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Whole Wheat Old-Fashioned Bread

Whole Wheat Old-Fashioned Bread

A homemade recipe for Whole Wheat Old-Fashioned Bread, combining high-gluten flour, whole wheat flour and low-gluten flour; baked until golden and fragrant.

Instructions

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    Mix the sourdough starter ingredients and refrigerate overnight (it will ferment and expand).

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    In the pre-ferment, mix all ingredients for the main dough except for the corn oil.

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    Mix the dough at speed 1 with the stand mixer, then switch to speed 5 and knead for about 6 minutes until the dough has developed a slight film.

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    Add corn oil, start mixing at speed 2, then switch to kneading at speed 3, knead the dough until it reaches the windowpane stage.

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    Roll the dough into a ball, cover it with plastic wrap, and place it in a warm spot to ferment (ferment until it doubles in size). Once the dough has fermented, dust your fingers with flour and poke a hole in the dough; if it doesn’t spring back or collapse, the fermentation is complete.

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    Gently knead the dough to release the air.

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    Divide evenly into 12 round balls.

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    Roll the dough into an oval shape.

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    Roll it up.

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    Roll it out long, and connect the two ends.

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    Hold the folded part with your left hand and rub it two times with your right hand.

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    Roll up the dough, and tuck the connecting part into the fold.

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    The dough is placed on the golden tray.

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    Place in a warm and humid spot to ferment.

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    After fermentation, brush the surface with egg wash and sprinkle a layer of shredded coconut.

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    Preheat the oven to 180 degrees with top and bottom heat for about 30 minutes.

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    Add color and cover with aluminum foil in time.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • High-gluten flour
    210 g
  • Whole wheat flour
    20 g
  • low-gluten flour
    70 g
  • Yeast
    5 g
  • Milk
    240 g
  • High-gluten flour
    210 g
  • Milk powder
    24 g
  • Regular eggs
    2 piece
  • Water
    42 g
  • beaten eggs
    to taste
  • Desiccated coconut
    a pinch

Seasonings

  • Granulated sugar
    72 g
  • Salt
    7 g
  • Corn oil
    72 g