Brown Bread
Brown Bread is a soft, fluffy bread made by baking a blend of leavened wheat flour dough. Brown Bread is a healthy, tasty dietary bread for breakfast and can be relished as sandwich, toast and pizza. Brown Bread Recipe prescribed here is fail proof & keeps well for 3 days.
Servings1 loaf
Ingredients
For the sponge:
- 1 and 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 and 1/4 cups water
- 2 and 1/2 tablespoon sugar
- 3/4 tablespoon instant yeast*
For the bread:
- 2 cups wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1 to 2 tablespoon water if needed
- extra oil and flour to dust
Instructions
- To a mixing bowl - add flour, yeast and sugar.
- Add water. Mix it once.
- Set aside for at least for 1 hour for the sponge to get doubled.
- Now mix it once, then add remaining flour and oil.
- Add salt and extra water if needed to form a dough. It should come together and form a non sticky dough.
- Knead for 5 mins, use your palms fold and knead. Keep covered and allow it to rest for an hour or until it gets doubled.
- Knock down and knead for 2 mins for a smooth dough.
- Slightly flatten it then roll tightly from one side and finish it off till the end. Seal the edges on both the sides.
- Flip over and pinch the edges. Grease the bread loaf pan with oil and dust with flour. Now the load it ready to proof again.
- Place the prepared loaf inside the pan and let it rest for 30 mins.
- In the last 10 mins preheat oven at 180 deg C.
- You can brush the top with little milk before baking.
- Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg C for 30 mins. Enjoy Brown Bread!
Notes
- I use homemade wheat flour so the water added was a little more I add around 3 tablespoon water to bring the dough together. Adjust water according to your flour and dough consistency.
- The rising time may vary according to your climatic conditions. In india now its hot so it made the proofing faster.
- I used instant yeast, if you are using active dry yeast you can use 1 tablespoon.
Nutrition Facts
Brown Bread
Amount Per Serving (25 g)
Calories 183
Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 0.3g2%
Trans Fat 0.01g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Sodium 235mg10%
Potassium 84mg2%
Carbohydrates 33g11%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 1IU0%
Vitamin C 0.001mg0%
Calcium 10mg1%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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