Single Rise Easy Wheat/White Bread

a simple homemade bread

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Yields: 6 loaves

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄3 cups hot water
• 2  tablespoons honey
• 4  tablespoons  yeast
• 4  cups hot water
• 1⁄2 cup  oil
• 1⁄2 cup honey
• 1⁄2 cup powdered soy protein concentrate
• 1  teaspoon  vitamin C powder
• 1  tablespoon salt
• 8  cups whole wheat flour
• 4  cups white flour

Directions

1. Stir together 1-1/3 cup hot water, 2 Tbs honey, and yeast. Let work for five minutes.
2. In large bowl mix together 4 cups hot water, oil, 1/2 cup honey.
3. Blend in soy powder, Vitamin C Crystals, salt, 4 cups of the whole wheat flour and 2 cups of the white flour.
4. Then blend in yeast mixture and 4 more cups wheat flour and two more cups white flour. Get a sticky dough consistency.
5. Knead on lightly oiled board for 20 minutes (or 10 minutes in machine with bread hook - dough should just clean sides of machine bowl).
6. Shape 6 loaves and let rise under warm damp towel inside 80 degree oven (I just turn mine on for a minute and then turn it back off). Let rise for 20-25 minutes.
7. Take out of oven and preheat to 365 degrees.
8. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
9. Remove immediately from pans, put on cooling racks and brush tops with olive oil.