Tag Archives: whole grain breads

Can You Help with Nordic Bread Recipes?

After some time being off this blog, I would like to delve into certain whole grain breads. I am looking for authentic Nordic Bread recipes – whole grain only.  Do you know of any?  Do you have any?  Would you share?  … Continue reading

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Memorable Whole Wheat English Muffins

Ron wanted English muffins, so I decided to try these. Same as any other bread, right? Not really. The two biggest things I noticed was first, that the rise time on these English muffins is really short, so you have … Continue reading

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Walnut & Cranberry Whole Grain Rye Bread

Another rye bread. Are you beginning to think we like rye bread? You’re absolutely right – and especially homemade rye bread. While I made a few changes, the recipe was based on the Dark Rye Bread recipe in 100 Great Breads by Paul … Continue reading

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Whole Grain High Protein Bread with Pepitas and Walnuts

Working at revving up the protein content of my bread – while keeping a good, solid structure in the slices – lead me to develop this loaf. Pepitas are sunflower seeds (bought at Trader Joe’s) with 9 grams of protein … Continue reading

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An Old Fashion Whole Grain Rye Bread

This past week I made an old-fashion rye bread, Pain Bouillie, modified from Ingram and Shapter’s The Bread Bible, page 158.   Directions with my modifications: Soaker: 2 cups rye flour 1 ¾ cups boiling water 1 tsp blue agave … Continue reading

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Yeast Bread with Spelt, Whole Wheat, & Mesquite Flours

This has been a week of revisiting recipes that I’ve already grown to be very fond of. Last week I made Whole Grain Bread Using Spelt & Mesquite, which we quite liked. However, one problem came up later – the … Continue reading

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Oatmeal Raisin Quick Bread

I found a recipe for an oatmeal bread, Laudate Oatmeal Bread (page 229), that it looked like fun to try in Brother Victor-Antoine d’Avila-Latourrette’s The Pure Joy of Monastery Cooking. I just found the cookbook at Borders this past week … Continue reading

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Walnut Boule with Stoneground Wheat Flour

I am in New York and found a beautiful walnut boule with stone ground wheat flour – NO white bread – at the delightful restaurant/bakery Le Pain Quotidien in Manhattan.  I ate it with butter only and found it to … Continue reading

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A Spanish Country Bread with whole wheat, barley, and corn

This week I wanted to try another recipe from The Bread Bible by Ingram and Shapter: Pan de Cebada (page 187), which the authors describe as a Spanish country bread made with whole wheat, corn meal, and barley flour. Since … Continue reading

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A Simple 100% Whole Wheat Bread

I mentioned in the past that a major motivator for my baking with whole grains is that I have a diabetic family member.  As anyone who is diabetic knows, simple, refined carbohydrates are discouraged.  Complex carbohydrates and foods with a … Continue reading

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