Honey Hemp Bread

Since, last night I had to work on my wedding dress late into the evening. I might as well bake bread. :)

Second time using the Kitchenaid. I wasn't surprised since the hydration of the last dough was obviously too wet that the machine did really good mixing. This time I made sure to not add too much oil. Well, the Kitchenaid though was doing a good job turning, the dough was climbing up the hook and honestly wasn't incorporating the fluid into the flour like I wanted. I also added hemp seeds which made the dough thicker. I used the last of the buttermilk to help with the dense mixture. It made it very sticky. I'll be curious to see how this turns out since I've never used hemp to cook with.


Honey Hemp Bread with Buttermilk

Measure and whisk dry

• 2.5t yeast
• 1c whole wheat flour
• 2c bread flour
• .5t baking soda
• 1t sea salt 
• 1c hemp seeds

 Measure wet and add to dry

• 3.5T honey
• 3T olive oil
• 1.75c buttermilk
  

Let rise in oiled bowl covered with damp towel for 2hours or till doubled. Punch, rest for 10minutes, and knead again for 10mintues, Let rise in the oiled pan for 2hours or until doubled.  Bake at 350 for 25minutes or until hollow sound.

And there you have it, this morning's very pretty nutty hemp bread! :)


Now, I did not coat the top of the bread with any liquid which you can see that it does not have a very defined crust. It interestingly did not make a interesting split when I made a slice in the middle.

Honey Nut Wheat Bread with Buttermilk

It's time for bread again...

I'll be using my Mother's kitchenaid for this recipe. I wonder how different its going to be, since I've only had the pleasure of my hands mixing my bread. I also do not have my sourdough starter here at my parents house. And I've not baked with bread flour yet. Overall, I'm pretty excited about it.

When I wrote out my recipe I was feeling pretty good about it. Till I got distracted for one reason or another. I can't remember messing up this bad. So the recipe below reflects 1.5T safflower oil. When I read it back to my self I read 1.5c which was from the buttermilk. Well obviously the mixture the mixture is going to be too wet. Luckily, I thought to myself that 1.5c sounds like a lot so I added only 1c of safflower oil to the mix. I'm very unsure how this is going to go. At least next time, I 'll know when reading my recipe that I need to make careful note that the oil content will not match the volume of the buttermilk. :p

Honey Nut Wheat Bread with Buttermilk

Measure and whisk dry

• 2.5t yeast
• 1c whole wheat flour
• 2c bread flour
• .5t baking soda
• 1t sea salt

Toast with a little safflower oil, then mix

• 3T raw pumpkin seeds
• 3T raw sunflower seeds

 Measure wet and add to dry

• 3T honey
• 1.5T safflower oil
• 1.5c buttermilk
  

I used the KA's dough hook to mix all ingredients. For me it was wet do to the amount of safflower oil but surprisingly it had that glutenous texture from the bread flour. I kneaded it some with more wheat flour. Hopefully, it wont do as bad as my mind is making it out to be.

Let rise for 2hours or till doubled. Punch, rest for 10minutes, and knead again for 10mintues (by the way the bread flour has a completely different texture when kneading). Let rise in the oiled pan for 2hours or until doubled.  Brush on egg wash over top. Bake at 350 for 30minutes or until hollow sound (because of the extra oil, I baked an extra 15minutes because it didn't sound quit hollow).

Well there you have it. Bread with an extra 13.5T of safflower oil. Very pretty, but super sensitive when I brushed the eggs wash, it sorta fell on the sides.

How to measure love....8 inches

You may find my title funny but I measure my love in 8 inches. Why 8 inches? Because this last year, I decided to grow my hair long enough to donate 8 inches to help make a wig for someone with Cancer. Did you know that about 3,400 people are diagnosed with cancer daily and that about 1,500 people die from cancer daily in the U.S.? Little did I realize that it would takes 3 full heads of hair to make 1 wig, that's a lot of hair for one wig. So, I've decided that I'll try my best to continue growing my hair out for one more donation. And hopefully Kalen will have enough hair also by the end of the year to make a donation.

Are you ready to measure your love in 8 inches ?

Luckily, I'll have enough to put up for my wedding here in 3 weeks. I seriously didn't recognize myself after the hair cut. And it feels really weird having short hair again. My hair is about an inch shorter than when I met Kalen almost three years ago. Crazy! At least I can dance with my hair down again. :)