Three tips to help you bake great wholemeal bread

Wholemeal loaves are full of flavour and a delicious treat.
But has your home baked versions turned out more like brick than bread?
There are a couple of important changes you'll need to make when baking a wholemeal loaf instead of one with white flour.
Watch the video to find out more - and you'll soon be baking light, fluffy wholemeal loaves at home.
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[@CleverCatCooking]

Thank you. I will definitely try the tips next time I am baking.

[@TheEpsomBakehouse]

Thank you for watching, I'm glad this was helpful. Do you usually bake wholemeal bread at home?

[@cristalwizard]

Thank you. That’s very helpful. I’ll try a Wholemeal loaf next.❤

[@Kirbygal55]

Love this lesson. Thank you for posting.

[@TheEpsomBakehouse]

Thank you for watching, I'm glad this was useful. Do you usually bake wholemeal bread at home?

[@Kirbygal55]

@@TheEpsomBakehouse yes. There is nothing like homemade wholemeal bread.

[@pennymcconnell3372]

Love your channel and absolutely love the intelligent way in which you present your material : it gives so much information with a light touch and homes in on the issues that turn most of us from making bread. I hope the your followers increase-keep going the way you are doing.

[@TheEpsomBakehouse]

Thank you for watching and for your kind words, I'm glad you found the tips helpful. What type of bread do you like to bake at home?

[@paramjitabbotts171]

Thanks for tips 🥰

[@TheEpsomBakehouse]

Thanks for watching! Do you bake your own wholemeal bread at home already?

[@b.scarpia7159]

I'd like to add that your channel deserves more views and subscribers. Perhaps if you were a bit more Patsy and a little less Saffron the instruction would be absolutely fabulous. 😀

[@TheEpsomBakehouse]

😆 thanks! I love Saffy in Ab Fab, I'm definitely the sensible one (with the good bread making tips). Enjoy the homemade bread and thanks for watching.

[@mikelaycock1469]

Grateful for the tips but more detail would have been helpful eg do you mix the flour and water as you do for a dough, then leave it and does it matter where left eg on the side/in the fridge and do you just cover it with a teacloth or clingfilm? Also, is it difficult to mix the yeast into a ready mixed dough rather than when the ingredients are all dry. Thanks.

[@paramjitabbotts171]

Hi yes I have thanks

[@bernbern6973]

When you presoak do you combine into a ball? Thank you! Enjoy your tips.

[@TheEpsomBakehouse]

Yes, just make it into a rough ball of dough and cover the bowl. Do you often bake wholemeal at home? Enjoy if so 😀.

[@b.scarpia7159]

My Kitchenaid and I bake bread once a week but this is my first 100% whole wheat loaf in years with your tip on moisture is cooling as I write. I began going 50/50 with white after too many paving stones. This one is a Stetson, tall and wide. The dough is a bit gooey though, which is a pain to shape and I will cut back just a little on the water next time. Can't wait to try 100% Rye.

[@TheEpsomBakehouse]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad the tip on using more water in the dough was helpful. Have you tried baking 100% wholemeal bread again? The dough can be sticky and wet, great for getting a lighter, well risen loaf but a little hard to shape. You can try putting a little water or olive oil on your hands when handling the dough, that can help.

[@b.scarpia7159]

@@TheEpsomBakehouse I got past not having a perfectly clean bowl after kneading with 10 ml less water, a better spatula, and more positive outlook on the extra work. My weekly loaf with 2 tbsp caraway and 1/2 of fennel seed is now bake-off ready. Thank you so much for the hydration tip.

[@reshmapatel325]

Do you have a recipe to wholemeal bread. As I brought some from from a proper Miller who owns one of the few working windmills in the UK.

[@TheEpsomBakehouse]

Thank you for watching. That flour sounds fantastic, have you had a chance to bake bread with it yet? I have a step-by-step online course to baking the best wholemeal loaf - including tips and techniques to avoid turning out a loaf that is too dense and heavy. You can find out more about the course here: thebakehouseclub.com/register/wholemeal-loaf/

[@SuzukiRie7]

Hi, I've been wondering what makes different between Wholemeal strong flour and just ordinary Wholemeal flour. We can get both in the UK and which one is better to bake a bread? Many thanks

[@TheEpsomBakehouse]

Hello, thank you for watching. Strong flour usually has a higher protein content and so is used to bake bread. Have you tried baking your own wholemeal loaf at home?

[@SuzukiRie7]

@@TheEpsomBakehouse Yes, I have tried using strong wholemeal flour. At that time I didn't know I had to put more water so the bread was heavy like a brick. Taste was nice though. You are the second person to tell we have to put more water, so I will definitely have a go. Thank you for answering my question 🙏

[@TheEpsomBakehouse]

@@SuzukiRie7 yes, lots of water needed when baking with wholemeal flour. I'm glad this was useful, do let me know how your bread turns out.

[@George-ps5]

The wholemeal bread I got from my local bakery is white on the inside, is it fake wholemeal?

[@TheEpsomBakehouse]

Probably best to go back and ask for more information about the bread and the flour they use to make it.