Honey Wholemeal Bread 蜂蜜麦香面包

If you follow my blog, you may have seen my first wholemeal bread that is in fact, the first baby out from my bread machine. It didn't turn out very good though. To me it was too dense and heavy.

This time I adapted the basic white bread recipe and replaced some bread flour with wholemeal flour, the wholemeal flour ratio was 25%. The bread came out prefect. It was soft and rich.

See how soft the bread is.

This recipe is very versatile, it has become my favourite bread recipe.

I like the morning sun on the bread.

Ingredients:
1 cup cold water
1 ½ tbsp honey
½ tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
3 cups flour (ratio can be adjusted according to own preference)
- ¾ cup wholemeal flour + ¼ cup bread flour = 1 cup
- ½ cup plain flour + ½ cup bread flour = 1 cup
- 1 cup bread flour
1 tsp instant yeast

Method:
By bread machine
1) Add ingredients according to the above sequence into the bread pan.
2) Select 'Whole-Wheat' program, '700g' loaf size (the smaller size), 'Light' colour, press 'Start/Stop' button to start the program.
3) Cool on wire rack when done.

Note:
1) Variations: Add 2 tbsp of milk powder. Replace sugar/honey with brown sugar.

2) I stopped the program 10 mins before the end time (i.e. cut down the baking time by 10 mins) when I saw the crust colour had become nice golden brown. The crust was soft and thin.