Raisin Sprouted Wheat Bread

I tried something a little different today with the sprouted wheat bread, and liked it so much I wanted to shout it out to the world. If you haven't ever seen a giant mountain of sprouted wheat bread dough with ground up raisins, well feast your eyes on this...

If I didn't know it was going to turn out like the top picture, I would probably be really, really, really grossed out. Kinda looks like...you know, I won't even say what I'm thinking. That way you are totally non-grossed out. Did you miss the tutorial on sprouted wheat bread using only the grains of wheat and no flour? Here's the link:
sprouted wheat bread with a meat grinder

I added 2 cups of dark Thompson raisins to the grinder as the wheat was going through. Once it was kneaded and fermented the dough took on a very nice fruity undertone. It wasn't as pronounced as I thought it would be, but that was perfect. The pure wheat taste was there and the fruit just really enhanced that natural nutty goodness. Yea, fruit enhances MY natural nutty goodness too. I don't know a more technical way to describe it. My nuttiness that is...

I finally got my own meat grinder attachment for my beautiful new Kitchen Aid that Ace got me for Christmas. Still get giddy every time I look at it. It's the simple things in life, really.

Oh my land. Speaking of getting goofy giddy over simple things...I gasped with joy when I saw this dough after I had kneaded it for a while. Are ya' giddy yet?

If that doesn't do anything for you...than this one definitely won't...

To the rest of the purist artist out there, I think we can all agree that it looks totally wholesome and amazing. Right? That being said, I hope you will try it. The fruit didn't affect the raising or baking time either. Omit the honey in the original recipe or it will be totally sweet. Do what you want. The only thing I may investigate further with this new meat grinder is running the dough through the fine attachment twice instead of once. The dough was a lot heavier and there where a lot of whole grains left. It's an adventure everyday isn't it?

There you go.