Any suggestions for using malted wheat flakes?

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Cellarvie on 16 Jun 2016 at 14:33

I bought some malted wheat flakes because.......well....... because they were there and sounded interesting http://bakerybits.co.uk/malted-wheat-flakes.html#detailedproductinfo.  Now I have to figure out how to use them.  Any suggestions?

 

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drogon on 16 Jun 2016 at 23:00

Granary bits. Malted wheat is the main "bits" in most granary style flours. Throw a handfull onto some basic dough with another handfull of wholemeal and off you go..

Or what I was doing for a while was rolling wholemeal loaves in them to make a nice malty crunch on the outside..

-Gordon

ps. edit to just add that Granary is trademarked... )-:

 

Thanks Drogon, that sounds simple and delicious.  I've some spelt levain in the fridge right now so I'll try some in that.  

My scoring techniques very hit 'n miss so if I also roll the loaves in it, are there there any tricks to successfully scoring though the grainy top? 

I never used to score my wholemeal loaves - I bake them in a tin! But if you're free-forming (couche) or in a banneton, then a simple long-slash would probably look nice with it. Angle the blade to aim for that nice curved 'ear' effect.

-Gordon

You might want to also do a search for Irish brown bread recipes with them, and/or check the King Arthur recipe site or blog. They've got lots of stuff on ways to use it. Or at least, they did last I checked. I love those things! They smell so good. Yum! Rebecca

I hadn't thought to check the King Arthur site, what a resource!  Thank you.