BM# 68-Cooking Carnival: Day 3
Theme for Week 1: Recipes using Ancient Grains flour blend
Dish: Ancient Grains Sandwich Bread
I usually offer a slice of freshly baked bread to my kids so they can have a taste. Generally they take that slice and they are done. But for this bread, they came back for seconds and thirds — which is unusual in itself but what’s more unusual is that my picky 3 year old came back for more too.
It has an earthy taste and lends itself beautifully to sandwiches and with the exceptional texture, it is great even toasted. All in all a great homemade bread that is easy to put together and tastes awesome.
Recipe from King Arthur Flour:
- 2 cups Bread flour Unbleached
- 1½ cups Wholewheat flour
- ½ cup flour Ancient Grains blend (homemade or store-bought)
- 2½ tsps Yeast Instant
- 1½ tsps Salt
- ¼ cup milk Nonfat dry
- 1 tbsp Wheat Vital gluten
- ¾ ~ 1 cups water Lukewarm
- ½ cup Orange juice
- 2 tbsps Oil
- 2 tbsps Honey
- Combine all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl or the bowl of the stand mixer. Mix and knead to make a smooth dough. Dough will be slightly sticky.
- Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover and let rise for about 1 hour or until the dough is doubled in volume.
- Turn out the dough onto a lightly greased surface, shape into a log and place it in a 8½"x4½" loaf pan. Cover and let rise for another 1 hour or until it crests about 1" over the rim of the pan.
- Towards the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Bake the bread for 35~40 minutes or until the interior registers 190°F on a digital thermometer.
- Remove from the oven onto a cooling rack. Cool completely before slicing.
Week 1 Recipes with Ancient Grains Flour:
Day 1: Ancient Grains Pancakes
Day 2: Ancient Grains Sourdough Bread
Day 3: Ancient Grains Sandwich Bread
This bread has an awesome crumb texture Pavani. No wonder kids loved it..
Bread has came out perfect and am loving this pale color breads with ancient grains.
u r a pro here , this one looks as good as regular whole wheat bread…nice one
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Stunning loaf of bread, Pavani. The play of light in the pictures is amazing.
Such a perfect looking loaf of bread this is!
Perfectly baked loaf Pavani and got a lovely texture..
This looks super perfect.. I got to try your ancient grain bread recipes.. amazing clicks pavani.
Wow! what a delicious crumb you have here Pavani.Its beautiful.
Omg, wat a beautiful loaf, absolutely am in love with crust and crumb of this bread.
Perfectly baked bread….tempted to make it….bookmarked
I always look forward for your recipes! Loved the bread for sandwiches and truly an inspiring series with ancient grains. I should make my blend soon.
perfectly sliced and baked ! such a hearty loaf there ! well done 🙂
The bread looks awesome , real rustic . It has a amazing texture and if the kids came for extra helpings I know why . 😊
That looks awesome pavani! It’s been long since baked bread at home. Feel like baking after seeing this loaf😀
perfectly baked sandwich bread.
This bread looks simply divine and so tempting. Not surprising your kids came for seconds and thirds!
Ancient grains sandwich bread looks so soft and healthy.
i thought this blend would do wonders to sandwiches…and your bread has indeed got a lovely texture
That bread has an amazing texture and love the light and shade effect in the images.