Easy Homemade Bread Recipe
Made With
Soaked Whole Wheat Flour

This easy homemade bread recipe which uses soaked grains is highly nutritious. By soaking grains, antinutrients are broken down and additional vitamins, minerals, and enzymes from the seed are created and released. So are you ready to learn how to make homemade bread? Are you ready for a real nutritious whole grain bread recipe?

If you simply want to make delicious whole wheat bread but do not want to optimize the nutrition in your homemade bread by soaking the grains first, then simply skip the soaking grains steps below and leave out the apple cider vinegar from your recipe. That's right, just add all of the whole grain bread recipe ingredients below (except for the apple cider vinegar) and get busy making the dough for your incredible bread. I bet you can't wait! Baking homemade bread is very satisfying on so many levels.

To learn about why soaking grains are highly beneficial and about acidic medium choices for your recipes, please click here.

No need to wonder if this easy recipe for whole wheat bread is really delicious. Read this HealthBanquet.com whole grain homemade bread with soaked grains testimonial from one mom whose family gives this recipe the "thumbs up."

Is there a difference between fresh milled flour and whole wheat flour that was purchased off the shelf at your local store?

Are you curious about sprouted grain bread versus soaked flour bread?

OK, before you learn how to make this easy homemade bread with soaked grains or soaked flour, let me share with you the appliances I use to make homemade bread. Oh yes one more thing first, please do share how your homemade bread turns out!

I think the Bosch Universal Mixer, deservedly, has the reputation of being the best bread maker on the market. I love my Bosch!






They now have a new version, the Bosch Universal Plus with Blender Model: MUM6N11UC.

You can buy the Bosch Universal Plus with or without the blender. I bought the blender with mine. Please go to my Amazon store if you would like to buy the mixer without the blender.

I use the L'Equip 760200 Nutrimill Grain Mill available at Amazon for grinding my wheat. I absolutely love it. I got it for Christmas the year after I received my Bosch Universal Mixer. It was definitely worth the wait!

Here are the Top Ten reasons you'll be raving about your Nutrimill Grain Grinder. Also, here is a picture of the Nutrimill parts along with limited lifetime warranty information and instructions manual.

I believe the Nutrimill grain mill is also the best grain mill on the market. A fabulous machine!

Turn the lower dial to the 12:00 position to grind whole wheat grain for this homemade bread recipe.

Even if you don't have these bread making appliances, I believe you will be able to incorporate this recipe with the resources you have or have access to.

Whole wheat grain that is freshly ground has a limited shelf life.

You can buy whole wheat flour from the store if you do not have a grain grinder. Some retail stores that sell grain grinders will also grind grain for you right in the store. Perhaps you have a friend that has a grain grinder that would be happy to grind you some wheat. I obtain my organic wheat from a local store that sells lots of cooking supplies including grains.

I have only made bread using the Bosch Bread Mixer. I have not kneaded my dough by hand. After my husband bought me these bread making appliances, the bread making in our household started. Learning how to make homemade bread with this tasty homemade bread recipe is really a lot of fun!

The bread mixer is certainly not needed, as man has been kneading bread by hand for thousands of years.

The nutritious bread recipe I am sharing uses the Bosch Universal Mixer and the Nutrimill grain grinder. Once again, you can easily adapt the recipe below to the resources and recipes you have on hand.

Mixing by hand I am sure takes longer and is more work. I cannot at this time share personal experience in that area. But I bet you have experience mixing your dough by hand and can tell when the kneading process is complete. The nutritious bread recipe with soaked grains below will clearly guide you so you can easily master how to make homemade bread.

• 6 cups lukewarm water
• 8 cups of fresh ground whole wheat flour to begin with (might need to add more later)
• 7 TBS. raw apple cider vinegar (I prefer the Bragg brand)

This is what this batch with the vinegar acidic medium looked like after about a 20 hour soak.





After the grains have been soaked, add the following ingredients:

• 2 TBS. active dry yeast (I use Saf Instant Yeast)
• 2 TBS. sea salt (I prefer the fine ground Celtic Sea Salt)
• 2/3 cup olive oil (melted butter or unrefined, non-hydrogenated coconut oil is fine too)
• 2/3 cup honey

After adding the additional ingredients to my wet presoaked dough, it is still too moist. I have to add flour to this mixture to absorb the extra liquid and moisture or the consistency of my bread will not be right.

The Bosch Mixer is turned off when adding the extra flour and above ingredients. Then I turn it to the momentary switch (M) to mix. If the consistency is still not right, I take my hand off the (M) switch, which turns machine off, and put more flour in the recipe.

I try not to mix for too long. If I have mixed it for too long, I find many minutes have lapsed trying to get it just right. I then find some of my first added dry wheat flour has had more time to develop its gluten than the more recently added dry wheat flour. I don't want to overdevelop or under develop my gluten. It takes 8-10 minutes kneading or mixing the dough to develop the gluten. Moisture and kneading or mixing the dough is what develops the gluten.

