100% Whole Wheat Bread
This is a pure, 100% whole wheat bread recipe made entirely from whole food ingredients.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp yeast
- 2 C warm water
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 1/3 C olive oil
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 6 C red fife or spelt flour
Instructions
- Measure out warm water and stir in honey
- Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of yeast on top of the liquid, then set aside
- In a bread mixer, place butter, salt and apple vinegar and 4 C freshly ground flour
- Pour the yeast water into the mixing bowl as well and turn on your mixer
- Let it knead the dough for 10 minutes
- Once the time is up, add in another 1 C flour until mixed
- Turn your dough out onto a floured surface and knead in the last cup of flour
- Roll the dough into a ball and place it in a large, oil bowl. Cover with a dampened tea towel
- Leave your dough to rise in a warm place, until it has nearly doubled in size
- Turn onto a lightly floured surface and flatted into a 1 inch disc
- Fold the dough into a ball and divide into two parts, shaping two loaves
- Grease two bread pans and pop your formed loaves into them.
- At this point, you should preheat the oven to 350 so it's ready when the dough is!
- Leave the loaves to rise in a warm place, once again covering dough with a moistened tea towel
- When the loaves have nearly doubled in size, place them in your hot oven.
- Bake for 25 minutes at 350F
- When the loaves are done, remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Remove loaves from the pan and set on a cooling rack. Cover with a moistened cloth and let them steam and cool for 1-2 hours.
