Honey Wheat Berry Bread

Name: Honey Wheat Berry Bread
Ingredients: 1½ cups whole wheat flour; 1½ tablespoons gluten; 1½ teaspoons salt; 2½ teaspoons SAF yeast or 1 tablespoon bread machine yeast; 2½ teaspoons SAF yeast or 1 tablespoon bread machine yeast; 1¼ cups water; 1 cup of the cooked and cooled wheat berries; 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, cut into pieces; 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, cut into pieces; ¼ cup honey; 2 cups bread flour; 2 cups whole wheat flour; 2 tablespoons gluten; 2 teaspoons salt; 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; 3 tablespoons honey; 1½ cups bread flour; 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, cut into pieces; 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, cut into pieces; 1 cup water; ⅔ cup of the cooked and cooled wheat berries; 3 tablespoons light or dark brown sugar; 1⅓ cups water; ¾ cup wheat berries; 3 tablespoons light or dark brown sugar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook

By Beth Hensperger

Published 2000

About

Wheat berry bread is a standard in every whole grain baker’s repertoire. Cook the wheat berries with light or dark brown sugar. This is a chewy, dark bread that is a slow riser.

Ingredients

1½-Pound Loaf

¾ cup wheat berries
3 tablespoons light or dark brown sugar

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Combine the wheat berries, sugar, and 1⅓ cups water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and partially cover. Simmer for 1 hour, until firm-chewy and slightly tender. Remove the mixture from the heat and let stand until room temperature, about 4 hours. You will have about 1⅓ cups cooked wheat berries.
Place all the ingredients in the pan