Best Home-made Bread

Edeltraut
Edeltraut @cook_2802810

My mother taught me to make this bread as a young girl. I continue to make it every couple of weeks. We use it instead of bought loafs and enjoy it for anything - sandwiches, French toast, as a side for meals, etc. Everyone loves it!

Best Home-made Bread

My mother taught me to make this bread as a young girl. I continue to make it every couple of weeks. We use it instead of bought loafs and enjoy it for anything - sandwiches, French toast, as a side for meals, etc. Everyone loves it!

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Ingredients

2 hours
6 servings
  1. 3 tbspyeast
  2. 2 1/2 tbsphoney (or 3 tbs white sugar)
  3. 1 cupwarm water
  4. 3eggs
  5. 3/4 cupmelted coconut oil (or canola, vegetable, or olive oil)
  6. 5 cupwarm water
  7. 6 cupwhole wheat flour
  8. 2 tbspsalt
  9. 6 cupwhite flour (6+ cups)
  10. 1 cupshredded flax seeds

Cooking Instructions

2 hours
  1. 1

    Mix yeast, honey and 1 cup warm water. Let stand for 10 minutes.

  2. 2

    Add flax seeds, eggs, and oil and mix well.

  3. 3

    Add 5 cups of warm water and whole wheat flour. Mix well.

  4. 4

    Add salt and mix well.

  5. 5

    Add white flour one cup at a time, mixing well each time. Add flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl and is soft and kneadable.

  6. 6

    Take dough and divide into six equal sections. Form a loaf with each section.

  7. 7

    Place loafs in oiled loaf pans and poke a few holes in a nice pattern with a knife (this allows the dough to rise without forming air pockets).

  8. 8

    Cover with clean towel and let rise until at least doubled their size in a warm place. (Letting them sit for 7-10 minutes in the oven on "warm" setting, covered with a towel, will help them rise better). After the 7-10 minutes take them out and let them rise on the counter until they are the appropriate size.

  9. 9

    Bake at 350°F until golden brown.

  10. 10

    I always mix and knead the dough in my Bosch machine and then bake in the oven. Much easier and yields much fluffier bread.

  11. 11

    After the bread is baked, take them out of the pans immediately and let cool. Slice the bread. Place loafs in ziploc bags. Because this recipe yields 6 loafs, I usually freeze 5 and just take them out as needed, defrosting and storing them in the refrigerator. Pop them in the toaster and they still taste fresh as ever. :)

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