Cracked Wheat Loaf

Name: Cracked Wheat Loaf
Ingredients: 1/2 cup milk; 1/2 cup cracked wheat*; 2 3/4 cups whole wheat flour made from hard white wheat or all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 envelope Fleischmann's(R) Active Dry Yeast; 3/4 cup warm water (100° to 110° F), divided

8 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cracked wheat*
2 3/4 cups whole wheat flour made from hard white wheat or all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons butter
1 envelope Fleischmann's(R) Active Dry Yeast
3/4 cup warm water (100° to 110° F), divided

Directions

1

Heat milk to simmer; stir in cracked wheat. Cool to lukewarm.
2

Combine flour, sugar, salt and butter in food processor; process with metal blade for 15 seconds. Add cracked wheat mixture; process for 5 seconds. Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Pour dissolved yeast through feed tube while processing. Continue processing while gradually adding remaining 1/4 cup warm water through tube until dough forms a ball on top of blade. (Note: Entire 1/4 cup may not be necessary).
3

Turn out dough onto lightly floured board and knead until smooth and elastic, about 3 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover; let rise in warm place, free from draft, until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
4

Punch dough down. On lightly floured board form into a roll about 12 inches long. Place on a greased baking sheet. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 50 minutes.
5

Preheat oven to 400° F. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until done. Remove from baking sheet and cool on wire rack.
6

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7

Wheat germ may be substituted for cracked wheat.