Breadmakers! Attention please!

[Dumbledoresgirl]

I am just waiting for some wholemeal rolls to rise before baking them. Earlier I made some white rolls and they rose like crazy, filling the tray which was great. The wholemeal rolls are in exactly the same place as the white ones were, but they don't seem to be rising as much (understatement). Does wholemeal flour take longer (it is actually 50/50 wholemeal and white) or does it not rise as much? The dough was actually a lot more risen when it came out of the breadmaker than the white dough had been.

Any thoughts?

Yes! Wholemeal takes longer to rise. No idea why, denser maybe? But they do. Mine always did anyway before my breadmaker blew up. Sniff.

OK thanks. I was a bit surprised, as, although a finished wholemeal loaf is always smaller than the equivalent weight white flour loaf, the wholemeal dough, when I took it out of the breadmaker, had risen much more than white dough.

OK, I can wait a bit longer before I want to be in bed.