100% Whole Wheat Bread

"I haven't bought a loaf of store bought bread for almost a year and have experimented with quite a few recipes. I made this recipe up, after having a few doorstops, and now pretty much use this recipe all the time. It comes out very light, and tastes like white bread!"
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
8
Yields:
5 loaves
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ingredients

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directions

  • Add the first four ingredients into Bosch bread mixer along with FIVE cups of flour.
  • Mix briefly.
  • Let sit for 20 minutes to proof yeast. (I know it sounds weird to proof instant yeast but this works).
  • After 20 minutes the mixture should be quite high, if not, throw out and start again with new yeast.
  • Then add the next three ingredients with 7 cups of flour.
  • You might use more or less flour but mix in one cup at a time until dough is sticky but not dry.
  • I add the gluten flour because, as far as I know, whole wheat flour has very little gluten and bread just won't rise well without it -- believe me I've tried and ended up with doorstops, reeeeeealy heavy doorstops!
  • After adding the last of the flour turn your Bosch down to 1 and knead for 7 minutes (I picked 7 just because it's a lucky number). I'm sorta fanatical about the size of my bread so I weigh my dough, roughly 750 grams for whole wheat bread.
  • I get 5 full size loaves and 1 smaller one with this recipe.
  • I bake it on convection bake for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees in greased pans. It doesn't taste like whole wheat and has a very light texture.

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<p>I'm a stay at home Mama of three, and yes Kansas is my real name and no I've never been there :) My oldest daughter Dallas, is 27 and doesn't live at home anymore. She had my first grandbaby, Lexi, on Dec 10, 2008! I also have a 13 year old daughter Sydney, and a 8 year old son Jevan (rhymes with Heaven), who keep me fairly busy. I raise chickens for eggs, have 5 dogs, Mini, Blue, Teddy, Doolittle, and Jumbo, plus 2 cats Billie and Cactus. I live on a large cattle ranch and can always find something to do, even if I don't want to :) My blog address where you can find more recipes, crafts, and photography, as well as living on a Ranch posts, is at http://kansasa.blogspot.com</p>
 
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