Solving The 7 Most Common Whole Wheat Bread Baking Mistakes
By
Beth Scott
Let's face it EVERY cook If the recipe you use makes
makes mistakes yes, even us too much dough for your
professional bakers make boo family's needs and you worry
boo's. that the extra bread will grow
stale before you use it, fear
I'm going to list here, the 7 not.
most common whole wheat bread
baking mistakes that you're It is perfectly safe to
probably making, or might make refrigerate unused dough for a
if you're not forewarned, and few days and allow the whole
what you can do about them. wheat bread dough to finish
it's rising time once you get
Whole Wheat Bread Baking it out to use it.
Mistake 1
You can use a ziploc bag or
By far the most common bread plastic wrap over bowls that
baking mistake is when the contain your whole wheat bread
salt is forgotten to be added dough, to store it in your
to the whole wheat bread fridge and still prevent
dough. oxidation.
This results in very bland Whole Wheat Bread Baking
bread, and even effects the Mistake 5
rising of the dough. Making
your whole wheat bread flat on Burned bread. Yup, nothing
top. tastes worse than whole wheat
bread which is black as
The best solution for this is charcoal.
to use a post it note as a
reminder to yourself, to add To avoid this, be sure you
the salt to the whole wheat follow baking times and
bread dough. temperatures strictly. And
again use a timer to remind
You can stick the post it yourself when it's time to
note where ever you're most remove your whole wheat bread
likely to see it fridge, from the oven.
recipe book, etc..
Also remember that gas ovens
Whole Wheat Bread Baking and electric ovens vary in
Mistake 2 their temperatures. If you're
using an electric oven you
The second most common should bake almost all
mistake is when the whole pastries on 350 Fahrenheit.
wheat bread dough is allowed
to over rise, which leads to Sometimes a recipe will call
it falling. for you to start baking a loaf
of bread on a higher
This usually happens when the temperature, but will also
whole wheat bread dough is usually tell you to turn the
forgotten about. And with so heat down after a certain
much going on our lives, who amount of time.
doesn't forget things like
this now and then? Whole Wheat Bread Baking
Mistake 6
But don't fret, there is a
solution: If the whole wheat Mistakenly or purposefully
bread is already in the bread using the wrong type of flour.
pans when it over rises simply If you are baking whole
use a pair of kitchen wheat bread, the only way to
scissors to cut the excess get good results is by using
dough off the sides of the whole wheat flour to bake your
unbaked loaves. bread.
Separate and roll this dough There are different recipes
into a few small balls of for all the different types of
dough. Allow them to rise 20 bread and they all use one
minutes to 30 minutes on a specific flour for each
small oiled cookie sheet, and recipe.
then bake them on 350
Fahrenheit, for 15 to 20 So don't try any substitution
minutes as whole wheat rolls. hoping that by adding rye
flour for instance, you will
Also allow the whole wheat actually turn a whole wheat
bread dough to rise for about bread recipe into rye bread.
15 to 20 more minutes before Because you won't.
baking if it is extremely flat
on top. Whole Wheat Bread Baking
Mistake 7
Another solution to help you
keep from forgetting about Last but not least there is
your bread, is to use a timer the problem of air bubbles
which will beep loudly after also called pockets which
the selected time period is create large holes inside the
up. whole wheat bread, after it's
done baking.
Using a timer can also help
stop other whole wheat bread The best solution for this is
baking catastrophes from to pinch any such bubbles
happening. whenever you see them in your
whole wheat bread dough,
Whole Wheat Bread Baking before you bake it. This will
Mistake 3 immediately deflate the
bubble.
When you heat up your water
to put your yeast in, it is Now you are armed with the
easy to accidentally make the knowledge of the 7 most common
water a bit too hot. This whole wheat bread baking
mistake will kill the yeast mistakes most of which also
and your bread will not rise apply to all other rising
breads and how you should
To correct this mistake I deal with them.
strongly recommend you invest
in a cooking thermometer, to So don't let the bread
measure the temperature of the mistake blues get you down
water with. ever again.
Whole Wheat Bread Baking
Mistake 4
About the author:
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