I’ve been trying the following Jennie Shapter recipe for light wholemeal bread, it’s taken from her recent book ‘The Ultimate Bread Machine Cookbook,’ but I’m getting nowhere with it.
•280mls/10fl oz/ 1¼ cups water.
•250g/9ozs/2¼ cups of wholemeal (whole-wheat) bread flour
•125g/4½ ozs/generous 1 cup white bread flour.
•15mls/1tbsp skimmed milk powder
•7.5ml/1½ tsp salt
•7.5ml/1½ tsp granulated sugar
•20g/ ¾ oz/1½ tbsp butter
•5ml/1tsp easy bake (rapid rise) dried yeast
I worked this recipe a few times exactly as laid out in the book but found that each time I tried it the bread collapsing in the centre.
My immediate thought was that there was to much water in the recipe so I reduced the quantity of water from 10 fl oz of water to 8fl oz water. The bread still collapses, though perhaps not just as much.
I’m puzzling over what to do next. Perhaps a little less salt, say 1tsp and let the sugar do a little bit more work? Or maybe a bit more yeast say 1½ tsp?
Anyone tried the recipe? Did it come right for you? Or did you have to tweak it and if so how? I’d be delighted to hear your views on the recipe. Or maybe you have a wholemeal recipe you’d care to share. Either way I’d love to hear from you.
Kevin
3 teas dry active yeast – is that not a bit over the top?
gassybug - said
September 19 2010 @ 04:37
Sometimes you need to try a different recipe so you can see if its you, or the recipe it self hope this works good luck Ingredients:
3 teas dry active yeast
1-1/2 cup warm water
2 teas brown, raw or rapadura sugar
1 teas salt
1 T oil
2 T gluten flour
3 cups wholemeal flour
1/4 cup oat bran (if you don’t have oat bran use wholemeal flour instead)
.Instructions:
Measure all the ingredients into the bread maker, in the order listed or according to your bread maker’s instructions.
Set the bread maker to the whole wheat cycle, with a medium crust and press start. Note the time in the display window and just make sure you are there to take the bread out when it’s finished.
Baker’s Notes:
My favorite way to eat this is toasted, with butter and honey, or homemade plum jam with apple and cinnamon. As an accompaniment to soups it’s beautiful just toasted with butter or avocado.