Buttermilk Whole Wheat Bread

Buttermilk Whole Wheat Bread

Good Evening everyone!

Today I'm Happy to share a 100% whole wheat Sandwich bread made with buttermilk, and healthy sweetner jaggery powder. This bread is super soft and delicious. This can be served with peanut butter, butter or it can be toasted.

Ingredients:

Whole wheat flour - 220 gms / 2 cups

Buttermilk - 100 ml / 1/3 cup

Instant active dry yeast - 1 tsp

Jaggery powder / sugar - 2 tsp

Salt - 1.5 tsp

Oil - 2 tablespoons

Water - 1/4 cup / as required (luke warm water)

Butter - 2 tsp

Milk - 1 tsp ( brush before baking)

Method:

# Mix whole wheat flour, jaggery powder, instant active dry yeast, salt, buttermilk and luke warm water. Add water in small batches. 

# Knead for 10 minutes with pull and stretch method. Add oil and knead well until your dough become soft and elastic. It will take 15 - 17 minutes. Initially it will be very sticky but after you add oil it will become soft and elastic.

# Grease a bowl with oil place the dough. Apply oil and proof it for 45-1 hr / until it doubles in size.

# Once the dough doubles in size punch down / release excess air. 

# You can slightly dust some flour before you punch down and knead for 2 minutes.

# Grease the baking tin with oil.

# Roll the dough to rectangular shape and roll tightly to form a log shape.

# Place the dough in the baking tin. (Tin size 7×3)

# Allow it to proof for 20-25 minutes / until it reaches the rim of the pan.

# Brush milk wash to the bread before baking.

# Preheat microwave convection oven @ 190'c.

# Bake @ same temperature for 30 minutes.

# Once baked  remove from oven brush / apply butter.

# Allow it to cool down for 10 minutes.

Demold and allow it to cool down completely.

It takes 3-4 hrs to cool down.

Slice the bread with cerrated knife.

Please do try and provide your comments.

Thank U!