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Karen's Homemade Whole Wheat Bread

Karen's Homemade Whole Wheat Bread

This is an original recipe that I've made many times ever since my 4-H days. It's a winner every time.
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Equipment

  • Kitchen Aid or other heavy duty mixer with a dough hook

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cups warm water (105-115 degrees F.)
  • 2 Tbsp (pkgs) active dry yeast
  • 3 Tbsp sugar
  • 4 tsp salt
  • 1/3 cup oil or stick margarine, softened
  • 1/3 cup homey, or brown sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups milk
  • 1 egg
  • 4 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (about)

Instructions
 

  • Mix water (105-115) and yeast. Add sugar, salt, margarine, honey, milk, and beaten egg.  Stir flours together.
  • Beat in half the flour till smooth and batter falls in sheets from a wooden spoon.  Add enough flour to make a soft dough.  Knead ten minutes, until smooth.
  • Let rise in warm place till double in bulk, about 1 hour.  Punch down, shape into loaves, place in two greased 9x5 pans.  Let rise till double, about 30 minutes.  Bake at 400 degrees25-30 minutes.  Turn out on wire racks and grease tops.

Notes

Note that you can use either honey or brown sugar, depending on the taste you want to give the bread and what you have on hand.