole grain flour, water, sugar, vegetable oil, salt, sourdough or yeast. It happens that the loaf has a slightly bitter taste. It is not difficult to understand why such baked goods are bitter: most likely, old flour was used. It is also possible that it was simply exposed to the sun's rays.
Recipe for bread made from whole grain flour with yeast in the oven
This is a simple and easy to prepare recipe. If you have never baked before, be sure to start with this one and you will succeed. The loaf turns out fluffy, soft and incredibly tasty!
Required Products:
- 450-500 g flour;
- 8 g yeast;
- 300 ml water;
- 3 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- 1 tbsp. Sahara;
- salt (to taste).
How to cook:
1. Sift 1/3 of the whole wheat flour into a small bowl. Add the yeast and sift again with the flour.
2. Pour in water at room temperature, add sugar and stir. Cover with a napkin and leave in a warm place for 15-20 minutes.
3. Mix the dough carefully. Add a pinch of salt, then pour in 1-2 tbsp. vegetable oil. Mix everything again with a spoon or spatula.
4. Add the remaining flour little by little. Knead the dough with a spatula, then with your hands on the table. Pour 1 tbsp onto the dough. olive oil and knead thoroughly.
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The dough should not be too tight, but also not stick to your hands. Therefore, look at the consistency, you may need 450 g of flour.
5. Place in a deep bowl, cover with a napkin and leave to rise for 25-30 minutes. After this, knead it thoroughly again.
6. Roll the dough into a ball. Place in a greased baking dish. Cover with a napkin and leave for another 15 minutes.
7. When the dough has risen, dust the top with flour and make a couple of longitudinal cuts. Bake for 25-30 minutes in the oven at 200 degrees.
The bread turns out soft, with a crispy crust. If you wish, you can add more flax seeds or sesame seeds.
The benefits of whole grain flour
In this article we will talk about how to bake bread from whole grain flour in the oven, what recipes you can use.
Whole grain flour is made from whole grains and contains bran, unlike so-called white flour, which is made from only part of the grain after removing the outer shell and germ from it by cleaning and grinding.
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The grain shell contains vitamins B and E, fiber, minerals, proteins, microelements, including iron and manganese.
This flour has a richer taste and a yellowish tint. Well suited for baking pies, pancakes, pancakes, bread. Whole grain bread is healthier and more nutritious, although a little denser.
Regular consumption of products made from whole grain flour helps normalize digestion, has a positive effect on the functioning of the nervous system, affects the health of the skin and hair, improves metabolism, and removes toxins and waste from the body.
Bread made from whole grain flour in the oven with kefir without yeast
The peculiarity of this preparation is the use of sourdough. You can bake such healthy pastries without a special bread machine; a regular oven will do just fine. And it cooks in less than 1.5 hours. The product will have a characteristic sourness and will perfectly complement rich pork knuckle soup or thick stew.
Prepare:
- 0.5 kg whole grain wheat flour;
- 500 ml warm kefir;
- 1 tsp soda;
- 1 tbsp. olive oil;
- 1 tsp salt;
- a pinch of cumin and basil.
How to do:
1. Pour the flour into a bowl, add cumin, salt and basil. Mix everything.
2. Heat the kefir a little until warm and pour soda into it. Stir the kefir until bubbles appear.
3. Pour kefir into the flour and mix well with a spatula.
4. Pour oil into the dough and knead it again. As a result, it should easily form into a ball.
5. Place the formed piece on baking paper lightly sprinkled with flour. Cover the top with a damp towel and leave to proof for half an hour.
6. Place the risen dough in the oven and bake at 240 – 250 °C for about 15 minutes.
7. Then reduce the temperature to 150 °C and bake for another 15 minutes.
8. Do not remove the finished product from the oven for about 10 minutes.
The aroma of this yeast-free loaf will not be quite typical for wheat bread. The spices used will make it surprisingly distinctive. I highly recommend you try this combination. And then, when you master the basic recipes, you can experiment and add different spices and herbs.
Have you tried cooking rye bread in a frying pan? Just 15 minutes and the baked goods are ready. I recommend trying it!
