Sprouted wheat bread

We were looking up for different recipes for making bread and came across a few with sprouted wheat flour. We decided to make sprouted wheat since we had a lot of wheat berries for making the bread instead of the flour. We tried one with only sprouted wheat and the recipe below with a combination of sprouted wheat berries, whole oats and barley.


Ingredients

Wheat berries             -1 cup
Whole oats & barley  - 3/4 cup
Active dry yeast         - 1 tsp
Water                         - 2 to 2 1/4 cups
Salt                            -  as needed
All purpose flour        - 2 tbsp
Sesame seeds.          - for garnishing

Steps for sprouting
Soak the wheat berries and grains with just enough water for about 12-24 hours. I missed taking a picture of the sprouted wheat berries :-).

Wheat berries before sprouting

Drain all water from the sprouted berries and grind to a smooth paste with little water. Once ground add the all purpose flour, yeast and salt mixing well. Keep it covered  in a warm place until it doubles.

Dough after doubling

Pre heat oven to 350 F. Place the dough in a greased baking dish. Garnish with black sesame seeds.

Dough ready to be baked

Bake for about 40-45 minutes or until done.

Baked bread

Tips:

1.Avoid using too much water to soak the wheat berries as this might 

    prevent sprouting.

2. To augment sprouting you can drain the wheat berries after soaking for 

    12 hours and keep it on a  strainer covered. Place the strainer on top of a 

    bowl of water in a warm place. 

    This provides the temperature and moisture for sprouting.

3. The whole recipe can be made only with wheat beries without addition 

    of  barley or oats.

4. Other spices like cumin or carraway seeds could also be used for    

    garnishing on top before baking.