Cracked Wheat Bread

Name: Cracked Wheat Bread
Ingredients: ⅓ cup whole wheat flour; 1 tablespoon gluten; 2½ teaspoons SAF yeast or 1 tablespoon bread machine yeast; 2½ teaspoons SAF yeast or 1 tablespoon bread machine yeast; 1 cup boiling water; ⅔ cup cracked wheat or bulgur; ⅔ cup cracked wheat or bulgur; ¼ cup molasses; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter or margarine, cut into pieces; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter or margarine, cut into pieces; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 cup water; 3½ cups bread flour; ½ cup whole wheat flour; 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon gluten; 1 tablespoon SAF yeast or 1 tablespoon plus ½ teaspoon bread machine yeast; 1 tablespoon SAF yeast or 1 tablespoon plus ½ teaspoon bread machine yeast; ¾ cup boiling water; 2⅔ cups bread flour; ¾ cup water; 1½ teaspoons salt; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or margarine, cut into pieces; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or margarine, cut into pieces; 3 tablespoons molasses; ½ cup cracked wheat or bulgur; ½ cup cracked wheat or bulgur

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook

By Beth Hensperger

Published 2000

About

Cracked wheat bread is an often-requested recipe, a favorite yeast bread. This loaf has no dairy products aside from the butter, but you’d never know it. This is a bread that will convert you to this style of whole-grain baking.

Ingredients

1½-Pound Loaf

¾ cup boiling water
½ cup cracked wheat or bulgur
3

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Pour the boiling water over the cracked wheat in a bowl. Add the molasses, butter, and salt. Let stand 1 hour at room temperature to soften.
Place the ingredients in the pan according to the order in the manufacturer’s instructions, adding the cracked wheat mixture and the additional water as the liquid ingredients. Set crust on medium and program for the Basic