wholemeal in BM

Redrose

While in Tescos yesterday, i pick up some Hovis wholemeal bread mix.... thought i would give it go....go healthly etc.... anyway when i got home i read the back of the packet, and it says for BM please follow your BM insturtions.

Will, i have read my inst from cover to cover and can not find anything receipe for wholmeal bread.

Can anyone tell do i just follow the same one as the basic white bread

many thanks Di

mah_jong

Hi redrose, what brand is your breadmaker?

mah

Redrose

Hi

Its Durabrand - Asda own brand

mah_jong

Hi, I am sure a durabrand owner will be along shortly to help you!

In my bm, the wholemeal loaf takes longer. But I shan't confuse you! Have you done much in the breadmaking?

tra_2

Hi. I just made my loaf with wholemeal flour, the same as i do with white flour and it was just as nice.

Redrose

Done a few things in the BM, ie Basic White, pizza dough, ect, but always just following the instrustions.

There is a 100% whole wheat Bread receipe, but i dont know wheather its the same as whole meal.

Redrose

tra wrote:

Hi. I just made my loaf with wholemeal flour, the same as i do with white flour and it was just as nice.

Thanks tra,



Might just give it a go and see how it turns out..... i really want to start eating a bit more healthy...

lizzyb1812

Yep, that's the one to follow - americans tend to say whole wheat when we say wholemeal - same thing though.

lizzyb

Redrose

lizzyb1812 wrote:

Yep, that's the one to follow - americans tend to say whole wheat when we say wholemeal - same thing though.

lizzyb

Thanks - got another question then - what is "Wheat Gluten" and do i really need it.

lizzyb1812

This tells you about wheat gluten

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_gluten_(food)

But it will be difficult to get hold of. I've never used it and I make wholemeal bread a lot

lizzyb

Bossyboots

Is this bread flour or bread mix?

All of the bread mixes I have used only need water added but you have to follow your BM instructions in respect of which order to put the items in. For example, one of the Lakeland mixes goes, flour, yeast, water but my BM states water, flour yeast so I follow the BM instructions for use, but the quantities on the packet.

Adding a crushed vitamin C tablet to the ingredients for a wholemeal loaf improves the quality of the loaf produced as well.