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