Monday, June 9, 2014

search for bread

Decided I wanted a healthier version of the bread I made earlier this week. It turned out super and was pretty straightforward, so I figured I couldn't mess it up too bad, so I made a few changes.
I left out a bit of the oat flour and replaced it with buckwheat.  I also replaced one of the eggs with ground flax seed, used honey instead of sugar, and finally replaced the butter with about 1/2 the amount of oil.
It turned out okay -- a little heavy maybe - I have a hard time baking for the full 1 1/2 hrs and then an even harder time letting it cool for over an hour. 
Here are a few pictures of the process.
 
this is what the flour mixture looked like after adding the buckwheat
 

The egg, honey, oil mixture
 

Beginning of mixing it all together -- kind of a goopy mess
 
Let it go for 6 minutes and you get a thick batter/dough consistency
 
It still isn't sturdy enough to not fall over the sides when it rises, so I fashioned a foil collar to help create a taller loaf
 
 
the glob waiting to rise


 
Final result - sorry I didn't get a picture of the fully risen loaf before it went into the oven.
 
a couple more tweaks over the wknd - going to add some whole grain cereal to one loaf and then make another with only partially ground flax seed, make it meal instead of powder and see if I like the way that turns out.  The flavor and texture of all have been good, I'm just trying to make it a little healthier.

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