100% whole wheat flour bread

[witchypoo]

whenever i make 100% wheat bread, i usually end up with a brick.  i typically have to cut w/white flour to get a loaf worth eating.

i am trying a new recipe this evening; if it works out, great!  but if it does not, i will need a good whole wheat recipe.  do any of you have a good one?

[merigayle]

hmmm. not sure i have ever made 100% whole wheat.

[nadra24]

Do you add wheat gluten? I don't have a recipe, but I can check with my mom.  I am pretty sure she cuts her wheat flour with white, but she may have changed that recently.  I will find out.

[witchypoo]

no gluten.

i used a poolish with this new recipe, and it seems to have done the trick.

[merigayle]

poolish?

[witchypoo]

pre-ferment

[merigayle]

pre-ferment

as in you let the dough pre ferment before baking?

[witchypoo]

a poolish is a type of starter. 

[merigayle]

a poolish is a type of starter.

ah, gotcha. i have no idea beyond basic bread making. Still patting myself on the back for making monkey bread from scratch last weekend, although it took 3+ hours.

[merigayle]

just saw this on pinterest http://homemadebyjaci.com/simple-trick-for-light-fluffy-whole-wheat-bread/

[witchypoo]

just saw this on pinterest http://homemadebyjaci.com/simple-trick-for-light-fluffy-whole-wheat-bread/

the ratio of yeast to water to flour to honey in this recipe is similar to the recipe i used.  i'm interested in his idea re: salt. 

[merigayle]

Try it and report back

[caribougrrl]

Interesting.  I stopped putting salt in whole wheat bread, but I might try his knead-the-salt in trick to see if it works, because bread really needs a bit of salt to make it right.