Bread

[donburke]

Does anyone use ground malted barley as a flour to make bread ?

Is there anything to watch out for ?

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

it would make the dough sweet, so you would not need much, good for fruit buns

 

[pdilley]

I've ground up pale galaxy malt as a 10% bread addition. I did not have me dough proofing box built yet and it was a slow rise and the additional sugars made the crust brown and burn quicker so you need to lower the oven temperature and bake longer. Vent the moisture if you can.

Taste is interesting for variety in your bread diet. Not revolutionary but good for a change. If too strong lower the ratio of malted barley flour.

Cheers,
Brewer Pete

 

[Airgead]

Malt bread used to be sold in the early part of the 20th century as a health supplement for children. Particularly during the depression when people were very worried about kids getting enough to eat. And during prohibition in the US - the malting houses needed to use their malt for something.

Don't have any recipes though.

Cheers
Dave