Servings
1 loaf
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Warm Water
- 2 tablespoons Honey
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Instant Yeast
- 4 2/3 cups Freshly Ground Whole Grain Einkorn Flour 2 1/2 cups of berries if grinding yourself
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Salt
Directions
- Mix water, yeast, and honey into a stand mixer and let stand.
- Add flour and salt and mix until just combined.
- Let rise in mixing bowl for 25-35 minutes.
- Knead to punch down.
- Place in buttered loaf pan (You can use oil, but we’ve found that butter works SO much better for this particular recipe. It prevents sticking much better than oil). It may be too wet to shape. Don’t add more flour. Just water your fingers and smooth it out in pan. You don’t have to shape it into a loaf. Preheat oven to 375 degrees, and let rise in the pan for another 25-30 minutes. Watch it. Depending on the temperature in your house, it may go faster or slower. It showed have crested the top of the pan when you put it in the oven.
- Bake for about 33-38 minutes until golden brown. This largely depends on your oven. Start with 33 and check it.
- Remove from oven and butter the top. Let cool 20 minutes in pan.
- Remove from pan and let cool for an hour or so (We’ve also sliced it right then if you can’t wait, but if you’re going to do that, we recommend an electric knife to avoid squishing it).
- Stores well in a bread bag if you’ll use it quickly. We sometimes store it in the refrigerator, but it can dry it out. It still works great for toast!
What size bread pans are you using, 4 x 8 or 9 x 5?
Hi these were 8.5×4.5, but it will work either way.
Do you have a recipe to make one loaf of bread?
Hi Vickie, just divide this recipe in 3 or 4. You may have to estimate a couple of the ingredients, but it should work. Also, it freezes well. I personally make three at a time and freeze two.
How many loaves of bread does 5 lb of flour make?
Hi Stacy, this is a difficult question to answer because it depends. Flour that has been sitting is more packed down so a cup would weigh more than freshly milled flour. It also depends on how much flour your bread recipe calls for. But I would estimate about 4-5 loaves of bread.
Thanks! That’s just what I was wondering too!
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Muffins are great.
I am curious as to why there is no oil or butter in the recipe. All the recipes I have for yeast breads usually have oil or butter. Thanks
Hi Lin, it really isn’t necessary for this recipe. We butter the pans and the top when it’s done, but as always, make it your own! If you feel like something about it could be improved by adding some oil, feel free. We’d love to hear what you do and if it improves it!
I’m confused about how long to knead the bread in the mixer. In recipe with Einkorn all purpose flour, it says to “knead in mixer for 10 minutes.” But in the “tips for baking with einkorn flour” page, you say “it does not need to be kneaded very long at all. I knead mine in the mixer on low for 4 minutes.”
What am I not understanding?
Hi Dorothy, it depends on the recipe. You definitely don’t want to overknead einkorn as a general rule. For this recipe, I don’t knead really at all. I just mix until it’s well combined.