My new love <3
Spelt Flour!!! I use it to make my bread now. This blog should be renamed, FAT GIRL ADDICTED TO CARBS...PLEASE HELP, or something along those lines. Because yes this is another 'bread' post! I absolutely love bread. I heart bread, way, way, way, more than desserts or even chocolate. This does not help my current weight situation but oh well. I thought I would share my beloved spelt bread. Yes, I heart it so. It is so rich, so hearty and nutty, it is absolutely wonderful. I use the basic bread recipe that I always use but use whole spelt flower instead. My recipe is as follows:
1 cup warm water
2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup honey
1/3 cup milk
1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
2 1/2 cups whole Spelt flour
I start by pouring the 1 cup of warm water in my kitchen aid and sprinkle the yeast on top. I leave it there for 5 minutes. After the five minutes I add the oil, honey, milk, and salt and mix it. I then add all my flour and switch to the dough hook. I knead the dough for 6 minutes. I then add more flour as needed to get it to the correct consistency. Enough so the dough is slightly firm and can be made into a compact tight ball. I then place it in a large bowl with a drizzle of olive oil on the bottom, cover it with plastic wrap and leave it alone for 1 hour. At the end of that hour I take the dough and roll out to a rectangular shape and roll into a loaf shape. I then place it in my oiled loaf pan, cover and let it rise for another 30-60 min. I bake @ 350 for 20 minutes uncovered, then 15 min covered with foil, and 5 additional minutes after I brush it with either butter or olive oil. I then remove it from the pan after allowing it to cool for a few minutes then let it cool for a bit more before I slice and devour it. Try making it, you will be like me and never go down that "bread" aisle at the grocery store again!!!!!!!
I have found that with my new Spelt recipe I do not need to add gluten, which I have in the past when using whole wheat flour. I also found that it rises so much quicker than wheat flour so I need to watch it a little more so it doesn't flatten. Read more about the benefits of Spelt
here.
Here is my beloved bread...
It goes so lovely with...
and....
Love,
Mon <3
