100% Whole Wheat Country Loaf
This delicious crusty whole wheat loaf is perfect for beginner bread bakers. This 3 hr recipe will wow your loved ones and quickly become a household favorite.
Ingredients
- 420 g warm water 14.8 oz
- 16 g olive oil 1 T
- 50 g honey
- 10 g instant yeast
- 500 g whole wheat flour
- 10 g salt
Instructions
- If milling your flour, weigh your wheat berries and mill your berries on the finest setting.
- Mix warm water, oil, honey, yeast and half of your flour together. Once fully mixed, let sit for 30 minutes or until you start to see bubbles form.
- Once your sponge looks nice and bubbly, add in the rest of the flour and salt. Stir with a dutch whisk or wooden spoon.
- Cover your wet, shaggy dough and let it rest of for 15 minutes.
- Now uncover your dough and perform a series of stretch and folds. You do this by picking up the side of the dough, stretching it up, and then folding it over to the other side of the bowl. Repeat this four times, turning your bowl slighty each time.
- Cover your dough, which will still be shaggy, and let it sit for another 15 minutes.
- Repeat another series of stretch and folds and you should start to see your dough coming together.
- Cover and let it rise for 1 1/2 hrs. It should double in size.
- Right before your rise time is up, preheat your oven to 480 F with your dutch oven inside. It will remain in the oven with the lid on until the dough is ready to bake.
- Now shape your dough into a tight ball shape and place it on a sheet of parchment or a dough sling seam side down.
- Cover with towel and let sit for 30 minutes.
- Score with a sharp knife or lame. Lower into your hot dutch oven.
- Bake for 25 minutes with lid on and then remove the lid and let bake for an addition 5-10 minutes. Should reach an internal temperture of 200 degrees.
- Remove from oven and enjoy:)