The Farmer Family Cookbook

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This recipe comes from my mother.

Ingredients

• 5.51.375 cups warm water
• .50.125 cup oil
• .50.125 cup honey, raw sugar, molasses (I like 1/4 cup honey and 1/4 cup molasses)
• .50.125 cup gluten flour
• 10.25 crushed vitamin C tablet (1/8 -1/4 tsp)
• 1.50.375 tbsp salt
• 30.75 tbsp saf-instant dry yeast
• 13.53.375 cups whole wheat flour (about 9 cups wheat)

Steps

1. In a small dish add the gluten flour, vitamin C and salt. Set aside.
2. Put the water, oil, and honey into the mixing bowl and mix slightly.
3. Add the gluten flour mixture and mix slightly.
4. Add enough whole wheat flour until dough begins to pull away from the side of the mixing bowl.
5. Add 3 tbsp yeast directly into the dough while it is mixing. If you use non instant yeast, take 1/2 cup of the water amount and use it to dissolve your yeast. Add it the same time you do the other liquids.
6. Knead for 10 minutes.
7. Using shortening, oil hands and remove dough from mixer. Place dough on an oiled surface. Never use flour on your surface. Divide dough into 5 loaf sized pans. (8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2) Place the loaves in greased pans. Oil the top of loaves if a soft crust is desired. cover with a damp cloth and let rise until double in bulk.
8. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes. If you tap the bottom of a loaf and it sounds hollow, it is done. Remove bread and put on a rack to cool. Brush top of loaves with butter.
9. Serve with butter and honey while still warm.