Homemade Whole Wheat Bread

Whole Wheat Bread

Want to make whole wheat bread yourself? Just follow my step by step instructions to get a fresh loaf of homemade whole wheat bread from your own oven!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Cups Warm Water
• 2 tsp Sugar
• 1 Tbs. Active Dry Yeast
• 1/4 Cup Honey
• 1 1/2 tsp Salt
• 4 Tbs. Butter, room temp.
• 1 1/2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
• 1 1/2–2 Cups All Purpose Flour

Instructions

• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water.  Also to stand for 5 minutes.
• Add the honey, salt, butter, and 1 1/2 cups of wheat flour.  Mix at a low speed.
• Add 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour while the mixer is running.  Mix until well combined.
• You may or may not need to add more flour at this point.  You want the dough to come together in a sticky ball that mostly cleans the sides of the bowl, but still sticks to the bottom.  Add more flour a little at a time if you need to.  Lean more towards a stickier dough than a stiff dough.
• Knead in your mixer for 3 minutes.  Then cover and let rise until doubled.   This should take about an hour.
• Dump risen dough out onto a lightly floured surface.
• Shape it into a loaf sealing the seams well.
• Place the loaf in a bread pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
• Cover and let rise until doubled (about a half hour to 45 minutes).
• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees  Bake risen bread for 45-50 minutes.  About half way through baking you will need to tent the wheat bread with foil to avoid over browning.
• Run a cube of butter over the top of the hot bread.
• Cool 20 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.

Source: mindeescookingobsession.com

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