Whole Wheat Bread

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This is my family’s favourite sandwich bread. It makes amazingly tasty sandwiches.

I have arthritis in my hands and I can’t physically knead breads. So this recipe has steps that use a mixer, but can easily be adapted to hand-power if you don’t have a mixer.

Check out our post on substitutions in this recipe!

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Whole Wheat Bread

An easy to make and delicious snacking and sandwich bread.

Prep Time30 mins

Cook Time25 mins

Total Time3 hrs

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Keyword: bread, flour, honey, whole wheat

Servings: 4 lbs

Ingredients

Step 1 (See Instructions)

• 3 Cups White Flour
• 3 Teaspoon Active Dry Yeast
• 1/3 Cup Honey
• 3 Cups Warm Water ~110° F

Step 2

• 1 Tablespoon Salt
• 3 Tablespoon Melted Butter
• 5 to 5 1/2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour

Instructions

• Add flour, yeast, honey, and warm water to countertop mixer. Let proof for 30 minutes, bubbles should be formed.
• Turn mixer on, and add salt, butter, and slowly mix in 5 cups of whole wheat flour. Add in additional 1/2 cup flour as needed, until not real sticky - just pulling away from the bowl, but still sticky to touch; mix approximately 8 minutes.
• Shape dough into a ball and put in lightly greased mixing bowl. Turn dough to coat in oil and cover with clean tea towel. Let rise in a warm, draft free area until doubled, about 45-60 minutes.
• Punch down, shape into flatted ball, cut into 2, 3, or 4 equal chunks (use a scale to get even sizing):

  For 9x5 loaf pans, make 2 loaves (approximately 2 lbs each).

  For 8x4 loaf pans, make 3 or 4 loaves (approximately 1 to 1⅓ lbs each).
• Shape each chunk into loaves, rise in lightly greased loaf pans for about 45 minutes. About 30 minutes into second rise, preheat oven to 350°F
• For 4 loaves, bake for 25 minutes.

  For 3 loaves, bake for 30 minutes.

  For 2 loaves, bake for 35 minutes.

  Bread should reach an interal temperature of 190-200°F.

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