Flax Seed Whole Wheat Hearth Bread and Flatbread Discuss Flax Seed Whole Wheat in the Brick Oven Cooking forums; I completely forgot to do everything I had agreed the last time I made whole grain bread. I specifically did ...

[james]

I completely forgot to do everything I had agreed the last time I made whole grain bread. I specifically did not:

1. Soak the grains overnight
2. Wrap the proofing bread in a plastic bag
3. Turn off convection

Darn. I did immediately wrap the loaf in linen the moment it came out of the oven, and I hydrated the dough more. Both of which helped. The crust was very crunchy, but not too, too much. The flax seeds have a nice flavor, and I used the fresh Ball Mill flour.

40% KA GP
40% whole wheat
20% whole rye
10% whole flax seeds
74% hydration (70% for the flours and 4% for the extra seeds).

I promise to follow steps 1-3 next time. :-)
James

[egalecki]

The flax seeds will also be more digestible, and thus better for you, if you soak them overnight.

It still looks good, even though you didn't do all those things!

[AnnieMacD]

James, did it pass the 'family' test - are they eating it???

Annie