Thursday, December 15, 2011

Sarah's Wheat Bread

2 cups Hot tap water
2/3 cup warm water
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup honey
1T dough enhancer
1 T gluten
1 T salt
3 pkgs of yeast (equivalent to 4 1/2 Tbsp)
3-4  cups of whole wheat flour

Dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Put hot water in mixing bowl. Add 2 1/2 cups of wheat flour. Add gluten, dough enhancer, oil, honey, salt and dissolved yeast. Mix for a minute.
Put the dough hook on your mixer. Add 2 more cups of flour. Mix while adding 1/4 cup of flour until dough pulls away clean.Remove from bowl and knead into a ball. Spray mixing bowl with PAM and return ball of dough to bowl.  Cover the bowl with a cloth or Pam sprayed Saran Wrap and let the dough double in size.
Punch down and knead until elastic feeling. Add flour if sticky. Divide into two halves. Put into greased bread pans. Cover with Pam sprayed plastic wrap. Let rise.
Cook at 350 for 30 minutes. 
Makes 2 loves.

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