Sprouted Wheat Berry Flour, Grain Mills, and Bread

[tortoise]

After 2nd rise. I'm not liking the big air bubbles.

Then reshaped the loaf, and hope oven proofing is sufficient because its late and I'm tired.

 

[tortoise]

Closeup of odd texture

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Hmmmm...it is odd. Hoping for the best!

 

[baymule]

It looks good so far.

 

[tortoise]

Total fail! Way too much moisture. It was thick overbaked crust on top and bread pudding the rest of the way through. I hope my chickens appreciate it.

I will try letting the blendered wheat dough rest before I add yeast. I think it's going to take a lot more time to develop the dough. I need to try ways to reduce moisture. I don't want to dehydrate the wheat berries. I could try using the blender instead of food processor bowl and try using less liquid. I could try letting it rise on my counter instead of my bread machine - it would take longer and lose more moisture.

 

[CrealCritter]

Total fail! Way too much moisture. It was thick overbaked crust on top and bread pudding the rest of the way through. I hope my chickens appreciate it.

I will try letting the blendered wheat dough rest before I add yeast. I think it's going to take a lot more time to develop the dough. I need to try ways to reduce moisture. I don't want to dehydrate the wheat berries. I could try using the blender instead of food processor bowl and try using less liquid. I could try letting it rise on my counter instead of my bread machine - it would take longer and lose more moisture.

Just a thought... Sprout, dry, then mill? Sprouts dry out in a few hours in direct sunlight. I think you might be on to something. Maybe some new health food craze or something.

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[baymule]

Did you try a bite of the crust? Since it was at least cooked, I would have had to try a bite of it. LOL You keep playing with it and you will figure it out.

@CrealCritter sprouted, dried wheat berries that are ground into flour is called spelt. You can buy it. @tortise is trying to make her own. Sprouting the wheat changes it, people that cannot eat wheat can often eat spelt with no issues.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I thought spelt was a different type of wheat... Gotta go Google lol.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Woo Hoo! My wheat is here!

 

[Britesea]

Spelt is an ancient grain. It was abandoned in favor of modern wheat because a) modern wheat has the highest yield per acre of all grains, I believe. and b) Spelt is much more difficult to thresh, (in fact, most spelt is organic because insects have a hard time breaking through the bran to get to the grain, making it unnecessary to apply pesticides