Looking for a good bread recipe? Give this one a try. Remember that depending on your location, the results will vary due to elevation and humidity. Try different recipes and find the one that works best for you!
100% Whole Wheat Bread
(Makes 3 loaves)
3 cups warm water
1 1/2 Tbsp yeast
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 Tbsp salt
1 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/3 cup oil
2 Tbsp gluten flour
Whole wheat flour
Dissolve yeast, water and sugar, let sit 3 minutes. Add salt, lemon juice, oil, and gluten flour. Add wheat flour until the dough is no longer sticky. Knead to develop the gluten. Depending if you knead by machine or hand, it may take 8-12 minutes. Place in a slightly greased bowl, cover, let rise until it doubles in volume (about 1hr). Punch down, let rise another 30-45 min until it has risen again. Punch down, divide into 3 sections, shape into loaves. Place in greased bread pans, cover and let rise until doubled. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cover the tops with foil paper towards the end of cooking time if the crusts get darker than desired. Cool completely on cooling rack. Freezes well! When thawing out, remove loaf from bag so the moisture doesn’t make bread soggy.
VARIATIONS:
Adding ground flax, or multigrain mix in the dough is a wonderful healthy addition!
Ways to shape the bread:
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Just wanted to say that I *love* this recipe! I am making it again today for the second time this week. I’ve never made homemade 100% whole wheat bread that was so light! Thanks for posting this!
That’s great, Ruth! Glad you like it! š
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What is Gluten flour? Can I use white flour instead?
Gluten flour is available at bulk food stores, or in store grocery stores. If you don’t have any, I would replace 1-2 cups of the wheat flour with white flour, and that would work. White flour is much higher in gluten (which is what helps bread rise better) than wheat. So when making 100% wheat bread, it really helps to add a few Tbsp of gluten. The other alternative is to make 90% wheat bread with some white flour to help get that good rise. š Hope that helps!
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