Light Honey Wheat Bread - Mind Over Batter

May 15,2024

Jump to Recipe Print RecipeTwo delicious loaves of Light Wheat Bread liberally sweetened with Honey. Make this your favorite sandwich bread!! I knead bread by hand. Always. To hell with machine kneading, is what I say. I take pleasure in mixing ingredients into a large, shapeless, shaggy, sticky piece of dough. Mixing a combination of flours, sweeteners, butters, tenderizers, and yeast. I turn this dough onto a lightly floured surface and dig my fingers in, getting them sticky. My fingers, they don’t remain sticky for long. The more I dig my hands and fingers in, the longer I fold the dough onto itself and knead and knead again, the less sticky my fingers become. This mass of shapeless dough begins to take appearance. It begins to resist my strong kneading hands. Why? When pushed down, it springs back up again. Why? Because it’s developing. This dough is holding its own. It is ready for the rise. The rise takes place invisible to the naked eye. Yeast – A living, breathing organism grows, pushes, expands, and feeds. Once the dough has risen, once the primary change is finalized, the dough is pressed down and shaped… Ready for its second, and in many […]