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Wheat Bread Recipe | Whole Wheat Bread Recipe | 100% Wholemeal Bread (Atta Bread)

Aarthi
Soft and Healthy Whole Wheat Bread Recipe with Step by Step Pictures and video. This 100% wholemeal bread is perfect recipe for beginner bread bakers and it is made with wheat flour, milk powder, honey, milk, yeast and water. Easy to make wheat bread which turns out soft and is perfect for making sandwiches or toast. Check this perfect brown bread & white bread which can be made in less than 2 hours.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Bread
Cuisine Indian
Servings 12 servings
Calories 163 kcal

Equipment

  • Stand Mixer or Mixing Bowl
  • Measuring Cups & Spoons or Measuring Scale
  • 1 Loaf tin Cake tin Bread Mould Rectangular Loaf Pan Size 25 x 11,5 x 7cm
  • OTG or Oven
  • Silipat Sheets

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup Warm Milk (120 ml)
  • 2 teaspoon Dry yeast
  • 3 tablespoon Honey or Sugar
  • ⅓ cup Dry Milk powder (40 grams)
  • 3 cups Whole Wheat Flour (360 grams) plus more if needed
  • 2 teaspoon Salt
  • ¾ cup Warm Water (180 ml)
  • 3 tablespoon Butter

Instructions
 

  • Grease a loaf pan with some butter. My loaf pan size is 25 x 11,5 x 7cm.
  • Take ½ cup warm milk into the bowl of the stand mixer. Make sure the milk is around 100°–110°F (luke warm) which is the ideal temperature for dry yeast. Don't use too hot milk else the yeast will die. Now you have to use some kind of sweetener. I used 3 tablespoon of honey for making this bread. You can use sugar as well. But honey works great in this recipe. Now take 2 teaspoon of dry yeast. Sprinkle yeast over the warm milk. Once yeast is added into the milk, allow it to activate for few minutes. In around 5 minutes, the mixture will look foamy and bubbly. This means the yeast is activated.
  • Now to the active yeast mixture. Add in milk powder. I used around ⅓ cup of dry milk powder. Now add in whole wheat flour and salt into the stand mixer bowl. This is store bought whole wheat flour. Now that all ingredients is added into the stand mixer. Place the bowl in the stand mixer and start kneading.
  • Once the dough starts to mix, pour in warm water into the stand mixer while the machine is mixing. Make sure the water is warm and not hot. Once the dough starts to come together. Add in 3 tablespoon of soft butter into the dough and continue mixing. Knead the dough for 10 minutes, The dough will look smooth and the butter would have incorporated into the dough.
  • I removed the dough to a work surface. The dough will look soft and supple. Shape the dough into a smooth ball like shape. This is pre shaping, it allows the dough to rise more evenly and smoothly. Place the dough into the slightly greased stand mixer bowl. Cover the bowl using a kitchen towel and allow the dough to rise for 1 to 2 hours in a warm spot so it doubles in size.
  • Remove the proofed dough into the work surface with smooth surface facing down. Flatten it evenly similar to the size of the loaf pan.Start rolling and tucking the dough more tightly. Shape it into a loaf like. I like to keep the loaf pan near me as a guide. Once you invert the dough it should look like this with a smooth top. Place the shaped loaf bread into a greased loaf pan. I grease it with some soft butter. Once the dough is placed inside the loaf pan, cover it loosely with a kitchen towel. Allow the loaf pan to rise for 1 hour till it is almost doubled in size. The bread should rise 1 inch above the rim of the loaf pan.
  • While the bread was proofing. Preheat oven to 180 degree C | 356 degree F just 10 minutes before baking. Once the dough has proofed, place it inside the oven and bake for 32 to 35 minutes in the centre rack of the oven. If you find the bread is getting too dark on top, you can tent it (cover loosely) with aluminium foil and continue baking.
  • Once the bread is baked, remove it from oven. Let the bread cool for 10 minutes in the pan. After 10 minutes, remove the bread from loaf pan and allow it to cool for at least 2 to 3 hours. Once the bread is completely cooled. Slice and serve.

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Notes

  • Activating yeast before adding is important. The yeast should turn foamy. If the yeast is not activated then the bread won't rise.  If you use instant yeast, then you can add it straight to the wheat flour. Don't need to activate it separately. 
  • Don't over bake it, if you do then the bread will get hard.
  • You can add sugar instead of honey to the dough.
  • Milk powder is essential for the soft wheat bread. So don't skip it. 
  • You can use oil or margarine instead of butter, but butter adds better flavour. 
  • If you don't have stand mixer, you can use a mixing bowl. If you are kneading it by hand, you might need to knead it for longer time. 
  • Knead the dough for 10 minutes till it turns soft and supple. 
  • If your dough looks sticky, you can sprinkle more wheat flour. 

1)How to Activate Yeast?

One of the questions which I often get is Why my bread is not rising. Why my dough is not doubling up. Why my bread is dense.
  • Take warm water in a bowl. Use Luke warm water. Dip your finger in the water and it should be very warm. Just like a warm bath water.
  • sprinkle little sweetness like sugar, honey. Because yeast loves warm and sweet environment.
  • now sprinkle yeast over it. I use dry yeast.
  • leave aside for 5 mins to activate. The yeast mix should be bubbly and foamy. This means yeast is activated.

2)Why my yeast is not activating or looking foamy?

There is 3 reason for your yeast not activating. You must have added yeast to too hot water so the yeast h

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingsCalories: 163kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 6gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 433mgPotassium: 192mgFiber: 3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 179IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 66mgIron: 1mg
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