If the dough is too moist, it will not pull away from the sides of the bowl. More dry and non-soaked whole wheat flour will need to be added. Add this extra wheat flour, little by little, until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl.

It is not so difficult to learn how to make dough, right? OK, the homemade bread dough is now at the perfect consistency. I had to add about 5 more cups of unsoaked dry fresh ground whole wheat flour to absorb the excess moisture.

The moisture in my dough varies from batch to soaked batch which then determines the extra amount of flour I need to add to the recipe.

(Lately, I have just been pouring off any excess liquid that has accumulated on the top of my soaked grains after they have soaked for the 7-24 hour recommended soaking time. I am going to experiment with slightly less water also in my next batches to see if I will need to add less unsoaked fresh ground whole wheat flour to get the consistency just right.)

Once again, when you can see the sides pull clean as well as the dough coming clean from the bottom of the bowl, you know you have enough flour and the perfect homemade bread dough consistency.

Some people will choose to add Vital Wheat Gluten or white flour to absorb this extra moisture. The white flour and Vital Wheat Gluten will serve to lighten up or make less dense your whole wheat bread recipe. The bread will also rise slightly more. Personally, I usually just add more whole wheat flour and find the bread is great. Go ahead and experiment to see what ingredients you like best.

Make sure not to add too much additional flour. Just enough so that the sides of the bowl and bottom are clean when the mixer spins around. The dough will be very sticky. If it appears you have added too much flour and your mixture is too dry, just add in a little water, a tablespoon or so, until the consistency is right.

Once the mixture is just right, set your timer for 8-10 minutes and stir your mixture on speed 1. If you have been spinning your mixture for several minutes trying to get it just right, you might need less time to develop the gluten. After I have the perfect consistency, I set the timer for 8 minutes. This seems to work about perfect each time. When the 8 minutes or so is up, turn off the Bosch. Remember to always keep hands away from the spinning dough hooks. The Bosch has 700 watts of power and it is very strong. Keep lid on for extra safety and to keep little hands safe.




If you are not sure if your gluten is properly developed in your bread, you can do a little test.

Just take a little ball of dough out from your mixture. Place a little oil on your fingertips. Then kind of squeeze it or flatten it between your fingers. Then pull it apart. It should be kind of elastic and stretch out to be almost transparent as in the photo. Then you know your bread dough is done being kneaded or mixed.




This is also what the dough in your bowl will like when the gluten is properly developed. It becomes more smooth looking and more stretchy as the gluten develops.










The dough also kind of starts to tighten up around the mixing hooks. The Bosch Mixer bowl becomes even more clean. This homemade bread dough is perfect. Next, it is time to let this dough rise.

If I find that I have added several cups of unsoaked flour to my mixture to get the consistency just right, I might opt for the second bowl rising to help break down the antinutrients in the recently added non-soaked flour. It really depends on my schedule.

I know this extra added non-soaked flour is not as nutritious as the soaked flour already in my bowl. But, at least most of the flour has been properly soaked.

I will try for one rising in the bowl if I can. Sometimes, I go for 2 risings in the bowl. After rising in the bowl 1-2 times, I shape my dough.

I put a bit of olive oil on the breadboard or clean counter and shape my bread there. I do not use flour. I find it is too drying. I like the moisture of the olive oil better.

I place the shaped dough in my well greased bread pans for the final rising. I take a sharp knife and make a few diagonal slices, not very deep, across the top of the bread. I then place a dry towel on top and let it rise until dough has about doubled in size. This takes about 30-60 minutes depending on the room temperature.





Alright, now it is about an hour later, and the dough has about doubled in size.

I do not weigh my bread. That explains the varying sizes in my smaller loaves.

Bake homemade bread in a preheated oven at 350º for 30-35 minutes, or until the inside temperature of the bread is 200º. If the internal bread is not 200º, place it back in oven and bake another few minutes.

The smaller homemade bread loaves take about 5 minutes less to bake.













Take delicious bread out of pans and onto cooling racks before putting into bread bags.

Homemade whole wheat bread that has nourished man for thousands of years is nutritionally far superior to refined white bread.






Wait until fully cooled down, or moisture will accumulate inside of bag. The homemade bread can be frozen up to 30 days without getting freezer burn.

You can put little bows of your choice on your bread bags before you give them away as gifts.

This whole grain bread recipe allows you to create such satiating and wholesome bread. And the whole wheat bread really is the ultimate healthy food gift. People are thrilled to get homemade bread, plus you know you are improving the health of your friends!

I hope this easy homemade bread recipe with soaked grains brings lots of smiles and good nutrition to your family and you have enjoyed learning how to make homemade bread! Baking homemade bread is a true delight!

You can read testimonials from people that have enjoyed this whole grain homemade bread recipe with soaked grains here.

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