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Whole Wheat Bread Recipes

Whole Wheat Bread RecipesHomemade whole wheat bread is a healthy choice and fun to experiment with. This page contains whole wheat bread recipes.
     

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Honey Whole Wheat Mini Loaves

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup honey
  • 1 tsp. instant espresso or coffee granules stirred into 2/3 cup hot water
  • 1/2 cup canola or safflower oil
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped

Directions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil and flour 4 mini loaf pans.

Combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt in medium bowl. Put eggs and brown sugar in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer at high speed 1 minute. Add honey, coffee, oil, and vanilla extract and beat at low speed 1 minute. Stir in flour mixture and walnuts.

Pour batter into loaf pans and set on baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes. Rotate pans. Continue baking until wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 10 to 15 minutes longer. Cool on rack 5 minutes. Run knife around edges and remove loaves. Cool completely.

Nutritional info per serving: 244 Cal, 4 g protein, 33 g carb, 2 g fiber, 12 g fat, 1 g sat fat, 26 mg chol and 119 mg sodium.

Source: Prevention Magazine

By crzylady from Mount Olive, MS

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For A Lighter Whole Wheat Bread

To make a whole wheat bread rise higher and feel lighter, add 1 tbsp. of lemon juice to the dough as you're mixing it. This will add lightness, but will not influence the taste.

By joesgirl
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Whole Wheat Bread In The Bread Machine

If you use a bread machine, reset it after the first rising. Adding another rising cycle improves the bread's texture, making it lighter/less dense.
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Whole Wheat Bread

Ingredients:

  • 2 pkgs. dry yeast
  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 1 Tbsp. sugar
  • 4 cups water
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 6-8 cups white flour
  • 2 cups wheat flour

Directions:

Mix yeast with 1/2 cup warm water and 1 tablespoon sugar. Let rest 15-20 minutes. In large bowl, mix water, honey, salt, and oil well. Add yeast mixture, 1 cup white flour, and 2 cups wheat flour. Gradually add 5-7 cups more white flour, mixing well after each addition. Knead, adding wheat flour as necessary. Let rise twice. Form into loaves and let rise again. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Whole Wheat Bread

The best thing about this recipe is that it makes several loaves and they freeze very well until you are ready to use them. This is very good, soft yet dense bread!

Ingredients:

  • 4 Tbsp. yeast
  • 2 Tbsp. sugar
  • 6 cups warm water
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup honey
  • 2 Tbsp. salt
  • 1 1/2 cups oil
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 8 cups whole wheat flour
  • 10-12 cups white flour

Directions:

Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Add remaining ingredients, beating with electric mixer until stiff. Mix remaining flour with a spoon. Let dough rise until doubled. Punch down. Let rise again. Shape into loaves. Place in greased 5x9 inch pans. Let rise until doubled. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes.

Servings: 6-8 loaves
Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cooking Time: 35 Minutes

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Rich Whole Wheat Bread

Super easy, homemade bread recipe! Makes 3 lovely, soft, tasty loaves of wheat bread!

Ingredients:

  • 2 Tbsp. active dry yeast
  • 1 Tbsp. salt
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 1/2 cups hot water
  • 1 cup nonfat dry milk
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 3 large eggs, room temperature
  • 6-7 cups whole wheat flour

Directions:

Measure yeast, salt, oil and honey into large mixing bowl. Add hot tap water and stir briefly. Mix in milk. Add 2 cups flour and stir until batter in smooth. Mix in eggs. Add the next 5-6 cups flour, adding 2 cups at a time.

Knead on floured board 10-15 minutes. Shape into ball. Place in greased bowl and let rise until doubled in size. Punch down, and shape into 3 loaves and let rise. Bake in 350-375 degree F oven for about 40 minutes.

Servings: 3 loaves
Prep Time: 20-30 Minutes
Cooking Time: 40 Minutes

By Robin from Washington, IA

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Whole Wheat Bread

I myself bake even better ultra high bran, inexpensive, delicious and healthy bread in a bread machine using the following easy recipe.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of water
  • 2 Tbsp. oil
  • 3 cups of white or whole wheat flour
  • 3 cups of coarse wheat bran
  • 2 Tbsp. gluten (optional but highly recommended)
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 2 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. yeast

Directions

Put liquid ingredients first, add dry ingredients second, sprinkle yeast on top. Bake using French bread cycle. Eat within 1 day of baking while bread is fresh and soft.

Total - 2000 calories and 80 g bran which is more than 3 times as much as recommended daily amount.

If you want to make it even healthier, finely grind in a coffee mill 3 Tbsp. of flax and use it in place of oil

If you have a small family or not many people in your household eat bread, you can half the recipe but please use the same amount of yeast (1 Tbsp.) in it.

I bake and eat this bread every day and I have eaten it throughout my pregnancy and never experienced any constipation which is so common among pregnant women. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do.

