Wholemeal bread
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Instructions
Tips
To ensure your homemade wholemeal and cracked wheat bread has a light and soft crumb, it must be properly proofed. It is important to proof the bread in a bowl or container that allows enough space for the dough to rise considerably during its first proofing. Using a flour-dusted, cloth-covered proofing basket made from materials like cane or terra-cotta will help the loaf keep its shape and may even give it decorative markings. Always remember to cover the dough during proofing to keep the surface from forming a skin or drying out.
Tips
Proofing dough twice gives the yeast in the dough even more time to work its magic. The second and final proofing helps ensure a more complex, flavourful loaf with an airier, chewier texture.
Tips
In addition to proofing the cracked wheat bread properly, also remember to soak the cracked wheat. The longer they soak, the softer they get. If you want more texture in the bread, save a handful that you will not soak and add it with the rest of the ingredients, giving the cracked wheat bread a crunchier and more complex structure.
Questions about wholemeal bread
With this recipe for wholemeal and cracked wheat bread, you will always want to have a loaf on hand. Read on to learn more about the delicious brown bread by checking out our answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about this popular type of bread.
Ingredients
Wholemeal bread:
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Water
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300 ml |
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Cracked wheat grains
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200 g |
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Butter
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25 g |
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Milk
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400 ml |
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Quark 0.3%
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200 ml |
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Yeast
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25 g |
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Sugar
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1 tsp |
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Coarse salt
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2 tsp |
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Fine wholemeal flour
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700 g |
Brushing:
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Water
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Garnish:
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Fine wholemeal flour
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700 g |
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Wholemeal bread with cracked wheat
Our wholemeal and cracked wheat bread recipe allows you to bake a beautiful, flour-dusted artisan bread that is sure to impress and delight friends and family alike. While the crust of the flavourful loaf is crunchy, the crumb is soft and tender. The crumb is given a complex texture by the addition of cracked wheat. The use of both wholemeal flour and cracked wheat makes this rustic loaf a treat that may be enjoyed in many ways both for sweet and savoury snacks and meals.
Why you should make cracked wheat bread
Cracked wheat, which is made by cracking whole, raw wheat berries, is full of flavour, making for a cracked wheat bread with a distinct yet mild nutty flavour. In addition to giving the bread a delicious flavour, it also makes the soft and tender crumb more interesting as it gives it a nice chewy texture. A recipe for cracked wheat bread with wholemeal such as ours yields a delicious loaf with a substantial bite that you will want to bake again and again.
Enjoy a soft and mild bread
The best wholemeal bread recipe yields a delicious and highly versatile loaf of bread. Luckily, ours is no exception. The tender yet tight crumb and mild taste of this wholemeal and cracked wheat bread make the loaves perfect for several uses. This essentially means you can enjoy your wholemeal and cracked wheat bread any time of day.
In the morning, you can relish in a slice with butter, cheese, or homemade jam like our beautiful and vibrant plum jam or blackberry jam. At lunch, you can use slices of wholemeal and cracked wheat bread to make yourself a delicious sandwich with lunchmeats or vegetables, for instance, a tasty club sandwich. And in the evening, you can enjoy the bread as a side to hearty meals like stews and soups; for example, our potato soup is a classic option that goes perfectly with brown wholemeal bread.
Shake things up with seeds and nuts
You can easily experiment with our soft wholemeal bread recipe by adding different seeds and nuts to give it even more texture. You cannot go wrong with a classic seed mix with pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, and linseeds. Adding some of these to the dough itself and sprinkling the rest on top will give your loaves even more deliciously nutty flavours, an additional crunchy texture, as well as an enticing appearance.
If you decide to add nuts to this wholemeal and cracked wheat bread, nuts such as walnut, hazelnut, almond, pecan, or a combination of the four, are quite tasty. The nuts add a substantial crunchiness to the crumb as well as a slight sweetness or bitterness, depending on which nuts you decide to go for. You can also add raisins, as these are also delicious with the nuts, wholemeal, and cracked wheat.
With added seeds and nuts, this wholemeal and cracked wheat bread is still well-suited to savoury and sweet toppings alike so there is no need to not experiment with adding both to the dough and the top!
