Whole Wheat Bread
Whole wheat bread absorbs more water than white bread, therefore the recipes for whole wheat bread will have more water in it. Whole wheat also has enough starch to feed up to 3% of yeast.
Whole Wheat flour 100%
Salt 2%
Yeast 3%
Oil 1%
Water 65%
3 cups of whole wheat flour 350 grams
1 cup of water 240 grams
1 teaspoon of oil 4 grams
1 1/2 teaspoon of salt 8 grams
1 1/2 teaspoon of yeast (better to scale it) 12 grams
Whole Wheat Multigrain Bread
If it is whole wheat multigrain bread, you need to add gluten because the grains are very sharp. It will cut through the gluten texture while mixing the dough, therefore you need to add extra gluten into the dough to bring the dough together. You can also add extra sesame seed, poppy seed or other kinds of seed depending on what you like.
Whole Wheat flour 75%
Multigrain Mix 25%
Salt 2%
Gluten 4%
Oil 1%
Yeast 3%
Water 66%
2 cups of whole wheat flour 280 grams
1/2 cup of multigrain mix 85 grams
1 cup of water 240 grams
1 1/2 teaspoon of salt 8 grams
Half tablespoon of gluten 15 grams
1 teaspoon of oil 5 grams
1 1/2 teaspoon of yeast 11 grams