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100% All-Natural Wheat Bread

This is our every day bread recipe. The heart of our meals.

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups warm water (80 degrees F)
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 4 cups whole wheat flour
  • 4 tbsp. wheat germ
  • 1/4 cup flax seed
  • 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
  • 1 pkg. active dry yeast

Directions:

Pour water in a large bowl, add salt and yeast. let stand covered for 5-10 minutes. Add honey. oil, wheat germ, seeds and half amount of flour - mix together. Add the rest of the flour, knead until the dough makes into a ball. put the dough into 2 loaf pans, let stand for 15-20 minutes, and bake.

Source: My mother's yeast dough changed to whole wheat flour

By zoya34 from Collinsville, AL

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Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread Recipe

I have been searching for 100% whole wheat sourdough bread recipes but haven't found any. Does any one have one - preferably for a bread machine?

By plm5087 from California

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By cwedler1 04/03/2009

I have been making this recipe for a long time. I use the whole wheat dough setting on my machine. If you don't have a ww dough setting just use the regular.Sourdough Wheat Bread
1cup starter
3/4 cup warm milk
2T oil (I use olive oil)
2T sugar or honey
1 T salt
3 cups ww flour
1/4 cup gluten
2 tsp dry yeast
Put in bread machine in the proper order for your machine. When the dough cycle is done take the dough out punch down and put in bread pan. Let rise. Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

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100% Whole Wheat Bread Recipe

This is my favorite wheat bread recipe, it's from Prepared Pantry

Ingredients

  • 5 to 6 cups fine-ground whole wheat flour
  • 1 seven gram packet of instant yeast (or two teaspoons)
  • 2 cups water
  • 1/2 Tbsp. salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 4 Tbsp. melted and slightly cooled butter

Directions

  1. Place about three cups of the flour in the bowl of your stand-type mixer. Add the yeast. Carefully measure 2 cups room temperature (80 degrees) water. The water should feel cool to the touch. Mix the water with the flour with a dough hook for 30 seconds or until the yeast is dissolved and the ingredients begin to combine.
  2. Add the salt, egg, sugar, and butter and continue mixing. Add most of the remaining flour and continue mixing at a medium speed for at least four minutes adding more flour as needed to reach a soft dough consistency. (It is important that the dough be mixed for at least four minutes to develop the gluten.) The dough should clear the sides of the bowl but will be soft, not firm, to the touch.
  3. Once the dough is mixed, place it in a large greased bowl, turning once to coat both sides, and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight or for up to three days.
  4. On the day that you would like to bake your bread, remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it warm to room temperature--about three hours. The dough should rise to nearly double in size.
  5. Once the dough has risen, form the loaves. Coat your hands with flour and gently form a loaf by pulling the dough around itself to create a slightly stretched skin. You may need to coat your hands several times if the dough is sticky. If necessary, pinch the seams together on the bottom of the loaf. Lay the loaf gently in a well-greased loaf pan and cover with plastic wrap. Repeat with the second loaf. Let double again in size, about 11/2 hours.
  6. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Once the dough has doubled (the loaf should be very puffy), place the two loaves on a shelf in the top half of the oven, well-spaced so that air can circulate between the loaves. Bake for thirty minutes or until done. The interior of the loaves should register at least 185 degrees when an insta-read thermometer is inserted through the bottom crust. Remove the bread from the pans and cool on wire racks. Let it cool completely before cutting.

By Christi from Paducah, KY


RE: 100% Whole Wheat Bread Recipe

Christi, thanks for sharing this recipe with us. I can't wait to try it! I do have a question for you though, 'cause I'm just a bit confused about something . . . you say to put the insta-read thermometer through the bottom crust . . . does that mean that you remove the bread from the pan to read the temp, then return it to the pan if it needs to bake a bit longer? Thanks, Jill (04/03/2007)

By Jill


Whole Wheat Bread

Soften 1 package dry yeast in 2 cups warm water.

Add:

  • 6 Tbsp. honey
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 4 cups flour (use 2 cups white unbleached, 2 cups whole wheat)
Beat the above on low speed with electric mixer until smooth. Keep in warm place until bubbly (about an hour). In separate bowl, combine:
  • 1/2 cup hot water
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 3 Tbsp. margarine or shortening
Add this to yeast/flour mixture. Add another 4 cups flour (2 cups unbleached, 2 cups whole wheat). Mix until smooth. Turn out dough on floured surface. Knead smooth and place in warm place, covered, in oiled bowl. Let sit for 1-1 1/2 hours. Punch down. Knead 2-3 times and cut in half. Shape each pieces in ball; let rest 10 minutes. Roll out rectangle and shape 2 loaves. Grease pans. Let rise 1 hour in warm place. Bake at 375 degrees F until golden brown, about 40-50 minutes.

By Robin from Washington, IA

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