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Turkey Red Turkey Bread
Here is an entertaining bread to make for Thanksgiving or for any event where you want to amuse and possibly confuse your guests. We’ve used actual turkey red wheat and hard white spring wheat in this whole grain dough, but you can use your own dough formula if you want. We like this whole grain dough that’s ever-so-slightly overproofed because it’s not prone to explosive oven spring and won’t need to be scored. Another tip mentioned in the video below is to refrigerate the dough for the final proof so it is chilled and stiff. This keeps the dough from spreading while you “turkify” it.
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Check out the photos after the recipe of target dough expansion during the bulk fermentation and final proof, as well as the diagram of the dough cuts.
Turkey Red Turkey Bread
Turkey-shaped sourdough bread is a playful addition to your Thanksgiving table. Check out our shaping video for instructions on how to form this bread and try our recipe, which uses heirloom turkey red wheat.
Ingredients
Dough
Crust (choose what you prefer)
Instructions
Notes
The recipe is scaled to fit any baking vessel with 9-inches or larger internal diameter or width at narrowest dimension. This includes Breadtopia's Round Cloche, Combo Baker, Hearth Baker, and the Netherton Spun Iron Cloche, as well as Emile Henry's Round Bread Cloche and Flame Top Bakeware. The baking vessels that have been bolded have extra space for scaling up the recipe by 20% (i.e. 600 grams flour instead of 500 grams). You can also bake this or a larger dough on a baking steel or Fibrament Baking Stone with a steam pan.
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Heirloom Turkey Red Wheat Berries
Turkey Red Whole Grain Flour
Hard White Spring Wheat Berries
Hard White Spring Whole Grain Flour
Mockmill 100 Grain Mill
Breadtopia’s Choice Kitchen Scale
$18.00Stainless Steel Mixing Bowls — Set of 3
$39.99Dough Rising and Storage Bucket w/Lid – 2 qt. Round
Round Rattan Proofing Basket
Round Proofing Basket Liner
$3.50Parchment Paper Sheets — 200 Sheets
$19.00Bench Knife by Lamson — Walnut Handle
Breadtopia Hearth Baker
Turkey Red Turkey Bread