I make bread sometimes. I enjoy doing it by hand, none of that bread machine crap. My white and focaccia breads always comes out nice, but the wheat always seems to fall apart when I cut it; a lot of crumbs. What can I do to fix this? I use the recipe from the Good Housekeeping cookbook (12th edition, the big red checkered cookbook).
2006-06-20 03:24:40 · 9 answers · asked by rednecklady17 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I do lots of bread baking as well.
What I have found is to use mollasses or honey instead of white/brown sugar.
Another thing to try, is for your liquid, try using yogurt. And for more flavor, fruit flavored yogurt.
2006-06-20 03:58:09 · answer #1 · answered by papasmurf2525 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2016-05-20 04:41:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have that cookbook, so I can't look it up.
Whole wheat flour is very low in gluten, the protein that gives bread its texture. Be sure you are using 1/3 to 1/2 of the total volume of flour as white/bread flour, not all whole wheat. You also need to knead a little longer to develop the gluten in wheat breads.
2006-06-20 04:18:42 · answer #3 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you need to do is add a little bit more fat product..
this will also increase the liquid content of the bread..so the next time add a little more and see how it comes out..if it is a little better add a little more the time after that..
and then you can add just a little bit of liquid the third time if you feel you have enough fat added to the bread..but you are going to have to increase it a little at a time so you can see what works for you...
do not forget to write down the new amount each time so you can determine what works..
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2006-06-21 05:37:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure that you are only using 20% Whole wheat flour in your recipe. That means you want 80% to be high gluten flour or bread flour and the other 20% whole wheat.
2006-06-20 04:25:45 · answer #5 · answered by Ryan W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might need to add more fat and perhaps a bit more liquid as wheat bread tends to be drier than white bread.
2006-06-20 03:29:56 · answer #6 · answered by myjamsandwich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that it means it's too dry. Try adding more of the liquids listed in the recipe.
2006-06-20 03:27:34 · answer #7 · answered by Kitten 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your bread may of cooked too long and it got dried out
2006-06-20 04:17:43 · answer #8 · answered by JULIE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know but when you get it right send me some
2006-06-20 03:36:37 · answer #9 · answered by DOZA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