Graham bread is a name for whole wheat bread that was inspired by the teachings of health reformer Sylvester Graham.[1][2] The ingredients for Graham bread include Graham flour, milk, molasses, yeast, and salt.[1]
History
Sylvester Graham was a 19th-century health reformer who argued that a vegetarian diet, anchored by bread that was baked at home from a coarsely ground whole-wheat flour, was part of a healthful lifestyle that could prevent disease.[3][4]: 21, 29
In 1837, Graham published the popular book Treatise on Bread and Bread-Making, which included a history of bread and described how to make Graham bread, though the passage is absent of any exact measurements and instead calls upon the baker's "good judgment." It was reprinted in 2012 by Andrews McMeel Publishing, as a selection of its American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection.
