Walnut Bread With Wheat Germ

Name: Walnut Bread With Wheat Germ
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 270 grams Bread (strong) flour; 30 grams Wheat germ; 20 grams Sugar; 5 grams Salt; 6 grams Dry yeast; 200 grams Water; 20 grams Shortening; 50 grams Walnuts

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This is our family recipe for wheat germ bread that I bake as a large loaf and use for open faced sandwiches.

You can buy roasted wheat germ, but it has a much better fragrance if you roast it yourself just before using it.
I used regular bread flour. If you use domestically grown wheat bread flour, add less water. Recipe by DUFFYchan

This is our family recipe for wheat germ bread that I bake as a large loaf and use for open faced sandwiches.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

This is our family recipe for wheat germ bread that I bake as a large loaf and use for open faced sandwiches.

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Ingredients

2 servings

270 gramsBread (strong) flour
30 gramsWheat germ
20 gramsSugar
5 gramsSalt
6 gramsDry yeast
200 gramsWater
20 gramsShortening
50 gramsWalnuts

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Steps

1

Roast the wheat germ and let it cool. (I just do this in a frying pan since it's a small amount. On the left in the photo: before roasting. On the right: after roasting.)
2

Roast the walnuts and crush them up finely. (I roast them spread out on the baking sheet of the oven toaster.)
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Make the dough, and add the walnuts just before it has finished kneading. Knead the walnuts in and leave for the first rising (30 to 40 minutes).
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If using a bread machine, put in all the ingredients except for the shortening and start the dough kneading program. Add the shortening 10 minutes afterwards.
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After the 1st rising is finished, divide the dough and deflate lightly. Round out each piece of dough, and let it rest (for about 20 minutes).
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Deflate the dough lightly with your hands, and roll out with a rolling pin into an oval shape.
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Fold the left side in and press down lightly.
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Fold the right side in so that it overlaps the left side fold, and press down lightly.
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Fold in half, and seal.
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This is the sealed up bread dough.
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Let the dough rice again (2nd rising) for about 30 minutes, or until the dough increases to 1.5 times its original volume.
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Slash the top, and bake in a preheated 200 °C oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
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It's delicious sliced and lightly toasted too.
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[Ideal water temperatures to make the dough:] About 30 °C in the spring and fall, 10 °C in the summer, and about 45 °C in the winter. I warm it up in the microwave.