Honey Whole Wheat Bread

I've tried several different wheat bread recipes and this is the my favorite and the one that works best for me. I make it so much that the recipe is taped to my wall in the kitchen! We had this for our Mitchell Family After-Thanksgiving get together and Maret requested the recipe. Let me know if you try it, it is easy and delicious!


Honey Whole Wheat Bread

2 cups warm water
3 T. oil
3 T. honey
1 1/2 t. salt
2 t. yeast
5-6 cups of whole wheat flour (if using white wheat use it 100%, if using hard red wheat I add one cup white flour and the rest wheat since it is a bit heartier)
~1-2 T. gluten

Add warm water to the bowl of a stand mixer, add oil and honey. Add salt, yeast, 3 cups of flour, gluten and mix. Add remaining flour until dough is beginning to pull away from the sides of the bowl and mound up. The dough should be the consistency of sticky silly putty. Knead for 10 minutes.

Let rise 1 hour. Divide the dough into two pieces and put in greased loaf pans. Cover and let rise another hour.

Cooke at 350 degrees for 26 minutes. Remove from pans and enjoy!