Bread making class and possible Sprouted Grain Ezekiel 4:9 Bread Recipes

     I went over to my friend Julie's house for a lesson on baking a 100% whole wheat loaf using a Bosch Universal Mixer and I'll be trying to figure out how to translate the recipe into use either with the Kitchenaid stand mixer or by hand.  Before I went I tried an experiment with sprouting grain and dehydrating it in the oven and some in a pan just out on the back porch.  I only got about three cups of flour, but I'm looking forward to trying to make something with it!  Maybe those ginger snap cookies I found and posted about on Facebook?  We'll see.

    Julie was so sweet to let me grind my grain in her mill and teach us how to make cinnamon buns out of the basic whole wheat loaf bread recipe.  SO easy it's not even funny!  Now if I can get her recipe for the yeast-free Raisin Loaf she let me try, we are in business! Hee hee. Yummy! 

We talked about the Sprouted Grain Hearth Bread I tried making and the whole idea of sprouted grain flour, and cultured wheat.  Interesting stuff!

Here are some of the recipes I may look at trying. We'll see!


Sprouted Ezekiel Bread and Essene Bread (must try)
http://www.dadamo.com/forum/archive8/config.pl?read=40944


Sprouted Gluten free bread?  I really like this writer, so far.
http://thecoconutmama.blogspot.com/2010/09/sprouted-gluten-free-bread.html


Vegan Sprouted grain recipe
http://www.veganbaking.net/vegan-recipes/breads-and-muffins/flourless-sprouted-wheat-bread.html

Yummy cookie-cake recipe! MADE with HONEY! :) And no flour.
http://thecoconutmama.blogspot.com/2010/09/need-your-help.html

Honey let's have a Date: and the Science of Baking

Honey vs. Sugar
http://www.honey-health.com/honey-8.shtml

Go on a date..lol
http://zomtbakes.blogspot.com/2010/06/raw-natural-sweetener-date-syrup.html

pH levels in foods  ... adding baking soda (alkaline) to balance out honey (acid) in baking is what I'm researching. interesting. Looking for what to add to bread that won't change the flavor or texture or rise of the loaf.
What can you substitute for baking soda to increase the alkalinity of a food? Egg whites are one of the most alkaline foods.
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/food-ph-d_403.html


How Baking Works: Exploring the Fundamentals of Baking Science By Paula I. Figoni
http://books.google.com/books?id=XqKF7PqV02cC&lpg=PA143&ots=hprVhcNcuN&dq=ph%20scale%20of%20baking%20goods&pg=PA143#v=onepage&q=ph%20scale%20of%20baking%20goods&f=false

 Understanding baking: the art and science of baking
 By Joseph Amendola, Nicole Rees
http://books.google.com/books?id=O-XW__S--v8C&lpg=PA45&dq=ph%20scale%20baking%20goods&pg=PA51#v=onepage&q=ph%20scale%20baking%20goods&f=false

Baked goods freshness: technology, evaluation, and inhibition of staling

 By Ronald E. Hebeda, Henry F. Zobel
http://books.google.com/books?id=8TismnTIcacC&pg=PA191&lpg=PA191&dq=ph+scale+of+baking+goods&source=bl&ots=jrKkwbGPV9&sig=NgzyNZdTPSid9oM3FtR0GwE_3Ww&hl=en&ei=wbftTfkxqefRAYrRlPgH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Understanding Food: Principles and Preparation

 By Amy Christine Brown
http://books.google.com/books?id=edPzm5KSMmYC&lpg=PA29&dq=ph%20scale%20baking%20goods&pg=PA23#v=onepage&q&f=false


Getting ready for the third day in the process of this bread

http://gamereviewwiki.com/bikinibirthday/2010/05/day-97/


Making date squares or protein bars :
http://www.google.com/search?q=date+squares&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1


Making soaked grain breads:

Wholegrain Banana Bread, the Good Kind

http://www.paprikahead.com/2009/01/wholegrain-banana-bread-good-kind.html

Zucchini Bread

Food our grandmothers cooked, food our ancestors ate, food that has not been heavily processed or farmed in depleted soil — these are the foods that are Completely Edible.

http://www.completelyedible.com/2009/07/zucchini-bread/


Kamut Khorasan -- Recipe for soaked Zucchini Bread

http://www.kamut.com/en/recipe-detail.html?recipeId=126

Healthy Soaked Banana Bread
http://www.heaveninthehome.com/2009/04/24/healthy-soaked-banana-bread/

