I have never made whole wheat bread or white sandwich bread before. We’re happy with the flavor and softness, but visually I feel like the crumb looks like it could be more open. I ran into some issues with this bread initially when I put it in the pan. It was too big for the pan somehow even though I measured the dough with a tape measurer and weighed my ingredients. Any advice for this bread?
by Acluelessfish
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Looks so good!!
This looks fabulous! 100% whole wheat bread is never going to have a particularly open crumb due to the bran in the flour cutting your gluten strands, so this is exactly what I’d expect from a wheat loaf where everything has gone just right. Nicely done!
Oh course you can! Looks so good!
You may. It’s also acceptable to do a happy dance and to post [homemade]French Toast at r/food or homemade french toast at r/breakfast.
I would buy this
Yummy
Looks great! Especially for a first attempt.
Whole wheat is challenging to get good gluten development too. If you prefer a little more open crumb, and don’t mind giving up a little bit of fiber, use 20-40% of the flour as white bread flour.
Go ahead and celebrate with enjoyment and make another.
Absolutely! It looks beautiful and delicious! 😋 good job! 👏🏻
Looks amazing! Do you mind sharing your recipe?
This looks excellent! If you want a more open crumb, it’s definitely doable. Let us know which recipe you followed and we can help you troubleshoot. Or if you want you can try out [this recipe](https://www.reddit.com/r/mediterraneandiet/s/xR7TvfhA5e) I posted a while back (100% whole wheat, water, yeast, salt and olive oil are the only ingredients).
Hmmm, looks so good! Yum!
Flour is an interesting thing. You can buy grocery store whole wheat flour and make bread that looks whiter than making bread from fresh milled “white” or “bread” flour.
I’ve been experimenting with freshly milled flours from small mills and even loaves 100% “white” flour comes out darker than this. I made one that was mostly white with about 10% rye and 5% whole wheat and it was insanely dark. All delicious, but very dark.