SuperBread

Note: all ingredients must be finely ground. At The Good School, we grind fresh ingredients ourselves. It would also work to use whole wheat flour, bean flour, almond flour, ground flaxseed, and cocoa powder purchased from the store. We use whole ingredients for the added nutritional value and cost savings!

Ingredients

  • 1200 g hot water (105 degrees F)

  • 13.95 g active dry yeast

  • 50 g cane sugar

  • 452 g whole wheat flour (1)

  • 56.5 g dry Great Northern White Beans

  • 56.5 g plain raw almonds

  • 56.5 g flaxseed

  • 42 g cocoa

  • 150 g dough enhancer

  • 213 g brown sugar

  • 112.5 g olive oil

  • 1400 g whole wheat flour (2)

Directions

  1. Combine water, yeast, and sugar. Let proof in a warm place, covered with a tea towel, for 5 minutes or until yeast is foamy

  2. In a separate bowl, combine flour 1, beans, almonds, flax, cocoa powder, and dough enhancer

  3. Add brown sugar and oil to the yeast mixture

  4. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir to combine

  5. Add about 80% of flour 2 (1120g), mix thoroughly

  6. Add remainder of flour 2 gradually— about 300g more. Dough should be dense and slightly sticky, but able to hold its shape

  7. Knead 6-7 minutes

  8. Rise 45-60 minutes

  9. Punch down the dough and divide into 4 sections (about 950g each).

    (If you are freezing any loaves, this is the step where you wrap them tightly in plastic wrap, place in an airtight container, and store in the freezer)

  10. Place loaf in a greased bread pan, spray or brush the top with oil, and cover with foil. Leave the foil open at the ends to provide a small tent for air circulation. Let rise for an additional 30-45 minutes while the oven preheats to 350 degrees F

  11. Fill a roasting pan with about 1” of water, place on the lower rack, and place bread loaf on upper rack. Bake for 40 minutes

  12. At 40 minutes, start checking the bread temperature. Bread will be properly baked when its internal temperature reaches 190-210 degrees F. If the bread isn’t finished after 40 minutes, place back in the oven for 5-10 minutes at a time until it reaches temperature