Whole wheat bread from sponge

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 ounces White bread flour
10 ounces Whole-wheat flour
1¼ cup Water
1 teaspoon Yeast
1 tablespoon Malted milk
½ cup Oats
2 tablespoons Powdered milk
1½ tablespoon Oil

Directions

Preset machine to WW regular about 15 min before sponge is mixed. Sponge: Warm water, yeast (sprinkled on top, mixed in) with 4oz bread flour with about ¼ cup ww flour. Pour into machines basket. Put in flour next followed by rest of ingredents. Rise time for sponge is about 15-20 min.

ÒI thought the texture of the white bread was a tad too course. So I tried making a sponge with the water, about 4oz of flour, 1 Tbs malt and yeast.

Let rise 15min, pour in and add rest of ingredients. Worked like a charm.

Very light and fluffy with even, small holes.

In moving to a more whole wheat bread, I've tried to use the same technique, but with the whole wheat setting. This has a 30 min rest before mixing the ingredients and lets the bread rise/rest three times. I let the sponge rise 15 min by choosing the WW setting ahead of time.Ó >From: mark.stephens@... (mark stephens) From: Bread-Bakers Archives: ftp.best.com/pub/reggie/archives/bread/recipe

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