Breakfast

Whole Wheat French Bread is for Breakfast.

Whole Wheat French Bread takes 60 minutes to prepare.

Whole Wheat French Bread takes 26 minutes to cook.

Whole Wheat French Bread makes 48 servings.

The ingredients for Whole Wheat French Bread are:

6 C unbleached flour or bread flour
3 C whole wheat flour
1 Tbsp plus 1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp instant yeast
3 1/4 C water
Polenta, cornmeal, or semolina

Here is how you make Whole Wheat French Bread:

Mix all ingredients except the polenta in a bowl until the mixture can be formed into a ball. Sprinkle a little flour on the counter, turn out the dough, and knead for about 10-12 minutes or until the dough is tacky but not sticky and has a nice elasticity.Clean the bowl and return the dough to it. Cover with either a damp towel or plastic wrap, or put into a plastic bag. Leave the dough out at room temp to rise for about 1 1/2 hours. The dough will have doubled in size. Punch it down, form it into a ball, return to bowl, and allow it to rise again for 1-1 1/2 hours until doubled in size again.Gently cut the dough into 2 pieces if you are making rounds or 4 pieces if you are making baquettes. roll each piece of dough into a long rectangle. Fold in thirds, from top to bottom, and roll it out again, keeping the seam on the bottom. Fold the rectagle in thirds again, crimping the seam with your fingers so that it will not open up. Sprinkle pans with polenta, or emlina to prevent the dough from sticking and to give a nice crackle to the bottom of the loaf. After forming the loaves, let rise approx. 1 hour at room temp or overnight in the fridge. If making baquettes, slash the tops diagonally, or, for round loaves, in a tic-tac-toe pattern. Spray loaves with cold water and place them in a pre-heated oven (450* F). After 2 inutes, quickly spray them again. Two minutes later, spray once more. Two minutes later, give one final spary. About 10 minutes later, look at the loaves. If they appear to be golden and done, turn off the oven and allow the loaves to cook in a cooling oven for 10 more minutes. Total cooking time is 26-30 minutes for baquettes and 40 minutes for rounds. Allow to cool for 20 -45 minutes and serve.Makes two 1 1/2 pound loaves or rounds or four 12-oz baguettes.Number of Servings: 48Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PROPHETESS1.

The nutritional information for Whole Wheat French Bread is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 48
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 82.3

• Total Fat: 0.3 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 145.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 17.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.3 g
• Protein: 2.6 g