For Kelly, and anyone else who wants to try it.

Sorry this took so long.

1 3/4 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine (which is 1 small molecule from plastic)
1 egg
6 3/4 cups flour
1/4 cup powdered milk, optional
1 1/2 teaspoons yeast
2 cups wheat berries blended with 1 cup water

Combine water, sugar, salt, butter,egg, 1 cup flour and wheat berry paste. In another bowl whisk together powdered milk, yeast and 2 cups flour. Add to liquid ingredients and mix until smooth.
Place bowl on a rack over a bowl of boiling water and cover with a clean towel. Let it stand for about 20 minutes or until batter is slightly bubbly.
Stir down batter. Add almost all the flour and mix well. Pour last bit of flour onto clean surface. Turn out dough and knead about 5-6 minutes adding just enough flour to keep the dough from being too sticky. Dough should be soft and elastic.
Cut dough in half and shape into loaves. Cover and let raise in sprayed pans until tops of dough rise above the edge of the pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes until the bread is lightly golden brown.
Cool in pans for 15 minutes on a wire rack. Turn the loaves out and cool completely.


TO MAKE WHEAT BERRIES

1 cup wheat and 3 cups water and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cover. Let cook 30-60 minutes or until most of the water is absorbed.

OR

1 part wheat, 3 parts water and slat in a slow cooker. Cook 5-6 hours on low.