Spelt Bread

THIS RECIPIE WORKS BRILLIANTLY IN A BREADMAKER IF YOU USE THE GLUTEN SETTING.

add the ingredients in the following order,

water
salt
fat
flour
yeast
sugar

takes 2hr in our panasonic.

Because my wife has problems with wheat and I knew about spelt I decided to have a go - what a doddle! I used an electric mixer to mix the dough and it did it perfectly. Baked one in the oven and one in a JML starchef. They turned out differently but I had to guess a bit with the Starchef. The result was a much lighter (in colour) loaf but just as good.

Not realizing that the sugar is actually meant for the yeast rather than for sweetening I crumbled a dried Stevia leaf into the mix. Not sure if that was the reason (I used a sachet of quick yeast rather than 1tsp.) but after the hour my dough had risen to 3 times the volume.

Spelt has protein in it (13-14%) even if it's a little less than in really hard bread flour (up to 18%). This being the case, it will benefit from kneading.

There's little or no point to kneading Spelt dough.
Skip part 5 and put it straight into a tin.

Spelt make a great sough dough.

I made my first ever loaf with this speltflour 2 days ago following the recipe on the packet which uses 15ml honey instead of sugar and leaves out stages 4 and 5. I used a full 7g quick yeast packet by mistake but no harm done. Not only was it easy to do and reasonably quick to make the bread was the best I've tasted! No need to add butter! Toasts and freezes well too!

DON'T USE A BREADMAKER. They burn the bread and dry out the spelt. Hand-made bread is best and spelt must not be overkneaded so no hard work. I used a breadmaker and it made the spelt dough come out like a biscuit bread.... NOT SUITABLE UNLESS BREADMAKER HAS A SPELT SETTING.

EXCELLENT flour, rises everytime. The picture here does not do DOVES FARM justice. Check my website www.foodtruly.com to see examples of how it should look. Not so rustic and it actually balloons in the oven and has a gorgeous texture. Try one of my loaves or attend one of my training sessions in London. You will taste and see the difference. If I could give more stars it would be 10 out of 10.

I bought a breadmaker this week, and my first attempt was dismal. Then I tried this recipe, and used the gluten free cycle (the first time I used the rye cycle, which was what the handbook suggested for spelt, totally wrong I found out afterwards). Absolutely perfect bread, the best I've ever had. I could not be more delighted!

Loved it. My spelt bread didn't rise as much and was denser than other bread recipes I've tried but I've read that this is normal for spelt so was expecting it. I added one tsp of salt instead of trying to measure 3ml and it worked out well.

I made this bread in my bread maker and it worked perfectly. Lovely loaf. Guided by the recipe introduction I selected Gluten Free programme on the breadmaker. 15 min knead, one rise of one hour and 45 min bake. I also added an extra half spoon of salt.