This is another variation on my bread recipe. It makes a delicious, hearty, healthy bread using whole wheat flour.
In the video, I mention the windowpane test for checking if you have kneaded your bread enough. You can see my demonstration video here.
Here are some of my other bread recipes:
How-to Make Homemade White Bread
How-to Make Gluten and Wheat Free Bread
How-to Make Homemade Raisin Bread
How to Make Homemade Dinner Rolls
Directions:
Yield: Two loaves
- Put three cups of whole wheat flour, shortening, sugar (or honey/molasses) and yeast in large mixing bowl. Blend together with wooden spoon.
- Add water and another cup of flour. Blend together.
- Add 1 cup of white flour and the salt. Blend together.
- Dump contents of bowl onto counter and continue to blend by hand and knead the dough adding flour (white) as required to prevent sticking.
- Knead dough for 8 – 10 minutes or until you have a nice smooth ball that is no longer sticky.
- Place in large bowl greased with shortening and cover with a clean towel. Place in a warm, draft free area to rise until double in size (approx. one and a half hours).
- Punch down and shape into loaves. Place in greased 8″ loaf pans, cover with clean towel and allow to rise in warm, draft free area for another hour, until double in size.
- Remove towel and place in preheated 400°F oven, center rack, for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and pans. Brush crust lightly with butter or margarine and cool on wire racks.
ENJOY!!!
Ingredients:
- 4 cups of Whole Wheat Flour
- 1 to 2 and 1/2 cups of White All-purpose Flour
- 1 tbsp of Fleishman’s Instant Quick Rise Yeast
- 1/4 cup of Shortening, room temperature
- 1/4 cup of Sugar, Honey or Molasses
- 1 tsp of Salt
- 2 cups of Hot Water (100°F)
have you ever done cinnamon rolls
i love this recipe and thanks so much for the video with complete directions i have baked bread since 2014 and i have yet to get soft and good rise wheat bread i use a 9 inch pan cause the bread is bigger an 8 inch pan i find is tiny the bread may come out high but its not wide enough i need wide bread
i am going for the raisin bread next hot diggity
I’m 70 years old, originally from the Uk, living in B.C. Since 1971. I have never learned to make good bread – made a lot of inedible stuff though! After watching your video on YouTube yesterday I managed to make a beautiful batch of buns that are very tasty. Thanks so much Candra! Today I’m going to try the whole wheat bread!
I hope you continue posting helpful videos for us slow learners!
Hi I would like to know if you can make this with 100% whole wheat flour?thank you very much.
Just into my last rising. Getting ready to bake it now. I kneaded the dough about 8 minutes but next time 12 minutes for sure. I love it and I love the recipe. Thank you Candra.