Wheat Berries and Recipes

Wheat Berries and Recipes

Asked Question: I need a recipe for using the sprouted wheat berries in bread.

You may have some Wheat Berries sitting around and just want to use them. You want to get the value from the money you spent on it. In addition to just grinding wheat and making bread, there are some other options.

Sprout your Wheat Berries

Here's some advice from food.com on how to Sprout Wheat Berries:

1. Place 1/4 cup wheat berries in a quart canning jar(or similar regular jar) and fill with lukewarm water.
2. Place a double thickness of cheesecloth over the mouth and secure with jar ring or rubber band.
3. Drain water through the cheesecloth, fill again, and let soak for 2 hours.
4. Drain, rinse again and drain.
5. Place jar on it's side in a dark place.
6. Rinse and drain twice a day for 2-4 days, or until 2 cups of sprouts are formed. Place the sprouts in a colander, rinse with cold water, drain and store in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. Enjoy!

Use your Sprouted Wheat Berries

Here's a recipe, also from food.com to make Sprouted Wheat Berry Bread:

Ingredients:

Yield: 2 loaves Units: US

• 2 (1 tablespoon) packages active dry yeast
• 3 cups lukewarm water
• 1 tablespoon sea salt
• 1/3 cup honey
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 3 1/2 cups white flour (unbleached is best)
• 2 cups wheat berry sprouts, coarsely chopped
• 4 cups whole wheat flour 2 loaaves Units: US
• 2 (1 tablespoon) packages active dry yeast
• 3 cups lukewarm water
• 1 tablespoon sea salt
• 1/3 cup honey
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 3 1/2 cups white flour (unbleached is best)
• 2 cups wheat berry sprouts, coarsely chopped
• 4 cups whole wheat flour

Directions:

1. Sprinkle the yeast over 1 cup lukewarm water in a large mixing bowl and let sit for 5 minutes. Stir to dissolve yeast. Add the remaining water, salt, honey and oil. Mix well.
2. Stir in white flour and beat dough by hand or with a dough hook in an electric mixer until smooth. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
3. Stir in the wheat berry sprouts and just enough whole wheat flour to make a soft, sticky dough. Turn the dough out onto a floured board and knead, with more flour if necessary, until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
4. Place in a greased bowl, turning to grease to of dough; cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 60 minutes.
5. Grease 2 9x5-inch loaf pans. Turn dough onto lightly floured board and knead briefly.
6. Divide in 2, shape into loaves and place in pans. Cover and let rise again in a warm place until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
7. Preheat oven to 375°F
8. Bake loaves 25 minutes. Lower oven heat to 300*F. and bake 35 more minutes, or until bottom of loaf sounds hollow when turned out and tapped. Cool on wire rack. Enjoy!

Another place to get a good recipe is at motherearthnews.com - The Essene Whole Grain Bread Recipe.

Hopefully one of these options works for you - if you have better ideas, leave them in the comments below so we can all use our wheat!