100% Whole Wheat Bread
photo by Kansas A
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
5 loaves
ingredients
- 6 cups warm water
- 2⁄3 cup oil
- 2⁄3 cup honey
- 3 tablespoons instant yeast
- 12 cups whole wheat flour, DIVIDED
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoons bread enhancer (Dough Enhancer) (optional)
- 1 1⁄2 - 2 cups gluten flour
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>