Soaked Pumpkin Bread
http://gnowfglins.com/2010/09/08/soaked-pumpkin-bread/
Dirty Dozen Produce List
http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2010/04/29/2010-dirty-dozen-produce-list-released-by-the-ewg/

Vegetarian Sushi!!!  I want to try this.
http://unconventionalhomemaker.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/vegetarian-sushi/


CHECK THIS OUT!!
A local gal from Allen who orders grain from my friend.and does her own baking
http://unconventionalhomemaker.wordpress.com/

Using dates as a sweetener :Raw date sugar and date syrup

These are some links I found\\

I like this website for making raw foods!
http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=36380

recipe for date syrup
http://zomtbakes.blogspot.com/2010/06/raw-natural-sweetener-date-syrup.html

SWEET!!!  Blog and recipes making date sugar and using date sugar, YUM
http://www.muddyspoon.com/2011/01/naturally-sweet.html

Information on honey and dates as sweetener - very scientific!
http://www.honey-health.com/honey-8.shtml

Scientific data on date sugar
http://www.triedtastedserved.com/natural-sweeteners/date-sugar.php

Why you should eat more raw foods and date sugar
http://altmedicine.about.com/od/popularhealthdiets/a/Raw_Food.htm

Recipes using date syrup and cooking with date sugar
http://www.thehealthycookingcoach.com/2010/06/i-love-dates-and-im-always-on-the-lookout-for-new-ways-to-incorporate-them-into-recipes-i-like-showing-people-how-they-ca.html

another cooked version of date syrup
http://www.ehow.com/how_5351992_make-syrup-great-vegan-honey.html

What is date sugar?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-date-sugar.htm

healthy sugar alternatives
http://www.organiclifestylemagazine.com/blog/healthy-sugar-alternatives.php

a source for premade date syrups and recipes using date syrup.
http://www.organicsareforeveryone.com/about/

Food dehydrating

I'm looking at the idea of getting a food dehydrator and of course it occurred to me to find something cheap or free.  So after looking online and pricing food dehydrators, I also looked up the idea of having a homemade one, a solar dehydrator.  Actually it came up in the search for dehydrators.  So here are some of the websites to look for and research for buying an electric one this has an autocompare feature for the different brands and varieties. http://discountjuicers.com/dehydratorcompare.html
this site just has several different types http://www.canningpantry.com/dehydrators.html

This one just gives tips on how to dry and some other things http://rawfoodswitch.com/raw-food-recipes/raw-food-dehydrators-dehydrate-snacks/

This one I really like because it has tips for drying and dehydrators and also tips for making your own dehydrator.  http://www.squidoo.com/solar-food-dehydrator#module9800298
and this one here has the same concept http://www.alpharubicon.com/prepinfo/dehydratorstryder.htm

I think this may be an option except for the obstacle of keeping the animals out of the food.  But it's always fun to try!

Permaculture blog on dehydrating and food dryers http://permaculturelist.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/permaculture-three-solar-food-dehydrators/

So, there are some ideas, now I'll get ready to go for my day!! :)

Making bread!!

On Thursday and Friday I made Anadama bread and found this recipe to try for sprouted grain bread.  Yesterday I started the process by soaking the grains, this morning at 9:30 am I started the soaker and I'll start the biga later today since it only needs to sit overnight. Anyway here is the blog post I'm following bikini birthday- day 97: sprouted grain hearth bread now we'll follow the process and see how things turn out. 

I also found these blogs that I want to look at because I'm doing research on the sprouted grain and soaked flour methods of baking bread.  So far this is what I've found.


http://www.modernalternativemama.com/blog/2010/6/2/affording-real-food-purdy-family.html

http://rawmilkmama.blogspot.com/2008/02/making-bread-with-fermented-soaked.html

http://www.healthbanquet.com/sprouted-grain-bread.html

http://articles.urbanhomemaker.com/index.php?article=265

I was also investigating the ideas of making bread without yeast completely as there was a biblical reference to making it as an offering unto the Lord in Leviticus 2 where I was reading yesterday morning.

Here are a few articles about that: http://www.optiderma.com/en/healthy-skin-tips/food-recipes/bread-dough-without-yeast---anti-candida.html

http://earthnotes.tripod.com/soda-bread.htm

Anyway! That's really it for this morning.. (Edited at 11:18 am June 5th)


So here we go! I'm off to get ready for my day, possibly go to church or listen to it online.  Take some things back to the grocery store and get my money back, and maybe go to a movie! We'll see what really happens!

Love!