The Whole Earth Cracked Wheat Bread

Pour 2 cups boiling water over the cracked wheat. Add the honey reserving 1 teaspoon for later, salt and oil. Cool. Dissolve the yeast in 2/3 cup warm water and add the 1 teaspoon honey. Combine with the cooled cracked wheat mixture. Add the flour and mix thoroughly. Place in a buttered bowl and cover, let rise for 1 hour. Punch down and let rise for another 30 minutes. Punch down and turn out on a floured board. Knead well. Shape into 2 loaves and place in butter loaf pans. Bake at 350 until golden brown.


	\| home \| back to Recipes \| The Whole Earth Cracked Wheat Bread 2 2/3 C Water 1 1/2 C Cracked Wheat 1/3 C plus 1 tsp. Honey 1 tsp Salt 2 Tbsp Oil 2 cakes yeast 2 1/2 C gluten and or/unbleached flour 3 C Whole-Wheat Flour Pour 2 cups boiling water over the cracked wheat. Add the honey reserving 1 teaspoon for later, salt and oil. Cool. Dissolve the yeast in 2/3 cup warm water and add the 1 teaspoon honey. Combine with the cooled cracked wheat mixture. Add the flour and mix thoroughly. Place in a buttered bowl and cover, let rise for 1 hour. Punch down and let rise for another 30 minutes. Punch down and turn out on a floured board. Knead well. Shape into 2 loaves and place in butter loaf pans. Bake at 350 until golden brown. Recipe featured in Bread Daily on 01/03/02.