The Farmer Family Cookbook

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Ingredients

• 2.51.25 cups hot water
• .250.125 cup honey
• .1250.0625 cup oil
• 5.52.75 cups whole wheat flour
• 1.50.75 tsp gluten
• 1.50.75 tsp salt
• 10.5 tbsp yeast

Steps

1. In mixer, add hot water, honey, and oil. Add 1 cup flour and mix until it looks soapy. Add gluten, salt, and 1 1/2 cups flour. Mix until consistency of pancake batter. Add yeast then continue adding remaining 3 cups flour, one at a time until it cleans the bowl (careful not to add too much flour or your bread will turn out dense). Dump dough onto counter and knead for 5 minutes. Place in a bowl sprayed with cooking spray and cover with damp cloth. Let rise until double. Divide dough in half and shape into loaves. Place in greased bread pans and let rise again until it is at least 1/2 inch above pan. Bake at 350F for 25-30 minutes. Let sit in pans for a few minutes then take out.