Easiest Whole Wheat Bread

9 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1/3 cup gluten flour
  • 1 1/4 tablespoons instant yeast
  • 2 1/2 cups steaming hot tap water (120° to 130°)
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 1/3 cup honey or 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 1/4 tablespoons bottled lemon juice
  • 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix together the first three ingredients in mixer with dough hook.
  2. 2
    Add water all at once and mix for one minute; cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
  3. 3
    Add salt, oil honey or sugar and lemon juice and beat for one minute or until combined.
  4. 4
    Add last flour, 1 cup at a time beating between each cup.
  5. 5
    Beat for 6 to 10 minutes until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
  6. 6
    This makes a very soft dough.
  7. 7
    Preheat oven for 1 minute to lukewarm and turn off.
  8. 8
    Turn dough out onto oiled surface; divide and shape into loaves and place in oiled bread pans.
  9. 9
    Let rise in warm oven 10-15 minutes or until dough reaches top of pan (for some reason this about a half hour for me).
  10. 10
    Do not remove bread from oven; turn oven to 350 and bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
  11. 11
    Remove from pans and cool on racks.

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