"Anny Middon" > wrote in message
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> Does anyone have a recipe for whole wheat bread (yeast, not quick bread)
> that isn't sweet? Every recipe I've tried has come out tasting quite
> sweet (as I admit do most commercial WW breads). The only exception I've
> tried has been a store-bought whole wheat sourdough bread, but I'd like to
> make this in the next day or so and don't want to mess around with a
> starter.
>
> Any ideas or recipes? I'm happy with adding herbs or cheese or the like
> if that's what it takes. Just leaving out nearly all the added sweeteners
> in a recipe has almost done the trick, but I think there must be a certain
> amount of natural sweetness in the flour.
>
> Anny
>
Anny, why don't you just take your whole wheat bread recipe that you usually
make and eliminate the sugar/molasses/honey portion. IMO I think the sweet
portion is only to cover up the bitterness of the whole wheat flour; IOW, I
don't think it is there to proof the yeast, but others may say that it helps
the rise. If you are worried about the rise, just add a Tablespoon of
gluten flour to the recipe. For a while I was using King Arthur's WHITE
WHOLE WHEAT. It wasn't as bitter a regular whole wheat. You can go to
www.kingarthurflour.com and see the difference.
Dee Dee