Honey Wheat Bread

Continuing on with my catching up, here's a really yummy recipe for a whole wheat bread.  It is great for making sandwiches and is not too dense, as sometimes whole wheat bread can be.  The original recipe, found here, is for making 3 loaves, but I always scale it back to 1 loaf so I can use my bread machine.  Speaking of bread machines, I use mine a lot for kneading my bread dough, but you can absolutely do this by hand!    

For one loaf, you will need:

1 cup warm water

1/9 cup honey (about 2 tbsp)

1 tbsp melted butter or oil

1 tsp salt

1-2/3 cups bread flour

1-1/6 cups whole wheat flour

1-1/2 tsp yeast

Place all ingredients in a bread machine and use the Dough cycle.  Here's what it looked like before rising...

... and after rising.

Next, grease a 9"x5" loaf pan.  Punch down the risen dough and form into a loaf.  Place in the prepared pan.

Let rise in a warm place for about 30-45 minutes or until the loaf has risen over the top of the loaf about an inch or so.  

Preheat your oven to 375F/190C.  Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes.  When done, turn out onto a cooling rack.  Let cool completely before slicing.

This bread is beyond yummy and I think you all go make some right now!  Your house will smell heavenly and you'll have a delicious loaf of bread to show for it :)