Beginner’s Einkorn Bread

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This is it, our easiest einkorn bread recipe. We called it Beginner’s Einkorn Bread because it’s the perfect unintimidating recipe for new bakers to start with, but it’s also one of our favorite bread recipes to make because it’s so simple! All you need is All-Purpose Einkorn Flour, water, yeast, salt, and less than 3 hours to make this light and delicious einkorn loaf!

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Ingredients

Directions

1. Add the water and yeast to a large bowl and whisk together until dissolved and creamy. Let rest for 15 minutes.
2. Add the flour to the bowl and sprinkle the salt on top. Using a stiff spatula, mix the dough until the flour is absorbed. The mixture will come together quickly into a wet dough. Do not add extra flour.
3. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let rise for 45 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease an 8 ½ x 4 ½-inch loaf pan.
5. Mix and push down on the dough with a spatula to deflate the rise. Transfer the bread dough to the prepared loaf pan and press down on the dough to minimize air bubbles. Use a wet spatula or a bowl scraper to smooth out the top of the loaf.
6. Cover the pan tightly with greased plastic wrap and let rise for 30 minutes.
7. Remove the plastic wrap and transfer the loaf pan to the oven. Bake for 40 minutes until the loaf just begins to turn golden brown on top. Let the bread cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then turn out the loaf onto a cooling rack. Let cool for 2 hours before slicing.

Helpful Hints & Notes

1. While we offer the cup measurements alongside grams, we always recommend weighing your ingredients using a scale.
2. Einkorn bread dough will be wet and sticky, but have patience and trust the flour measurements, even if the dough seems more like a thick batter at first.
3. When substituting whole grain einkorn for all-purpose einkorn, make sure to weigh a cup of whole grain flour at 96 grams and increase the liquid by 5%. The added bran and fiber in whole grain flour differs in density and absorbs more liquid than the all-purpose flour.

Why jovial Einkorn Flour?

Einkorn is fast becoming the wheat of choice for the gluten sensitive due to its very weak and easily digestible gluten. It is higher in protein, B vitamins, carotenoids, and essential & trace minerals so you can be confident that your baking is more nutritious than when you use regular enriched wheat flour. Our flour is milled from organic einkorn wheat grown on small farms in Italy. You can find a range of einkorn flour options to buy online or find us at your local grocery store!