My lover aka husband
loves loves when I make him homemade bread ..
I do believe any bread that I make him from scratch is gonna be healthier than any bread brought from
a store..
I infuse my love into the ingredients... this is my pleasure
when I see the Joy it brings him when he eats it*
The slits in the bread...I made with a knife in the dough before sticking it in the oven* an attempt to make it artsy*
This is the recipe
ORGANIC SPROUTED SPELT BREAD
Ingredients:
- 3 Cups Organic Sprouted Spelt Flour
- 2 1/4 tsp yeast
- 1 tsp Himalayan Sea Salt
- 3 Tbsp Organic Olive Oil
- 1 Tbsp Organic Coconut Sugar/ or Organic Cane Sugar
- 1 cup Warm Water
- 1 Tsp Organic Butter to put in bread tin to prevent sticking
Instructions:
Place 3 Cups Organic Sprouted Spelt Flour in a vessel that is big enough to work knead your bread in..., go over flour with a whisk making sure that all lumps of flour are broken and flour is smooth....evenly distribute 1 tsp himalayan sea salt over flour
Pour 3 Tbps Organic Olive Oil..onto flour ...I pour oil over separate places on the flour to try to distribute evenly
In 1 cup of warm water..place 1 Tbsp Organic coconut sugar and 2 1/4 tsp yeast. I whisk this together to make sure that yeast and sugar are dissolved in water. I then let yeast sit for 12 minutes. This allows the yeast to rise*
when 12 minute time is done..
I then pour over flour.
I work all ingredients together with my hands. kneading the dough for 8 solid minutes..dough should be sticky but not so sticky..that it sticks to your hands..in the case that its to sticky. place a small bit of flour over dough until it becomes easy to work with and continue kneading until the 8 minutes is up.
at the 8 minute mark I then form dough into a nice round ball..I then place a small amount of olive oil all around the dough to allow it to rise and not to stick to the surface or container it will proof in.
I allow to rise aka proof for 1 hour.
At the one hour mark.... I butter my bread tin and roll bread into a loaf and place into bread tin. allow to proof or rise 30 minutes.
at 30 minute mark. Place into a preheated 350 degree oven for 40 minutes.
At 40 minute mark take bread out of oven and out of baking tin and allow bread to rest at least 10 minutes before slicing*
This loaf is so yummy..and not crumbly at all..Please NOTE .. I live ABOVE 7500 feet. The high altitude does affect baking so if you try this recipe it may take more or less time for your loaf to cook. So keep a watchful eye.
This bread will not survive two days in our home* So I can not honestly... tell you how long it will stay fresh and soft..home made bread is not like that sh*t you buy from the store..it has a whole other level of love and freshness to it..
Do give it a try...It will be hard to ever buy store bought bread again....
Its an experience*
In the Bless*
UMA *