Whole Wheat Bread

If you still haven’t tried to bake your own bread yet, it’s the best time for it now as I will give the recipe of an amazingly healthy bread now!

We haven’t been eating white flour bread for a year, we prefer whole wheat bread instead. However, I hadn’t tried to bake whole wheat bread at home until this morning. Mom II (hubby’s mom) is with us and she satisfied our taste buds with this bread containing nothing unhealthy and I was her assitant this time. She always loves to discover new and healthy (more importantly) ingredients. One day she called me and told that she met a lady in a village during one of her routine weekend trip. And she learnt that this lady is the owner of a mill in the city, which is a flour store at the same time.

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(You see mom as the group leader in a mountain trip)

Nature lover mom II also loves organic products and to buy them first hand, so she couldn’t miss the opportunity when that lady gave the address of her store. Mom II told me on the phone call with a great pleasure that she discovered a flour store which sells various kinds of flour made from organically grown grains. So I knew that she had a recipe plan when she said “ I’ve bought whole wheat for you!” However, I must admit that this bread is beyond my expectations!

The ones we buy from supermarkets are a bit bland, but this one is fantastic with carrot, walnut flavors and definitely with the special whole wheat flour mom II brought for us. If you have a chance to buy any flour from a mill, go buy some and see the difference.

Tam Buğday Ekmegi (Cevizli& Havuclu)
Ingredients
-   500g whole wheat flour
-   1tbsp dry instant yeast
-   1 ¼ cup milk
-   ¾ cup yogurt
-   1tsp salt
-   3 carrots, grated
-   100g walnut, crumbled
-   2 tbsp oat

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Put flour, yeast, salt, milk and yogurt in a large bowl and combine them well. Add grated carrot and crumbled walnut and mix them. Cover it and wait for 1 hour for the dough to rise.

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Preheat the oven at 180C.
Sprinkle a little flour on the counter and tranfer the dough on it. Give a shape of a big ball to dough.

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Lay a baking sheet on an oven tray and transfer the ball shaped dough on it. Put its bottom upwards as that side is smoother. Gently make squares with a knife and then sprinkle oats on it and put it oven. Bake it for 80 minutes.

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Take it from oven and let it rest for at least half an hour before serving.

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About the Author

Her love of cooking started as a little child by messing her mom's dishes up! Despite all her mom's effort to teach her how to cook, she was happy as an 'assistant'. What made her want to jump to an upper level was her dad's compliments for the first dish she made herself. Finally, her husband, who claims that ancient humans were stronger than we are today as their main food source was meat, helped her love cooking meat dishes and improving vegetable dishes to make them more edible for him!

20 Comments on "Whole Wheat Bread"

torviewtoronto December 5, 2010 at 2:50 pm · Reply

fun trip and delicious bread
Lazaro December 5, 2010 at 7:00 pm · Reply

Baking bread at home is such a rewarding endeavor. Yours looks baked to perfection.

Be well!
dokuzuncubulut December 6, 2010 at 1:59 am · Reply

Yaşasın! Güzel bir ekmek tarifi daha öğrenmiş oldum:))
Ellerine sağlık Zerrin…
Sevgiler.
Tes December 6, 2010 at 4:25 am · Reply

What an amazing trip! The bread looks so beautiful, healthy and yummy
Sophie December 6, 2010 at 6:09 am · Reply

What a great hiking trip you made & your mom is loking in good shape!

That bread looks amazing, tasty & easy to do!
5 Star Foodie December 6, 2010 at 12:45 pm · Reply

A gorgeous bread loaf! I love the addition of carrots and walnuts, sounds incredible!
Dimah December 6, 2010 at 1:08 pm · Reply

What a beautiful loaf of bread! It looks delicious and healthy!
tasteofbeirut December 6, 2010 at 5:46 pm · Reply

I love this bread and I was feeling wistful looking at your mom and her group of friends walking in that forest! Is that in Turkey? It looks like Lebanon and it is beautiful, as beautiful as your bread~
Jenny @ meltingbutter December 7, 2010 at 1:23 am · Reply

wonderful…looks very healthy… great post
Kim - Liv Life December 7, 2010 at 10:56 am · Reply

What a beautiful bread! I always love breads with oatmeal sprinkled on top. This one looks like a real treat!
Lindsey @ Gingerbread Bagels December 7, 2010 at 8:13 pm · Reply

Your bread is just gorgeous. I love the additional of carrots and walnuts and the oats sprinkled on top! It looks so delicious.
Cristina - Teenie Cakes December 9, 2010 at 9:13 am · Reply

I luv this recipe and looking fwd to trying it. Great ingredients using the yogurt, whole wheat flour and carrots! I would like to try this as a sandwich bread too. Thx for sharing –
Diana December 10, 2010 at 9:03 pm · Reply

I don’t eat white bread very much either, and I love whole grain breads. I like the idea of carrots.
Corina December 11, 2010 at 8:48 am · Reply

I also avoid white bread. I like the idea of putting grated carrot in it. It must keep it really nice and moist.
kim December 19, 2010 at 11:30 am · Reply

I love whole grain bread. This looks delicious!
Nikki @ The Tolerant Vegan December 29, 2010 at 8:27 am · Reply

This looks amazing! I wonder if I can use soy or rice milk instead of dairy?
- Zerrin December 29, 2010 at 8:33 am · Reply
  
  Nikki, I’m not sure if soy or rice milk works fine as I’ve never used them.
Paddy January 24, 2011 at 11:05 am · Reply

This bread looks amazing! So, there is no need to knead the dough?
- Zerrin January 25, 2011 at 1:15 pm · Reply
  
  Paddy, you don’t need to knead it. Just combine the ingredients well. It is a bit thicker than regular cake batter.