Rye bread with soft cottage cheese. PP bread made from rye flour
A very convenient little bread that you can take with you to work. It is prepared using soft cottage cheese without additives (preferably low-fat, of course). You can add any additional ingredients to the dough - greens, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, nuts... In this recipe, I only lightly sprinkled the bun with sunflower seeds. Ingredients: Preparation:
Mix the egg, cottage cheese and salt. Add flour with baking powder and knead the dough.
You will have to stir it with a fork or spatula - it will stick to your hands mercilessly, but this is the right consistency. If you add more flour, the bread will be tough and too rough.
Wet your hands and transfer the dough to a silicone mat or baking paper. Give it a round shape. Decorate the top with seeds.
Place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees until ready.
The bread will turn a very beautiful golden brown color.
You can treat yourself!
The inside of the bread is soft and airy. The taste is just like regular store-bought bread, but the benefits are many times greater!
Homemade whole grain bread - sourdough recipe in the oven
This product contains 80% whole grain wheat flour and only 20% premium white flour. The baked goods will turn out not only healthy, but also quite delicate in taste, compared to products made from rye product. Plus, bread is rich in iron, fiber and other beneficial substances.
Ingredients:
- 30 g wheat starter;
- 100 g of premium wheat flour;
- 400 g whole grain wheat flour;
- 200 g wheat sourdough;
- 320 ml water;
- 10 g salt.
Step by step recipe:
1. Combine wheat starter, premium flour and 100 ml of water and mix. This dough should “ripen” for 8 hours.
2. After the specified period, place the dough in a bowl, pour 220 ml of water into it, and add salt.
3. Add whole grain flour to a bowl and knead the dough until it has an elastic consistency.
4. Form the dough into a ball, place it in a bowl greased with vegetable oil, cover with a damp towel and leave it to proof for 3 - 4 hours.
5. After the specified time, the dough will rise. Place it on a floured board and form into the desired shape.
6. Leave the dough for a second proofing for 1.5 hours.
7. Place the workpiece on baking paper and make cuts if desired.
8. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 - 200 °C for about 40 minutes.
Dough dough is always quite long. I advise you to simply try preparing the product in this way to compare the tastes of yeast and sponge bread. It is quite possible that you will like this option more than the already familiar bread with yeast.
What is whole grain bread
How to choose a healthy product in a store? Maybe you should pay attention to the names: “Health”, “Grain”, “Dietary”, “Cereal”? There is no guarantee that the benefits of whole grain bread come from fancy words. A guarantee can only be given by the fact that the product is baked from unrefined flour and contains active biological components and fiber, which helps the body work. It spares the pancreas, does not allow it to produce excess amounts of insulin, it should be used for diabetes and obesity.
Whole grain bread - calories
Wholemeal bread has a low calorie content because it contains a lot of fiber and ordinary water. If it is baked from wheat, then a hundred-gram piece can contain up to 250 kcal. Rye has especially low indicators, for example, Borodinsky has the fewest calories - 190. But sometimes, due to fats and additives, the calorie content of whole grain bread increases to 290 kcal. It can also be reduced (200 kcal per 100 g) if you add pieces of finely chopped vegetables to the dough. Such baked goods are even healthier and more beautiful - the photos show this well.
Whole grain bread - composition
Bread made from wallpaper flour can be sold everywhere. It is worth studying the list of constituent components, given that in the first place are those whose content is maximum. Whole grain bread sometimes includes cooking oil, hydrogenated vegetable oils, and margarine. They increase nutritional value. If the recipe for whole grain bread includes a lot of sweets that contribute to weight gain: sugar, sugar syrup, molasses, caramel, you should avoid the product. Salt is always added to bread products, but there should not be a lot of it.
The ratio of proteins, fats and carbohydrates (BJU) is as follows: if 100 g of product contains approximately 290 kcal, then carbohydrates - 52 g, protein - 8 g and fat only 4 g. Proteins are the building material for the body, carbohydrates and fats are the source energy, minerals provide metabolism. Fiber absorbs harmful substances and normalizes digestion. Vitamins B1, B2, PP and E normalize metabolism.
How to bake bread from whole grain wheat flour in a bread machine?
The dough here is kneaded without leaven; you can use regular quick-acting yeast. This type of baking takes a very long time to prepare – 3 hours. However, I strongly advise you to at least occasionally pamper your family with fresh rye bread.
