Community Pick
Our Favorite Wheat Bread
"This bread is the best bread I've ever eaten, hands down! I have a neighbor who always tells me when he does me a favor that this is what he wants as "payment"! Really good fresh from the oven along with "Aunt Gin's Vegetable Soup" recipe #91938."
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- Ready In:
- 2hrs 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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2 loaves
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon dry yeast
- 2 cups warm water
- 1⁄4 cup soft butter
- 1⁄8 cup molasses
- 1⁄4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 cups white flour
directions
- Dissolve yeast in warm water.
- Combine butter, molasses, honey, and salt.
- Mix well.
- Add yeast mixture.
- Gradually add flour.
- Turn onto floured surface and knead until smooth.
- Place in greased bowl and let rise until double.
- Punch down.
- Let dough rest a few minutes.
- Shape into 2 loaves.
- Place in greased bread pans.
- Let rise about 1 hour.
- Bake at 375° for 35-40 minutes.
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Reviews
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Made this for Thanksgiving. Made 2 full loaves. Was very impressed. Made great French Toast and grilled cheese sandwiches but great for the holiday left overs also :) Will make again. Not as dense as other recipes. -
Good bread! Next time I think I'm going to reduce the honey. -
I make bread every week and this is still one of my favorites! Thank you . -
I'm not great at making yeast breads, but this one was easy and delicious! -
I cut the recipe in half and used my bread machine with great results. Excellent flavor and texture. I am going to play around with the sweetness.
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Tweaks
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This is a keeper. I don't like the darker breads being too sweet so I changed it a little and added only 1T of Molasse and 1 T of honey, substituted the butter with applesauce and added a couple handfull of sunflower seeds, came out very good. Thanks for a great recipe.
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EXCELLENT! I made this yesterday and although I had to substitute applesauce for butter (can't have dairy) it turned out fantastic. As a matter of fact, my toddler (a white bread lover) wanted this for her pbj sandwich today, she actully requested it over the white bread! I also added 2 TBS wheat gluten to mixture. -
Have made this twice using a stand mixer. The first time I substituted olive oil for butter and had good but slightly greasy results. Yesterday I followed the recipe exactly and the loaves had a better texture, but not quite as tasty. Maybe I'll use both fats on the next batch. Very good, easy bread.
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