Comments on: Depression Era Homemade Bread

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:55:28 +0000

Karlyn, whole wheat flour can produce a pretty dense bread. When I make whole wheat, I use half WW flour and half bread flour. I’ve not tried that with this recipe before. I do have a WW Bread recipe though, you can do a search for it. The other option is to add gluten to help the bread rise better.

By: Karlyn Blaha

Karlyn Blaha — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:35:24 +0000

Maybe a dumb question, but I was wondering if you could use whole weat flour to make this wheat bread? Would it work the same? I don’t have a lot of experience with making bread, so wanted to check first. Thank you.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:32:12 +0000

I was reading the comments, and I know from past experiences to split whole wheat with white flour to make it less dense. But I also have whole wheat pastry flour (for use in cakes, muffins, cupcakes, etc) and was seeing if anyone else has tried this recipe with pastry flour.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:47:01 +0000

Julia, I haven't tried this recipe with whole wheat but in my bread making experience, whole wheat flour doesn't tend to rise as well as white. You can either use part bread flour (which has more gluten in it) or add gluten to the mixture. You might want to try my whole wheat bread recipe instead. It still isn't 100% whole wheat though, because of the tendency for the loaves to be heavy.

By: julia

julia — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:34:16 +0000

Can you make this with whole wheat instead?

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:00:12 +0000

You probably could do it that way. It might be harder to punch it down in the pans though and the loaves might stick to the pans more.

By: beth

beth — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:56:12 +0000

Could you divide bread into loaves to rise instead of rising in big bowl then again in loaves? I am new to this….Thank you
Beth Russell

By: Korie

Korie — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:32:01 +0000

I have 4 teenage daughters who love to cook with me. 1 of them is already a favorite cook of mine since she makes up her own recipes and they always taste mazing. Since I am a new fan of this website and trying things ive never eaten before making bread with my girls is oging to be a new thing to do on Sat afternoons. We have a big family and are always in need of a new loaf of bread so hopefully this will cut down the cost each week.

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By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:57:14 +0000

Hello all – When I saw this post it made me think of the bread recipe I have (which tastes great!) This recipe was passed to me from a great friend who makes it all the time. Below are proportions for one loaf.
3/4 c warm water (I use slightly more.. a little less than 1 c)
1 t yeast
2 c flour (more as needed)
1 t salt

dissolve yeast in warm water (about 5 min)
add flour & salt & mix until blended
add more flour a little at a time & knead dough until just barely sticky
let rise , covered in a warm place until doubled
punch down, knead & shape into a long skinny loaf
let rise in a well oiled pan (olive oil)
bake @ 450 for 10 min, then turn oven down to 425 & bake for about 12 min.

*If you choose to use wheat flour, I would only use about 1/2 wheat flour and 1/2 bread (or all purpose) flour. it is too dense with only wheat flour.

Enjoy.