Classic Whole Wheat Bread

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Classic Whole Wheat Bread

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Ingredients

45 mins
2 servings
  1. 1 cupwarm water
  2. 2 tspactive dry yeast
  3. 1 cupmilk
  4. 1/4 cuphoney
  5. 2 tbspcanola oil
  6. 2 3/4 cupunbleached all-purpose flour
  7. 2 3/4 cupwhole wheat flour
  8. 1 tbspsalt

Cooking Instructions

45 mins
  1. 1

    Pour water into large mixing bowl and sprinkle yeast into water. Let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in milk, honey, and oil.

  2. 2

    Add 2 cups of all-purpose flour and salt to wet ingredients and mix.

  3. 3

    Incorporate the rest of the all-purpose flour and the whole wheat flour. Stir until the dough begins to come together.

  4. 4

    Let the dough stand for 20 minutes to give the flour time to absorb the water

  5. 5

    Knead the dough for 5-10 minutes either by hand on the counter or with the dough hook attachment in a stand mixer. Add all-purpose flour a tablespoon at a time as needed until the dough is no longer sticky.

  6. 6

    Form dough into a ball and turn into a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm spot. Allow to double in size (1.5 to 2 hours).

  7. 7

    Turn dough out onto floured counter top and seperate dough in half. Form each half into 2 balls. Let stand for 10 minutes.

  8. 8

    Grease two 9"x5" loaf pans. Shape each ball into a loaf by flattening it out into a rectangle with a length of 9". Fold 1/3 of dough toward you, then fold another 1/3 away from you over the first 1/3. Pinch dough to close the seam. Place dough seam down into loaf pans.

  9. 9

    Let dough rise in loaf pans until it starts to dome over. About 30-45 minutes. Preheat oven to 425°F.

  10. 10

    Make one shallow cut lengthwise in top of dough with a serated knife. Turn oven down to 375°F and place loaf pans into oven on middle rack.

  11. 11

    Bake for 30-35 minutes. Bread should be dark golden brown and should sound hollow when tapped on bottom. Let cool on racks for at least 3 hours before slicing.

  12. 12

    Bread can be kept at room temperature for several days or wrapped in plastic and foil and frozen for up to 3 months.

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