Wheat Berry Bread

This was an interesting bread. I cooked the wheat berries in my rice cooker - took two cycles, but I did not have to worry about burning the pan, which I am known to do. I first made the sponge, and then put it and the rest of the ingredients except for the wheat berries in the breach machine pan. I reduced the salt to 2 tsp and found that to be enough. I don't really like molasses, so I reduced it to about 2 tbl. I added the wheat berries towards the end of the cycle. The bread rose very nicely, but was a little soft, so I shaped the boule and let it rise in a proofing basket. I then tipped it over onto a hot pizza stone. It is really a beautiful loaf. I would probably just eliminate the molasses next time. The wheat berries add a chewiness to the dough and the berries close to the crust sometimes are a tad hard. I might use cracked wheat next time to see how that worked. It has a soft, regular crumb, I've been munching on it plain, with butter, with cheese. I think you could add some raising to this too or dried cranberries. Thanks for an interesting post. Update: Made French toast this morning, really nice.

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