John's Multi-Flour Bread
2 cups whole wheat flour
one packet dry active yeast
1 cup vital wheat gluten
3/4 cup soy flour
1/2 cup teff flour
1/2 cup spelt flour
1/2 cup quinoa flour
handful of oats (not the 1-minute variety)
2 1/2 cups warm water
1/2 cup molasses
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour set aside for kneading
Stir molasses and yeast into water until yeast clumps.
Mix all dry ingredients except extra flour.
Combine dry ingredients with yeast mixture; knead in additional flour until dough is workable (too much will make the bread too dry).
Cover with a moist towel and let the dough rise in the bowl until it doubles in size.
Punch down and shape into two loaves. Place in oiled* pans**. Let rise 45 minutes. Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes.***
* for an extra treat, put a thicker layer of oil in the pan. It will fry the bottom of the bread.
** Bread pans will give you a more traditional loaf; cookie sheets will give you more of an artisan bread loaf.
*** check frequently. The additional flours cause the bread to bake faster than breads made with just wheat. When it turns a golden color, that's the best time to take it out. Leaving it in too long will dry it out and burn the bottom of the bread.
Enjoy.
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This is a very nice bread if you don't make the mistake I did. The first time I made this I was out of regular whole wheat flour so I used stone ground.....bad idea. The grind was too coarse and the bread didn't rise well and came out like a brick! Into the compost pile it went. The second time I made this I used regular whole wheat and it came out perfectly. Learn from my mistake!