This bread is incredible. There is some serious upkeep and preparation for it, but damn is it good bread. It all starts with wheat berries. You take them and soak them for a day and a half (I did the cheat way). The original method called for putting them in a mason jar and watering them every 6 hours or so for 3-4 days in a warm spot. So I bailed on that. After that, you set the water aside, grab two kinds of yeast, (bread yeast and beer brewing yeast) and combine it all with some flour and honey. This basically creates a starter that you ferment a bit before adding the rest of the ingredients and forming the dough. Because of this, the dough had to rise 3 times.
This loaf tastes extremely wheaty, but in a good way. The wheat berries add a unique wheat taste and texture to the loaf. I was really happy how this turned out and the last whole-wheat bread is going to be very similar I feel. We're soon going to be neck deep in rye bread!
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