Beginner's Bread Recipe Please

[ElizabethB]

All,

I am primarily a savory and do not have a lot of baking experience.

It will be 6 months before my husband can have bread, pasta or risotto in small quantities. When he can have those goodies I want to make my own bread.

I am hoping you can give me some advice. I would prefer 100% whole Wheat or Whole Grain, low sugar and a recipe that can be cut for smaller portions or a dough that can be frozen.

I know that is asking for a lot but I am working with some serious dietary restrictions.

With all of the culinary talent on this forum I am really looking forward to your suggestions.

BTW - I do not have a stand mixer or any other specialized bread making equipment. I do have loaf pans.

Thank you.

 

[Elawin]

I have posted one of my favourite wholemeal loaf recipes here https://www.cookingbites.com/threads/classic-wholemeal-loaf.10720/

I usually make the dough in a bread maker (steps 1-3), and finish by hand, but it is fairly easy to do completely by hand. Don't be tempted to use all wholemeal flour - doing this produces a heavy loaf.

 

[ElizabethB]

Elawin - Thank you for the recipe.

Can the dough be divided into smaller portions and frozen for later use? If so, at what point in the process?

I have never baked bread before so I am clueless about the entire process.

Because of my husband's dietary restrictions I do not want to bake large loaves. When he is allowed to eat bread it will be only occasionally and small portions.

I stored the recipe in my favorites list.

again!

Keep those recipes coming.

 

[ElizabethB]

400 g strong wholemeal bread flour
100 g strong white bread flour

What do you mean by "strong"?

 

[Elawin]

Elawin - Thank you for the recipe.

Can the dough be divided into smaller portions and frozen for later use? If so, at what point in the process?

I have never baked bread before so I am clueless about the entire process.

Because of my husband's dietary restrictions I do not want to bake large loaves. When he is allowed to eat bread it will be only occasionally and small portions.

I stored the recipe in my favorites list.

again!

Keep those recipes coming.

I bake the loaves or rolls first. They thaw out quite quickly. You could of course always slice the bread and then freeze it. When I make two smaller loaves, one of them lasts me two to three days and stays quite fresh in an airtight container ( a large plastic sweet container), so only one actually gets frozen.

 

[Elawin]

What do you mean by "strong"?

It's bread flour as opposed to plain all-purpose flour.

 

[ElizabethB]

 

[Morning Glory]

This recipe is similar to how I make wholemeal bread except that I use a tbsp of oil not butter and I don't use sugar.

 

[Elawin]

@ElizabethB
I made the dough with the exact ingredients, and made two small loaves out of it. To give you an idea of the crumb, the cut loaf is approx. 2 1/8 inches high where I sliced it.