100% Whole Wheat Walnut Loaf

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    One

    9½ by 5 by 4⅛ inch high loaf
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      10 min

Appears in

By Rose Levy Beranbaum

Published 2014

  • About

This is my best whole wheat bread. It is healthful, wheaty, full of flavor, and has a great texture. It is also an excellent bread when made without the walnuts. The walnut oil, however, produces a more mellow flavor and a slightly higher rise. Sliced thin, this bread is an ideal accompaniment to cheese, especially to blue cheese.

Ingredients

Dough Starter

Sponge

VOLUME WEIGHT
water

Method

Make the Dough Starter

Sponge

In a large bowl, or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk beater, place the water, honey, flour, and yeast. Whisk until very smooth to incorporate air, about 3 minutes. The dough starter will be the consistency of a thin batter. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.

If using the Bread Ma