Whole Wheat Bread
Easy to make, nutritious and delicious. This loaf won't last long after you pull it out of the oven.
Equipment
- 9x5 inch loaf pan
Ingredients
- 1 pkt yeast
- 1¼ cups water, warmed to 110°
- ¼ cup brown sugar, lightly packed
- 2 tbsp butter, melted
- 1 tsp salt
- 1½ cups whole wheat flour
- 2-2½ cups all purpose flour
Instructions
- In a large bowl stir together 1¼ cups warm water and 1 packet of yeast. Use an instant read thermometer to make sure the temperature of the water is at 110° degrees. Any hotter than that and you risk killing the yeast.
- Let the mixture sit for 5-10 minutes or until the yeast starts foaming and gets bubbly.
- Add ¼ cup packed brown sugar, 2 tablespoons melted butter, 1 teaspoon salt, 1½ cups whole wheat flour and 1 cup all purpose flour.
- Mix together using a wooden spoon or dough whisk, until the dough comes together. Dough will be quite wet and sticky.
- Add another cup of all purpose flour and stir to combine. Add up to a ½ cup more all purpose flour, a little at a time if the dough is too sticky and difficult to work with.
- Lightly flour your work surface and place the dough on the prepared work surface.
- Knead the dough for 8-10 minutes or until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- Use your hands to form the dough into a ball.
- Lightly grease a bowl with a little vegetable oil and place dough in the greased bowl. Turn the dough ball over to coat the entire ball of dough.
- Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and place it in a cold oven. Turn on the oven light and allow the dough to rise for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour the dough should have doubled in size. Punch the dough down and turn it out onto a floured surface.
- Shape the dough into a loaf.
- Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan with a little vegetable oil and place the dough in the pan.
- Cover with a towel and let the loaf rise for 1 hour or until doubled.
- Preheat oven to 375° degrees F.
- Bake the loaf for 40-45 minutes or until it’s golden brown and the loaf sounds hollow when you tap it.
- Remove the loaf from the hot pan and allow it to cool completely on a wire rack before slicing it.