What is Sprouted Bread?
Article What is Sprouted Bread? And How is it Different?
What is Sprouted Whole Grain Bread?
While there are many different recipes for sprouted bread, they all share one thing in common—they’re made from sprouted whole grains!
How is Sprouted Bread Different from Regular Bread?
If you’ve ever made bread or yeasted baked goods (or you’ve watched them being made), you know that even the simplest bread takes time. From mixing, to kneading, to rising, to resting, there’s a lot that happens before the dough is ready for the oven.
Conventional breads start with four basic ingredients: flour, water, yeast, and salt—then whatever additional ingredients are added to make the flavour and texture of the finished loaf interesting.
The same basic recipe holds true for sprouted whole grain breads, except for two key differences:
Sprouted whole grains make up the base of the dough, not flour.
At Silver Hills Bakery, sprouted whole grains are always the first ingredient.
Traditionally, sprouted whole grain breads use only mashed sprouted grains.
Beyond a dusting used for kneading and shaping, little to no flour★ is needed to make an array of textures and flavours, from hearty, chewy loaves, to soft and tender slices.
To extend the range of textures into fluffier territory, some sprouted bread recipes mix sprouted whole grains up to a 50/50 blend of whole grain flour, or flour made from sprouted whole grains.
You need to start making sprouted whole grain bread a lot earlier!
While you can have a regular loaf of bread ready by dinner if you get the urge to bake mid-morning, sprouted whole grain breads can’t be whipped up on a whim. Soaking and sprouting whole grains can’t be rushed!
★ Fun Fact:
Gluten and Sprouted Grains
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Silver Hills Bakery’s Sprouted Education Series:
What?
Part 1: The WHAT of Sprouted Whole Grains
Why?
Part 2: The WHY of Sprouted Whole Grains
Try!
Part 3: Now TRY Sprouted Whole Grains