100 % whole wheat bread
photo by TheOther
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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2 loaves
- Serves:
- 20
ingredients
- 2 cups milk
- 1⁄4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1 cup warm water (105 to 115F)
- 2 packages active dry yeast
- 8 cups unsifted whole wheat flour
- all purpose white flour
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
directions
- In saucepan, heat milk not to boiling.
- Remove from heat and add sugar, salt and 1/4 cup butter, stir until blended.
- Cool to lukewarm.
- Sprinkle yeast over water in large bowl.
- Stir to dissolve yeast- stir in lukewarm milk mixture.
- Add 4 cups whole wheat flour, beat vigorously with wooden spoon until smooth.
- Gradually add remainder of whole wheat flour.
- Mix in last of it with hands until dough is stiff Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface.
- Knead dough for about 5 minutes until dough is smooth and has some elasticity.
- Place in greased large bowl.
- Turn dough so greased side is up.
- Cover with towel; let rise in warm place (85F is good), until it doubles in size, about an hour.
- Turn dough again on floured surface.
- Divide into halves.
- Cover about 10 minutes.
- Cut each of the two halves into two pieces.
- Roll each piece into about a 12 inch strip.
- Twist two strips together.
- Repeat the process.
- Roll into a ball to fit into a 9x5x2-3/4 greased pan.
- Mold evenly into pan.
- Repeat process with remaining two pieces.
- Brush tops of two loaves with a little butter, margarine or oil.
- Let the two loaves rise in a warm place until dough rises to tops of pans- about an hour.
- Preheat oven 400F.
- Bake in middle of oven for 35- 40 minutes.
- Turn out pans onto racks, brush top with melted butter.
- Makes 2 loaves.
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Reviews
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Love, love, love it! Super easy, simple, and delicious. This was my first attempt at whole wheat bread and I am very pleased with the result. The loaf was everything I could ever ask for in a whole wheat bread and the ingredient list is perfect--simple and nothing crazy (ex. potato flakes...gross). I halved the recipe to only make one loaf, because two loaves would have been excessive for my diet. But other than halving the recipe, I did not make any other modifications. I may try using honey instead of brown sugar next time, or both, I'm just a sucker for honey whole wheat bread. So thank you spacholl for sharing this!
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This was my first time baking bread and I selected this recipe because of the strikingly positive reviews. I am happy to report that I now have 2 loaves of some of the best whole wheat bread I've ever tasted. Excellent, simple recipe that yields a dense yet soft, wholesome, and delectable product. A+
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Yum! I love the simplicity of this recipe. I halved the recipe to make one loaf and it turned out great! I added more flour when kneading it because the dough seemed a bit sticky. But I'm new to bread baking, so that might just be me... I didn't do the twisty thing, and I made it in my sun oven -- a great way to have home baked bread in the summer without heating up the kitchen. Makes superb toast!
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Love, love, love it! Super easy, simple, and delicious. This was my first attempt at whole wheat bread and I am very pleased with the result. The loaf was everything I could ever ask for in a whole wheat bread and the ingredient list is perfect--simple and nothing crazy (ex. potato flakes...gross). I halved the recipe to only make one loaf, because two loaves would have been excessive for my diet. But other than halving the recipe, I did not make any other modifications. I may try using honey instead of brown sugar next time, or both, I'm just a sucker for honey whole wheat bread. So thank you spacholl for sharing this!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
spacholl
Austin, Minnesota