100% Whole Wheat Bread

Homemade bread

In the world of Mormon food, it’s all about the BREAD!  We take a lot of pride in making the same recipe that our female progenitors brought with them as they crossed the plains.  Most Mormon bread recipes are full of oil or butter, and then the dough is dipped in butter, baked, brushed with butter and then slathered with butter at the table.  Well, I’ve made a few changes to the basic Mormon whole wheat bread recipe and here it is!  This bread is fabulous!  I lowered the oil amount and added some oats for extra moisture.  It comes out chewy and dense, not crumbly and dry as you would expect from low-fat bread.  It stays together and works great for sandwiches.  Check your local health food store for white wheat flour or use regular red wheat flour.  Either way, you’ll be amazed that this is 100% whole wheat.  Also, look under Healthy Links for some information about white wheat.  Your family is going to love this!

100% Whole Wheat Bread (Lightened up a little)

In your mixer (preferably a Bosch) combine:

2 T. dough enhancer

1/3 c. oil

2/3 c. honey

2 T. salt

2 T yeast

5 1/3 cups of hot tap water

Mix this for a few seconds until combined then add ½ cup quick oats and ABOUT 13 cups of whole wheat flour. Don’t just dump 13 cups in there, add it a little at a time until the dough is elastic and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.  I use a combination of about ½ white wheat and ½ red wheat but it doesn’t really matter, use all while or all red if you like.  By the way, white wheat flour is not all-purpose white flour, its whole grain flour from ground white wheat.  Anyway, mix on medium speed for about 9 minutes.  You might need to add more flour so it’s not too sticky and the sides of the bowl are clean.  Turn the dough out on a floured surface and divide into five loaves.  I use the smaller loaf pans so if you have larger pans divide into fourths.  Shape into loaves and let them rise for about 30 minutes.  Place in a cold oven and turn the oven on the 350 degrees.  Bake for about 27-35 minutes until the loaves are light golden brown and sound hollow when tapped.  This also makes great cinnamon swirl bread.  Just roll out the loaf

And sprinkle cinnamon sugar all over it.  Roll up into a loaf shape and bake as directed.