Bread Maker Recipe - Cracked Wheat (Bulgur) Bread

January 20, 2010

Buglur wheat is made mostly from various wheat strains (mostly durum wheat) that has been crushed, parboiled, dried, and partially de-branned. Cracked wheat is similar to Bulgur, but has not been parboiled. Both are whole grains and highly nutritious.

Adding either to a bread maker recipe is going to increase the nutritional value of the bread, but also add a wonderful texture and slight nuttiness. I think it's a great choice for people who use bread makers (like me) who want to increase the amount of whole grain fiber in their diets. Making wonderful 100% whole grain wheat bread in most bread makers is a real challenge at times, that is if you want it to be something more than a dense, gummy brick at the end of the baking cycle. Adding cracked wheat or bulgur to the bread increases the whole grain fiber without sacrificing a soft chew.

Ingredients
1 cup warm water
1/4 cup cracked wheat or bulgur wheat
1 1/2 cups white flour
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon vital wheat gluten
1 teaspoon dough conditioner
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup olive oil
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast

Directions
Add the ingredients into the bread pan in the order listed, or the order your bread maker recommends. I don't think the order matters too much, as long as you put as much distance as you can between the yeast and the water.

Set the bread maker for the “wheat” cycle and set the crust to whatever setting you enjoy most (I prefer light or medium for most things. If you're using cracked wheat, set the delay timer for at least 30 minutes so the cracked wheat can soak and soften, or you'll end up with cracked teeth, not just cracked wheat. Bulgur has already been parboiled so you shouldn't need to set a delay for *most bread makers.
*Many bread makers have a built in delay to warm the water for the wheat cycle. If your bread maker doesn't have a built in delay for the wheat cycle, you may want to set the delay timer , just to make sure, when using Bulgur wheat. Experiment with your bread maker and let me know how it goes.

Photo by Rob Owen-Wahl

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FASHION STYLE said...

nice blog cool information for you write, thank you

January 21, 2010 at 4:45 AM
RikeH said...

Is that the whole secret for making bulgur bread??
very interesting.

January 21, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Anonymous said...

This bread was absolutely horrible, don't waste your ingredients - I used the same dough conditioner, VWG, and yeast and it was flat and hard as a rock.

February 19, 2013 at 2:07 PM

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