Blender Wheat Bread

The following is a wonderful recipe for beginning bread bakers just starting to incorporate some wheat into the bread, and perhaps those who don't yet have a grain mill but do have the grain.

Blender Wheat Bread
1 cup wheat berries + 2 1/4 cups hot water in a blender for about 5 minutes  OR
2 cups cooked wheat berries plus 1 1/4 cups hot water in a blender for 1 minute
2 teaspoons yeast
1 1/2 salt
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup sugar
3-3.5 cup flour

Combine all ingredients except 1 cup of flour in a large bowl.  Mix well with large spoon until dough begins to develop some elasticity.  Work in another 1/2 cup of flour.  Knead dough on countertop, adding as much remaining flour as necessary to prevent sticking.  Knead for 7-10 minutes, adding flour if needed.

When the dough is smooth and elastic (it will feel like your cheek), cover and let rise until doubled in volume, about 45-60 minutes.  Shape into two smooth logs and place in greased bread pans.  Cover and let rise until nearly double again, another 45-60 minutes.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.  Let cool ten minutes in the pan and then remove loaves.  Cool on a wire rack.  Makes 2 loaves.

To adapt your own recipes using blender wheat:

1 cup of uncooked kernels yields 1 1/2 cups of flour;
1 cup of uncooked kernels + 1.5 cups of water yields 2 1/4 cups cooked kernels

If using uncooked berries in place of cooked wheat in the blender, you may use any liquid already in the recipe--milk, juice, mashed fruit (50% water), eggs, oil, etc.  

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