The whole wheat bread is a leavened product rich in fiber, soft and fragrant, a great substitute or alternative to pasta. It is prepared in a short time and once baked it keeps for several days, and just a quick warming brings it back to being like freshly baked! This bread is amazing on its own but also combined with both savory and sweet items, perfect also for creating croutons and bruschettas, a tip: try it dipped in cappuccino! But enough talk, let’s get our hands dirty with dough!
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Rest time: 8 Hours
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: One loaf
- Cooking methods: Electric oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients to make delicious and easy whole wheat bread!
- 4 1/4 cups whole wheat flour (plus extra for the work surface)
- 1 1/2 cups water (at room temperature)
- 2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tsps fine salt
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1 packet dry yeast
Tools to make the recipe
- Stand Mixer
- Kitchen Scale
- Bowl
- Plastic Wrap
- Work Surface
- Parchment Paper
- Bread Scorer
Whole Wheat Bread Preparation and Baking
Weigh the ingredients and place them in the stand mixer bowl in this order: flour, salt and quick mix, sugar, yeast, water and oil.
Attach the dough hook to the stand mixer and run it at speed 2 for 12 minutes, then turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and shape it into a ball.
Place the dough in the bowl and cover with plastic wrap, place in the turned-off and closed oven to rise until doubled (about 3/4 hours depending on external temperatures).
Once the dough has doubled, place it on the work surface, work it quickly giving it the shape of a loaf and place it on the oven tray with parchment paper, then again in the closed and turned-off oven to rise until doubled.
Once the whole wheat bread has doubled in volume, remove the tray from the oven and preheat it to 428°F, once at temperature, make a lengthwise cut on the bread surface (with the appropriate tool) and bake, let cook for 35/40 minutes, at the end of cooking the bread should be golden on the surface.
Once the whole wheat bread is well cooked, remove it from the oven and let it cool completely on a rack before cutting it.
