Wheat Milk and Honey Sandwich Loaf Bread
The Milk and Honey Sandwich Bread, a new addition to artisan bread making, offers a delightful twist to traditional loaves. This bread, with its light color and soft crumb, is perfect for sandwiches filled with avocado oil mayonnaise, fresh vegetables, and deli meats.
The process begins with soaking the flour, a step that improves digestibility, enhances flavor, and increases nutrient availability. Overnight soaking in a liquid like water or milk releases food enzymes and breaks down difficult-to-digest components, leading to bread that is easier to digest and more nutritious.
The dough is kneaded by hand for 10-15 minutes until it becomes smooth and elastic. It is then mixed with ½ cup softened salted butter, 1/3 cup honey, 2 tablespoons instant yeast, and 1 tablespoon fine sea salt. The recipe calls for a combination of 2 cups of bread flour and 3 ½ cups of whole wheat pastry flour.
The dough is allowed to rest at room temperature for at least 8 hours and up to 12 hours. During this period, the dough rises until it doubles in volume. After resting, the dough is split into two portions of approximately equal weight and placed into greased and floured loaf pans.
Each loaf is brushed with cream and sprinkled with rolled oats before baking. The loaves are baked at 400 F for 5 minutes, then the temperature is reduced to 350 F and baked for an additional 40-45 minutes or until the crust is dark brown and the bread reaches an internal temperature of 200 F.
Once baked, the loaves are allowed to cool in their pans for 5 minutes before being turned out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
This bread, when toasted in the morning, makes a delicious breakfast treat when spread with butter, honey, and cinnamon sugar. The author of this recipe, known for making staples like sprouted hummus, yogurt, mayonnaise, bone broth, and bread each week, has replaced the usual no-knead sourdough loaf with the Milk and Honey Sandwich Bread.
Soaking flour before making bread offers numerous benefits, making it a worthwhile step in the bread-making process. White whole wheat flour, made by grinding white wheat berries into flour, is a good choice for a homemade sandwich bread due to its light color, good flavor, soft crumb, and all the benefits of whole wheat flour.
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- For a healthier and more flavorful bread-making process, consider incorporating bone broth into your recipes, as it is among the staples of the author's lifestyle.
- Incorporating global-cuisines into your food-and-drink repertoire can be easy with recipes like the Milk and Honey Sandwich Bread, which offers a delightful twist to traditional loaves.
- If you're looking to further explore healthy-cooking and enhance your home-and-garden talents, try experimenting with baking bread using soaked flour, a technique that improves nutrient availability and digestibility.
- Expand your cooking skills by dabbling in various artisan bread making techniques, such as the soaking of whole grains, which is essential for creating quality loaves like the Milk and Honey Sandwich Bread.
