Whole Wheat Bread
Since getting my super awesome bread pan, I’ve been making all of our bread lately. I’ve tried a couple different whole wheat recipes, but they tended to be really heavy and the boys weren’t digging them. Especially when it came to using the bread to make sandwiches. So I kept looking, and trying, until I came to this really simple whole wheat bread from Nita Crabb that I found on AllRecipes.com. This recipe rocks! It’s heavy enough to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich; yet it doesn’t taste heavy at all. The boys love it and it’s now my go-to recipe whenever we need a whole wheat loaf.
The original recipe was fabulous, but for us there was one slight problem – it made too much. The recipe filled my 13x4x4 bread pan a little too much, but not enough to make two loaves using the same pan. So I made a few adjustments so I only get one loaf at a time. I also use the bread machine to make the dough, so my directions are going to be a little different than the original recipes.
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
2-1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1/3 cup honey
2-1/2 cups bread flour
1-1/2 tbsp butter, melted
1/3 cup honey
1-1/2 tsp salt
1-3/4 cups whole wheat flour
Directions:
- Using a bread machine, mix all the ingredients per the manufacturers directions. Select Dough cycle; press Start.
- Once the dough is ready, place on a floured surface and knead until the dough is not too sticky. You may need to add more flour as your kneading, but don’t add too much. A little at a time is the way to go.
- Place dough into bread pan and place in unheated oven for 30 minutes or until doubled. My bread pan has a lid on it, so I never know when it has doubled, hence the time.
- After the 30 minutes has passed and the dough is still in the oven, heat your oven to 350 degrees F. Bake for 30 minutes once the oven is preheated – ie if it takes 6 minutes to heat up, your timer should say 36 minutes.
- Remove from pan and cool. Store the bread in a tightly sealed container. The loaf fits in this 21 Cup Bread Container perfectly.
Serving Size: One 13x4x4 loaf