Whole Wheat French Bread

Name: Whole Wheat French Bread
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 32
Cuisine: Mediterranean, French, European
Ingredients: 14 grams packages each) active dry yeast; 240 grams stone-ground whole wheat flour; 1 Tbsp butter; 1 egg white, beaten; 625 grams all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsp salt; 1 Tbsp sugar; 1 Tbsp water; 32 servings Yellow cornmeal

If you have approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Whole Wheat French Bread might be a tremendous lacto ovo vegetarian recipe to try. This recipe serves 32. One serving contains 142 calories, 4g of protein, and 1g of fat. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have active yeast, sugar, cornmeal, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. It works well as a bread.

Instructions

Combine the flours. In a large bowl, combine 3 cups flour mixture and the yeast. Set aside.

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All Purpose Flour

Yeast

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Bowl

Heat water, sugar, salt and butter to 115°-120°.

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Butter

Sugar

Water

Salt

Add to flour and yeast. Beat with on low speed for 30 seconds; increase speed to medium and beat 3 additional minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Yeast

Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes.

Place dough in a greased bowl; cover and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.

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Dough

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Bowl

Punch dough down; divide in half and let rest 10 minutes.

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Dough

Punch

Roll each half into a 15-in. x 12-in. rectangle.

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Roll

Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with the long side. Pinch seal and turn ends under to form a smooth loaf.

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Jelly

Roll

Sprinkle two baking sheets with cornmeal and place each loaf, seam side down, on a greased baking sheet. Make slashes every 2-1/2 in. in the top of each loaf. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.

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Cornmeal