Recipes > Breads > WheatApril 10, 2011
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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 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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Shared on: 12/19/2004

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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Shared on: 01/16/2012

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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Shared on: 06/28/2004

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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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