"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Anny Middon" > wrote in message
> .. .
> > 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

Near all our bread machine recipes come out too sweet for my liking - they
all call for sugar for the yeast. If it were me making them, I'd be tempted
to use far less sugar or omit it altogether and just leave the dough longer
to get going.




Shaun aRe