Whole Wheat Bread made from Wheat Berries
Get wheat berries at the health food store or local co- op, or build your own co-op (see Arrowhead Mills link below)
Grind berries according to consistency you’d like in a bread, I prefer coarse. I use my kitchen aid mill attachment for grinding. It has steel blades. I used to use an antique coffee grinder that was my Grandmother’s.
(From the depression era)
Ah, toast! One is walnut wheat, one is coconut wheat. Yum Yum!
You can make it coarse or fine or in between. I also sometimes grind steel cut oats and mix with the flour.
1/2 Cup of warm water
2 ¼ Cup milk
(use whole or low fat, coconut milk,or whatever you like. I normally use whole milk)
1 Tablespoon honey (I use fireweed)
2 teaspoons salt (sea salt is my preference)
heat to 90 degrees ( body temp)..add
2 pkg yeast. Stir well
Let yeast dissolve
Then add 6 2/3 cups sifted (or 5 ¾ cups unsifted)
whole wheat flour.
Knead until completely mixed, cover and let rise in a warm place 20 minutes until doubled.
Knead (I use my mixer) but you can knead by hand, 10 minutes until it is a nice texture, springy, tough.
(if you want to add ingredients, this is when you do that, raisins, coconut, dates, sunflowers, walnuts, whatever you like.
Flatten and roll into loaves and put into baking pans, let rise one inch above pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.
Arrow Head Mills Get your own co-op together, and begin making your own whole grain products.
