Rustic Bread For The Bread Machine

Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm water
• 1 teaspoon bread machine yeast
• 1/2 cup unbleached flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 1/4 cups warm water
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon barley malt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups unbleached bread flour
• 2 cups whole wheat bread flour
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 tablespoons vital gluten
• 2 teaspoons bread machine yeast

Recipe

• 1 biga:.
• 2 in a glass or plastic bowl,stir flour, yeast and water together with a wooden spoon until smooth.cover with a cloth and let stand overnight.it will be kind of bubbly.
• 3 bread:.
• 4 stir together flours,sugar,salt,.
• 5 and vital gluten; set aside.
• 6 pour starter in bread machine.
• 7 add water, honey, barley malt,butter and oil.
• 8 add the flour mixture.
• 9 make a groove in flour and add yeast.
• 10 set bread machine to dough cycle.
• 11 keep an eye on the machine as dough may reach the top before the end of the cycle;if this happens push it back down.
• 12 at the end of this cycle, remove dough from machine and split it in 2.
• 13 shape your breads in free form or in bread pans.
• 14 preheat oven 400*.
• 15 cover breads and let them rise for 45 minutes.
• 16 score the loaves.
• 17 place in hot oven for 10 minutes.
• 18 reduce heat to 350* and bake another 30 minutes.
• 19 remove bread from pans and tap the bottom to make sure it is baked(hollow sound).if not, return bread in the oven (without the pan)for another 5 minutes.
• 20 tip:.
• 21 if you do not have barley malt double the amount of honey.
• 22 while the oven is preheating,i set a large pan on top of the stove and sit my breads on a cookie on this pan for the rising stage.it works all the time.