It’s been a while since I made a sourdough loaf using my spent grain flour. I remembered how well the flavors played together and wanted to give it a shot with my new sourdough culture instead of the old whole wheat starter I had used with the last loaf. Schedule: I based this loaf off…
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Seeded Spent Grain Bread
I wanted to make a hearty bread for sandwiches and toast so I dug through my pantry and found as many seeds and nuts as I could find and threw them all into this bread! The addition of some spent grain flour gives it that extra boost of whole grain flavor too. Schedule: I based…
Spent Grain Standard Bread
It’s finally cooling off enough to the point where I feel comfortable running the oven for a couple hours. I’ve been craving some home made bread and figured I’d jump back in with some spent grain bread. I love the flavors and aromas the spent grain gives to the bread. I’ve mentioned it before, but…
Overnight 20% Spent Grain Loaf
I wanted to push the limits of what’s an acceptable amount of spent grain flour to use in a loaf of bread. I usually add about 10% but in this loaf I decided to up it to 20%. While the dough, and resulting bread, was definitely extremely dense, the taste and flavor is excellent. Schedule:…
5 Flours Country Bread
I took a look at my pantry and saw several jars, bags and containers of random flour I’ve been using over the last few months and thought ‘I wonder what would happen if I put all of this into one loaf?’ This bread has a lot going on. Using bread, spelt, whole wheat, rye and…
Spent Grain Sourdough
I love being able to turn what would normally be composted or trashed into something delicious. Spent grain is what’s left over after removing all the sugars from malted barley and other grains during the mashing process of making beer. I dry the grain and grind it into a flour. At about 10% of the…
Spent Grain Hybrid Loaf
In addition to baking a ton of bread, I also brew a lot of beer. Not one to let things go to waste, I like to take some of the spent grain from the mashing process of beer making, dry it in the oven and then blend it into a flour and use it in…
Alegre Bread 