Hearty Herb Bread bags a prize in Bobs Red Mill Natural Foods Baking Contest. The soft bread is rich in fiber; is a raw food one that is uncooked, made from grains. It can be eaten as a whole or can be made more delicious and healthy by adding to meals.
Fiber is not only beneficial and essential for health, it helps reduce risk for some chronic diseases, prevents constipation, hemorrhoids and diverticulosis. Moreover, it helps prevent some cancers, especially, colon and breast cancer, lowers the LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol), hence reducing the risk of heart disease, lowers blood sugar and reduces diabetes and helps you keep trim.
Being brown doesn’t make bread necessary whole wheat or whole grain. Some brown bread indeed is added with brown coloring.
You too can make it at your place!
Ingredients
5-1/2 cups unbleached white bread flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
¼ cup wheat bran
1 cup of wheat germ
1/4 cup skim milk powder
1/4 cup granulated sugar
5 tsp active dry yeast
1-1/2 tbsp parsley flakes
1-1/2 tsp each: dried oregano, dry thyme, dry marjoram, pepper
1 tsp sea salt
¼ tsp each: dried leaf sage, celery seeds
2-1/4 cups warm water
¼ cup canola oil large egg
2 tbsp dehydrated minced onion
1 cup whole-wheat flour
Preparation
1. In a bowl mix 2 cups of bread flour, wheat germ, oats, bran, milk powder, sugar, yeast, parsley, oregano, thyme, marjoram, pepper, salt, sage and celery seeds.
2. Beat the mixture, until blended
3. Add water and oil. Beat for two minutes.
4. Add 1 cup bread flour and egg.
5. Beat vigorously for one minute.
6. Now blend a union
7. In another bowl, stir 2 cups of bread flour and whole wheat flour. Stir it into dough. Use 1/2 cup of flour to dust.
8. Place the dough onto a clean and smooth surface, already sprinkled with flour. Knead the dough; place it in lightly oiled bowl.
9. Cover with clean kitchen towel, let stand 20 minutes.
10. Remove dough from the bowl and divide into half. Shape it into two loaves
11.Place them in two lightly greased loaf pans.
12.Cover it with a clean kitchen towel; let the dough rise in a warm place until it doubles.
13.Bake it in a 400F preheated oven; till it gets brown and finally divide into two loafs.
Via: TheStar
