So, I finally figured out a really tasty, easy to make soaked bread that is great for everything. It's your basic Bosch bread recipe with an acid medium and extra flour. Here is the recipe:
6 cups warm water
6 Tablespoons Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar
2 Tablespoons Dough Enhancer
2 Tablespoons Gluten
2/3 cup Honey
2/3 cup oil--I use coconut oil
16 cups freshly ground flour, I usually do 14 wheat, 2 rye, but can do all wheat or a mixture of mostly any grain.
2-3 Tablespoons SAF Instant yeast
2 Tablespoons Salt
Mix everything together, except the salt and yeast, and soak for 12-24 hours. I leave mine in my Bosch, with the lid on and a dish cloth over it. (I don't know if the dishtowel helps, but it seems to keep it a little more moist). If you don't have a Bosch then put it in a stainless steel or glass bowl (not plastic!) and put Saran wrap over it. The key is to use instant yeast. Active yeast needs water to be started, but instant can be mixed directly into the flour or dough. I let the yeast activate the dough for a little while before I add the salt. Since dough is a yeast inhibitor. Anyway, if you do it this way, it is farely easy to mix the yeast and salt into dough, without adding water and yeast to the already soaked dough. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 min. It makes 6 small loaves or 5 large ones. My oven burns hot so I cook it for 27 minutes. It is better to add all the liquids, then gradually add the flour as you are mixing. If you forget to add the apple cider vinegar, you almost have to mix it by hand to mix it in. It is harder to mix a liquid into dough then flour or spices. Anyway, it is very tasty, moist, and so much healthier for you if you soak it. The Apple Cider Vinegar does not make it too sour as some of the other acid mediums do. Let me know if you have any questions. Phone call is best. :)
You can raise the bread more quickly if you preheat oven to 200 degrees then turn the oven off and put the bread in, or just set it on warm. It will raise in 15-20 minutes depending on your oven. But watch it.
Overview: You can probably use any bread recipe you want, just add 1 Tablespoon of apple cider vinegar (or any acid medium: buttermilk, whey, kefir, yogurt, etc. these will make your bread more sour) per cup of water that your recipe calls for and a little more flour, and leave out the yeast and salt. Then soak for 12-24 hours, add instant yeast and salt, then put into pans, rise, and bake. I almost always use my oven for a quick rise.
