spelt bread in the breadmaker

endemoniada_2 · 29 May 2006 at 10:45AM

Has anyone had any success with this.
I don't digest normal wheat very well and Spelt flour works well with me.

I tried this recipe
3 cups flour
1 cup water
tsp salt
tsp honey
tbs oil
sachet yeast

Set as 1.5 lb loaf and it came out very heavy, dense and not meeting the edge of the tin!!

I'd appreciate any ideas.

Ta
Mo

taplady · 29 May 2006 at 7:18PM

havent used spelt flour in bread but have made a nice tea- bread using it if you're interested.

RacyRed · 29 May 2006 at 7:50PM

I think spelt bread needs much longer to rise than wheatflour bread. When I've made it by hand it took a lot longer to rise than normal. I still make this by hand when I have Spelt flour. Seriously delicious bread though.

Maybe set the BM on Dough setting then control the rising time yourself?

shelagh · 29 May 2006 at 10:15PM

Hi
we use spelt for our breadmaker and have had great results. We use the wholewheat programme and just substetute the wholemeal for spelt. If it says 0.5 wholemeal and 0.5 white just use all spelt also. We have had no problems with this. the best results though are with spelt dough, same rules apply, but the buns are much better I think. We use spelt because we eat a blood type diet and we are O group, therfore no wheat. Do you know anywhere that does spelt wholesale or in bulk as Holland and Barrett and Tesco are very expensive I think.
Shelagh

shelagh · 29 May 2006 at 10:19PM

I forgot to say contact me if you need recipes etc.
Shelagh
ps sorry about the spelling and grammer in the previous post:p

endemoniada_2 · 30 May 2006 at 8:10AM

I find Tesco cheaper than the organic shops or health food shops.
I just don't buy a lot of it as I'm used to not eating bread.
I was buying spelt loafs from an organic bakery ( yum!) and they were around £2 a loaf - so breadmaker option seems cheaper.
I'l try the wholemeal setting and see how that goes.
And, if it's ok with you, I'll PM you for recipes.
Ta

1jim · 19 January 2007 at 10:10AM

Hi
We went to the local windmill yesterday and bought a variety of organic flour, we bough a bag of white spelt and another of wholemeal spelt as well as normal flour (even bought some rye flour).... anyway has anyone used spelt in a breadmaker and can anyone point me to some tried and tested recipies using spelt flour in breakmaker
thanks
jim

npsmama · 19 January 2007 at 11:11AM

I've never tried it in a BM but I bake most of my bread with spelt.
Spelt needs about half of the kneading that wheat does otherwise it gets overworked and won't rise so much.
Not sure how you'd get around this using a BM though...

memorygirl · 19 January 2007 at 11:14AM

Hi 1jim

We use spelt flour at my wee ones school to make bread 5 times a week for lunch. Just use your normal wholemeal recipe and you'll be fine. Spelt is just a different type of wheat - actually one that kids with wheat intolerences find that its OK to eat which is why we use it.

Erm - don't know how it keeps after baking cos the kids always polish off the bread on the day its made

Memorygirl

groatie_queen · 19 January 2007 at 6:31PM

I make 50% spelt / 50% granary (both Dove's Organic) in my BM and it turns out fine.

endemoniada_2 · 4 January 2009 at 9:08PM

Blimey, this was a while ago.

I now use the short setting on the breadmaker and it works out fab

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