100% Whole Wheat Bread

⏱ 65 mins 🍽 4 loaves 🏷 Yeast Breads

This recipe details how to make four loaves of wholesome whole wheat bread from scratch, starting with grinding your own wheat. Using a Bosch mixer or similar machine with a dough hook, the process involves combining fresh flour with yeast, honey, and a bread enhancer. The dough is kneaded, shaped, left to rise, and then baked until golden. The result is a tasty, nutritious homemade bread that has been a favourite for years.

100% Whole Wheat Bread

Ingredients

  • 8 -9 cups wheat
  • 3 tablespoons oil (canola is best)
  • 4 1/2 cups warm water (80 degrees, tepid)
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons instant yeast (rounded)
  • 2 tablespoons bread enhancer (rounded)
  • 1 tablespoon salt

Method

  1. Use a kitchen mill to grind 8 or 9 cups of wheat.
  2. Optionally, you can include about 1/2 cup millet and 1/2 cup flax seed.
  3. Place the oil, water, dough enhancer and honey into the Bosch mixing bowl.
  4. Pulse the machine a few times to combine these wet ingredients.
  5. Introduce roughly 6 cups of the fresh flour and pulse again to moisten it.
  6. Mix in the yeast and salt.
  7. If using whole grains like millet or flax, add them now rather than during the initial grinding.
  8. Start the machine and slowly add more flour, allowing each addition to be absorbed.
  9. Stop adding flour once the dough starts to pull away from the bowl's base.
  10. The dough will clean the sides of the bowl as it kneads.
  11. Continue kneading the dough for 7 to 10 minutes.
  12. Take the dough out and form it into four loaves.
  13. Place each loaf into a greased 8x4 inch pan.
  14. Cover the pans with a tea towel and a sheet of plastic.
  15. Allow the dough to rise until it doubles in size, which takes about 20 to 25 minutes.
  16. Heat your oven to 350°F-375°F and bake the loaves for 30 minutes.
  17. The bread is ready when it pulls away from the pan sides and sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
  18. Transfer the baked loaves onto a cooling rack.
  19. The stated prep time includes the standing period.
  20. Dough enhancer is often sold where you buy wheat or at health food shops.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium1759800 mg

Recipe details

CategoryYeast Breads
AuthorDotty2