Spelt Sandwich Bread
Servings 6 Loaves
Equipment
- Bosch Mixer
Ingredients
- 6 Cups Water tepid or cool
- 2.5 tbsp Saf Yeast or your favorite instant yeast
- 3/4 Cup Olive Oil extra virgin
- 3/4 Cup Honey
- 2 tbsp Liquid Sunflower Lecithin
- 2 tbsp Sea Salt
- 10+ Cups Spelt Flour
Instructions
- Dissolve the year in the water in your mixer. If you are grinding your own flour, use cool water as your flour will be warm.
- Grind 8 cups whole spelt berries. If you do not have a grinder, that makes about 10 cups of flour.
- Add the remaining ingredients, mix until incorporated and allow to rest for 15 minutes.
- Turn on your mixer and add white spelt flour as needed to reach your preferred consistency. I usually add 1-2 cups.
- Allow the machine to knead your dough for a few minutes, be careful though because it's easy to over knead spelt!
- Put the dough in a large oiled bowl and allow to rise until doubled.
- Divide into 6 equal parts, and shape each part into a loaf. I personally roll it into a rectangle, then fold it into thirds, then thirds again cross grain. Then I re-roll into a rectangle, then by hand roll it into a log, then pinch the ends under and place sealed side down in well oiled pans. The crossing of the fibers gives it the best rise!
- Allow to rise until cresting the top of your pans. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Bake 30 minutes, or until golden brown. You may butter the tops if you like!
- Turn out of pans immediately and allow to cool before slicing. ENJOY!
Notes
The extra loaves freeze perfectly and will keep for many months. Just pull them out as you need them.
Thank you so much for the recipe. I love to bake bread and will definately try this. Would you mind sharing where you get your spelt flour? I haven't really found a good price. Thank you and happy baking!
I get my Spelt Berries for grinding from http://www.azurestandard.com Then deliver to my area, so it’s super good pricing. Look for bosch dealers in your area—they tend to carry wheat as well. Azure also carries ground flour!
Kayla
Thanks for showing us your bread making method! I also LOVE to bake bread, and try new recipes, so I will be trying this one out soon :). Do you know if this recipe freezes well? I've never actually made spelt bread before!
It freezes beautifully! I do it all the time!!!
Kayla
Thanks for posting your video! This is exactly what I have been looking for. I couldnt quite hear you after you finished kneading the dough (when you turned your video back on) did you say you added bread flour to the dough and that's why it was so nice and stretchy? Also, i never heard of putting yeast in cold water. how come you do this? shouldnt it be warm (obiously not cuz your bread turned out ah . . . awsome!!)
I have tried 100% spelt and it’s great! Just not QUITE as easy to work with…it’s more fragile. Only knead 100% spelt bread for 5 minutes TOPS. You will not get the great stretch this bread has, but you will still have a delicious bread. Great question!
Kayla
Sorry LOL I just read your ingredient list looks like you did put in bread flour.Have you ever tried makng 100% spelt bread?