{"id":4167,"date":"2014-08-04T17:30:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T21:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=4167"},"modified":"2014-08-04T17:30:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T21:30:39","slug":"q-and-a-whole-wheat-bread-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2014\/08\/04\/q-and-a-whole-wheat-bread-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: whole wheat bread recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whole wheat bread recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cry for help! I have and am a huge fan of Jackie Clay’s Pantry Cookbook. The whole wheat bread recipe on page 120 is giving me fits. I have looked far and wide for a decent all whole wheat flour recipe and I’m sure this fits the bill if done right. I have followed the recipe to the letter and still the dough is so sticky I have to put it on a cookie sheet in round loaves with spoons. I have tried adding flour so it is less sticky as suggested but I usually end up with a brick and have used 8 or even 9 cups of flour. What am I doing wrong? <\/em><\/p>\n

Gretchen Falkenburg<\/em>
\nCochranton, Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n

Okay Gretchen, I made up a batch of that whole wheat bread last night, just to be sure it’s not the recipe. (I haven’t been making\/eating a lot of bread lately as I’m trying to cut down some weight and we LOVE our homemade bread.) I used the recipe right to the dot. This recipe makes a sticky “batter” that’s thicker than a regular batter as you can “kind of” knead it but your fingers will get sticky. Most folks just mix it well with a spoon and let it rise in the bowl, covered. When it’s risen, the dough is much less sticky and with lightly-oiled fingers you can minimally knead and shape it. I made mine into a single loaf and let it rise until a bit more than doubled (it keeps the whole wheat bread much lighter).<\/p>\n

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It rose wonderfully and I baked it. (When you bake any pure whole wheat bread, bake a little longer than recommended. If the crust starts to get too brown, cover it with aluminum foil. Pure whole wheat bread is quite dense and if you under-bake it the center will still be doughy when the outside looks perfect.) As you can see, it looks great and I ate two slices last night while it was hot and another two this morning — can’t help myself! So don’t add more than the recommended amount of flour. I added 5\u00bd cups for a middle-of-the-road amount. You don’t want it like “regular” bread dough. It will be sticky. I hope this helps with your next batch. Good luck. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whole wheat bread recipe Cry for help! I have and am a huge fan of Jackie Clay’s Pantry Cookbook. The whole wheat bread recipe on page 120 is giving me fits. I have looked far and wide for a decent all whole wheat flour recipe and I’m sure this fits the bill if done right. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}