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Mom’s “Foolproof” Whole Wheat Bread

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    Mom’s “Foolproof” Whole Wheat Bread

    By Genevieve | Recipes | 6 comments | 2 October, 2014 | 0

    Growing up, my mother almost always had whole wheat bread freshly made on the counter or in the freezer. When one loaf was consumed we could go to the freezer and pull out another. I had many friends that loved to come to my house for lunch because it meant my mom’s wheat bread. I didn’t see how it was any more special than other bread, that is until I tasted other whole wheat bread. Wheat bread can easily be extremely dry and kind of bitter. {The secret on how to avoid this is below.} This is not the case with my mom’s; It’s moist, flavorful and addicting. You have to give this “foolproof” recipe a try. It’s one of the quickest bread recipes I make; Just mix, place into pans, rise for 35 minutes and bake. It couldn’t be more “foolproof”.Whole Wheat Bread


    “Foolproof” Whole Wheat Bread

    Ingredients

    • 2 T – Instant Dry Yeast
    • 6 C – Hot Tap Water
    • 2 T – Salt
    • 1/3 C – Oil
    • 2/3 C – Honey
    • 14-16 C – Whole Wheat Flour

    Directions

    Combine hot tap water and 8 cups of freshly ground whole wheat flour in mixing bowl. Mix on low speed until blended. 

    Add salt, oil, honey and yeast to the mixture; Mix until combined.

    Add 6-8 more cups of flour and knead in mixer for 10 minutes. {Note: Only add 6 cups until you knead for 6-8 minutes. Add more if needed after that point.}

    Oil hands and counter and remove dough from mixing bowl. Mold it into loaves and place into oiled pans. Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise 1/3 in bulk {approximately 35-45 minutes}.

    Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes. When done, remove from pans and cool on wire rack. Makes 4-5 medium loaves.


    Detailed Instructions

    Combine hot tap water and 8 cups of freshly ground whole wheat flour in mixing bowl. Mix on low speed until blended.Whole Wheat Bread Add salt, oil, honey and yeast to the mixture; Mix until combined. Add 6-8 more cups of flour and knead in mixer for 10 minutes. {Note: Only add 6 cups until you knead for 6-8 minutes. Add more if needed after that point.} The more sticky the better – This is what determines on how moist the finished bread will be. I only ever add the 6 cups. Whenever I have added more than that my bread is drier than I like.Whole Wheat Bread Oil hands and counter and remove dough from mixing bowl. You will need anywhere from about 1/4 to 1/3 of a cup of oil on the counter. Remember this is extremely sticky dough and it will stick to anything and everything. Mold with your hands into loaf shapes and place into oiled pans. I usually give mine a punching down once in the pan so it fills the entire bottom of the pan.Whole Wheat Bread Whole Wheat Bread Whole Wheat Bread Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise 1/3 in bulk {approximately 35-45 minutes}.Whole Wheat Bread Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes. When done, remove from pans and cool on wire rack. Once cooled, I cut all of the loaves into slices using my electric carving knife. I then place into bags and place into the freezer. This recipe makes 4-5 medium loaves (8-1/2 x 4-1/2″); four if you like your loaves towering over the bread pan, five if you like just a normal homemade loaf.Whole Wheat Bread Whole Wheat Bread

     


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      nellie Reply October 2, 2014 at 3:03 PM

      I would note that the bread is much more delicious with freshly ground wheat.

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      Chantal Reply October 30, 2014 at 8:33 AM

      Can you halve this recipe?

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        Genevieve Reply October 31, 2014 at 7:32 AM

        Chantal,
        I half most recipes, but this is one I have not tried. I have a friend that asked me the same question. I can play with this recipe this coming week and figure out the halved version of this recipe. Check back next week and I’ll post the halved version of this recipe within this post. Thanks for the question!

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      Shelby Falabella Reply February 21, 2017 at 4:48 PM

      Hey I love the pictures, but I think the link for ingredient measurements is broken, I can’t find the actual measurements on this page, if you could reload it that’d be great. Thank you!

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        Genevieve Reply February 25, 2017 at 1:28 PM

        Thank you Shelby! I actually am currently having a new website built and have had a few problems with broken links as they are trying to play around with things. I am in the process of going through and finding everything that is broken and fixing it. Thank you for pointing this one out to me!

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