Our favorite and best whole grain bread recipe for a dark bread with rye flour and spelt whole wheat flour. Simple, fast and deliciously juicy to a crispy crust is my recipe for dark wholemeal bread. The wholemeal bread recipe is also suitable as a dark baguette and is also often called walnut bread in our country, when we bake the dark bread with walnuts.
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Juicy and crusty wholemeal bread recipe and whole wheat bread recipe that is easy, quick and delicious. Our best recipe to bake a simple dark bread. Of course, the bread recipe is also perfect for dark grain rolls and dark baguettes. We like the dark whole wheat bread recipe best with sunflower seeds and chopped walnuts. For this reason, we like to call our whole wheat bread walnut bread.
Dark wholemeal bread is the everyday loaf in Germany and the thing most expat Germans miss first in the US. American whole wheat sandwich bread is soft, sweetened and pale by comparison; Vollkornbrot is dense, faintly sour and built to be sliced thin.
Whole wheat flour behaves differently from white — the bran cuts gluten strands, so the dough will never feel silky and it should not. Give it a longer rest and expect a tighter crumb. If you want the darker color German bread has, a spoonful of molasses or malt syrup does it honestly, which is exactly what commercial bakeries use. More loaves in our German recipes.
Put all ingredients together in a food processor and knead intensively with a dough hook for about 6 minutes. Start 6 minutes timer here
Now place the dark dough in a large glass bowl sprinkled with flour and sprinkle again with a little flour. Cover the glass bowl with cling film and let the dough rest in a warm place for at least 50 minutes until it has doubled in size. Start 50 minutes timer here
Preheat the oven to 200 °C, forming either a large loaf - alternatively form smaller baguette loaves or bread rolls.
Place the finished molds on a baking sheet with holes or in a baking pan with holes then bake for 35 minutes. Start 35 minutes timer here
Let finished bread cool and serve while still fresh slightly warm or let cool completely.
Nutrition per serving
110kcal
3 gFat
17 gCarbs
4 gProtein
0.4 gSugar
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Instructions for our wholemeal bread recipe – baking dark bread
Put all ingredients for the wholemeal bread recipe together in a food processor and let it knead intensively with a dough hook for about 6 minutes.
Now transfer the dark dough to a large glass bowl sprinkled with flour and sprinkle again with a little flour. Cover the glass bowl with cling film and let the dough rest in a warm place for at least 50 minutes, until it has doubled in size.
Preheat the oven to 200°C top and bottom heat while shaping the bread dough into either a large loaf, smaller baguette loaves or bread rolls. Flour the finished shaped loaves well and bake on a baking tray with holes or in a baking pan with holes then for 35 minutes.
Let the finished breads cool and serve while still slightly warm. You can either enjoy the breads completely fresh or let them cool completely and even freeze them.
Delicious dark bread as a moist whole wheat bread – healthy, filling and super easy…
Our wholemeal bread recipe and whole wheat bread recipe tastes great with a variety of nuts to complement it. You can try any variations of nuts and seeds.
We use our whole wheat bread recipe and wholemeal bread recipe not only for a large whole wheat bread, but also in different variations. Depending on the occasion, we shape elongated baguettes or small bread rolls. We often shape different sized breads and different shapes.
Since we like to enjoy the bread as a side dish to fresh salad, we like to vary the size of the bread. In the pictures, you can see our delicious melon salad in the background. The remaining breads and bread rolls can be easily frozen and then baked fresh again.
Bake your own wholemeal bread recipe
Fresh and homemade bread simply always tastes best. Therefore, we often enjoy our juicy wholemeal bread recipe with a slight residual heat from the oven. If you coat the bread properly with flour before baking, you get the nice flour crust. We like it when the bread naturally cracks in some places.
Simple wholemeal bread basic recipe
This easy whole wheat bread basic recipe has a perfect crispy crust and a soft crumb. Our goal when baking bread is always to have a delicious and soft interior. That’s exactly what we found with our basic dark bread recipe. You get an extra extra treat with the crunchy walnut kernels. They go perfectly with the bread dough in terms of flavor, though feel free to try other nuts for you, such as hazelnut kernels.
Ciabatta bread, simple baguette or sweet chocolate rolls
Our whole grain bread keeps you full for a long time and is healthy for the body. However, we also like to enjoy a sweet bread recipe once in a while. Then you can find delicious Sunday rolls and baguettes, sweet chocolate rolls or fresh brioche and ciabatta bread with olives with pleasure in the evening.
This easy whole wheat bread recipe is one of our favorites. Our favorite way to serve it is with butter, herb butter or even olive oil with salt. Cold cuts, such as delicious sausage, cheese or cream cheese also taste great on this dark bread. In the morning, by the way, the dark bread tastes really delicious with chocolate cream and homemade jam.
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SSusanne Sch.2 years ago
Baked this for the first time and it was so delicious. Finally a bread with a real crust. We’ll definitely be making it again soon. Please share more recipes like this.
Originally posted on our German recipe blog EinfacheRezepte.tv and translated for our English-speaking readers.
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MMyGermanBakeryTeam2 years ago
Dear Susanne,
Thank you for your message. Yes, the bread finally has a real crust, and that’s something I always missed in the US. There was just no crust.
Tip: It’s also perfect made long, like a baguette, for a summer garden party (speaking from experience).
Best,
Vanessa
Originally posted on our German recipe blog EinfacheRezepte.tv and translated for our English-speaking readers.
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Baked this for the first time and it was so delicious. Finally a bread with a real crust. We’ll definitely be making it again soon. Please share more recipes like this.
Dear Susanne,
Thank you for your message. Yes, the bread finally has a real crust, and that’s something I always missed in the US. There was just no crust.
Tip: It’s also perfect made long, like a baguette, for a summer garden party (speaking from experience).
Best,
Vanessa