My 2-Loaf Wheat Bread Recipe
This recipe makes moist wheat bread. We love it!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tbsp instant yeast
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 cups hot tap water 75-78°F.
- 4 cups wheat flour red or white hard wheat
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 T salt
- 1 T dough enhancer or 3 T gluten or 2 T vinegar or 1/4 c. potato flakes
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup honey
Instructions
- Spray 2 glass loaf pans with cooking spray.
- Combine 1/2 c. warm water, instant yeast and 1 t. sugar in small bowl. Let stand for 5 min. until frothy.
- In large bowl, stir the wheat flour, white flour, dough enhancer and salt.
- Add yeast mixture, 2 c. hot water and 4 c. flour mixture to a mixer or bread machine bowl. Beat on low speed for 10 min., periodically scraping sides of bowl. Beating helps knead the dough so don’t stop too soon.
- Add oil and honey. Beat well for a few minutes.
- Add more 2 c. cups of flour mixture one cup at a time. Beat on low for 10 min. Dough should pull away from sides of bowl and form a ball on dough hook. If it does not pull away add a little more flour until it does.
- Remove dough from dough hook and divide in half. Each loaf will be about 1 lb. 6 ounces. With floured hands, shape into 2 loaves. My mom used to say it was just like patting a baby’s bottom. Put loaves into loaf pans.
- Cover with a towel if it rises on the counter. Or proof in your oven covered with plastic sprayed with cooking spray. Let rise until almost double (30 – 40 min.).
- Tip: Let the uncovered bread rise in a slightly warm oven (turn oven on for 5 minutes and then off), and then turn on to bake after it has risen.
- Turn oven to 350 degrees and bake for 30 – 40 minutes. Loaves are done when slightly brown and hollow sounding when tapped. Let cool for a few minutes and then remove from pans to continue cooling.
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