Best Whole Wheat Wild Rice Bread Recipes

WILD RICE & CRANBERRY LOAVES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix the first seven ingredients and 1-1/2 cups bread flour. In a small saucepan, heat milk, water, molasses and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in cranberries, rice and enough remaining bread flour to form a stiff dough (dough will be sticky)., Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest 10 minutes. , Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape into loaves. Place in two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans, seam side down. Cover with kitchen towels; let rise in a warm place until almost doubled, about 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 350°. , Bake 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

MINNESOTA WILD RICE BREAD

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add rice to boiling water and cover. Cook over very low heat until water is absorbed and rice is tender. Cool.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Stir yeast into 1/3 cup warm water and let stand 5 minutes. Stir together milk, butter, honey, salt and oats. Add cooled wild rice to milk mixture.
• Stir together rye flour, whole-wheat flour, bran and 3 1/2 cups of the unbleached flour, using a wooden spoon. Stir in milk and yeast mixture until soft dough forms. Add more of the unbleached flour as needed.
• Turn the dough out onto a floured board and knead until soft and elastic, about 10 minutes. Place dough in greased bowl and turn so that the top is greased. Let rise 2 hours. Punch dough and shape into two loaves. Place in 2 greased 9 1/2 by 5 1/2-inch pans. Let rise again, about 1 hour. Bake for 45 minutes. During last 15 minutes of baking, brush loaves with 1 beaten egg mixed with 1 tablespoon of water and sprinkle with sunflower seeds.

RICE BREAD

Steps:

• Combine 1 1/2 cups water and rice in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
• Spoon rice into a large bowl; cool to room temperature.
• Stir in 1 1/4 cups warm water.
• Add 2 cups flour and yeast to rice mixture; stir well to combine.
• Cover with plastic wrap; let stand 1 hour (batter should become very bubbly and almost double in size).
• Add 2 cups flour and salt to batter; stir 1 minute with a wooden spoon or until well combined.
• Scrape dough onto a heavily floured surface; sprinkle dough with 1 cup flour.
• Knead until smooth and elastic (about 8 minutes); add enough of remaining flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, to prevent dough from sticking to hands (dough will feel tacky).
• Divide dough in half.
• Working with 1 portion at a time (cover the remaining dough to keep from drying), roll each portion into a 14 x 7-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface.
• Roll up each rectangle tightly, starting with a short edge, pressing firmly to eliminate air pockets; pinch seam and ends to seal.
• Place each roll, seam side down, in an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
• Lightly coat the loaves with cooking spray; cover and let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, 1 hour or until doubled in size.
• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until loaves are lightly browned and sound hollow when tapped.
• Cool in pans on wire racks.