Spent Grain Bread
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Spent Grain Bread
Bread made from 'spent grain' - the leftovers from beer making. Many thanks to Appalachian Brewery for the raw product. Also made veggie burgers, flour and cookies! All in all an interesting afternoon in the kitchen.
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Started with 2 cups whole wheat flour, 1 teaspoon dry yeast, 2 tablespoons beet syrup (could substitute molasses) and enough water to make a pancake like batter. Let that mixture sit for five hours or so.
Added 2 cups spent grain, two cups artisan white flour, one more cup whole wheat, one more teaspoon yeast, 2 teaspoons salt and enough water to make a sticky dough. Let it sit for 1/2 hour. Kneaded with a little more white flour to create a gluten coat. Raised it for two hours, then did an envelope fold and shaped back into a round. Raised another hour, shaped into loaf pans. Raised 45 minutes and baked in a 400 degree oven for half hour. Lowered the temp to 375 and baked to an internal temperature of 200 degrees.
Made the whole thing up, so there aren't exact measurements....sorry!
The dough was delightful to work with and the bread has a nutty sweet taste with a little bite from the grain...it actually smells a little like the feed room in a stable!
Lynn
Added 2 cups spent grain, two cups artisan white flour, one more cup whole wheat, one more teaspoon yeast, 2 teaspoons salt and enough water to make a sticky dough. Let it sit for 1/2 hour. Kneaded with a little more white flour to create a gluten coat. Raised it for two hours, then did an envelope fold and shaped back into a round. Raised another hour, shaped into loaf pans. Raised 45 minutes and baked in a 400 degree oven for half hour. Lowered the temp to 375 and baked to an internal temperature of 200 degrees.
Made the whole thing up, so there aren't exact measurements....sorry!
The dough was delightful to work with and the bread has a nutty sweet taste with a little bite from the grain...it actually smells a little like the feed room in a stable!
Lynn
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Stanislaw Lec
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Lynn, I like your method! Whole wheat flour benefits from an extended ferment. If I may make a suggestion. If you will start weighing your ingredients and keeping notes you will be able to duplicate your results in later and or larger batches.
I will get myself down to the DuClaws Brewery very soon for s spent grain.
I often make 25 % whole wheat bread with a 24 hour preferment for the whole wheat flour.
Thank you for the recipe.
I will get myself down to the DuClaws Brewery very soon for s spent grain.
I often make 25 % whole wheat bread with a 24 hour preferment for the whole wheat flour.
Thank you for the recipe.
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Lynn, There is a system of "baker's percentages" where all of the flours are taken as 100 % and water is measured as a fraction of that. So flour would be 100 and liquid would be 67% of the weight of the flour, salt might be 1.5 % of the weight of the flour , etc.
Working this way makes it easy to make five loaves when in the past you made three. Or you made one loaf and a dozen rolls.
Working this way makes it easy to make five loaves when in the past you made three. Or you made one loaf and a dozen rolls.
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Hey Ross,
I generally do weigh my ingredients as a percentage of flour. I had four projects going simultaneously and just decided to wing it. Not my best idea, but there you go. I also made an amazing batch of cookies and didn't write that little jewel down, either.
You'd think by now I would have learned my lesson.
So today I'm going to bake again, while the process and general percentages are still fresh in my mind, and I'll let you know how it turns out! If it's terrific I'll repost.
I wrote a note to the brewmaster thanking him for the grain and he said, come by any ol' time. So I will. Yesterday the grains were from a batch of Hefeweisen. I'm looking forward to porter or other dark beer grains to see what they contribute.
Lynn
I generally do weigh my ingredients as a percentage of flour. I had four projects going simultaneously and just decided to wing it. Not my best idea, but there you go. I also made an amazing batch of cookies and didn't write that little jewel down, either.
You'd think by now I would have learned my lesson.
So today I'm going to bake again, while the process and general percentages are still fresh in my mind, and I'll let you know how it turns out! If it's terrific I'll repost.
I wrote a note to the brewmaster thanking him for the grain and he said, come by any ol' time. So I will. Yesterday the grains were from a batch of Hefeweisen. I'm looking forward to porter or other dark beer grains to see what they contribute.
Lynn
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Stanislaw Lec
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Here are a couple sites that have bakers percentage calculators.
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Cal 2 downloadable
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Cal 2 downloadable
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