Honey Whole Wheat Bread
The best 100% whole wheat bread with a sweet taste of honey and subtle nutty flavor of the whole wheat. This bread is sure to be a family favorite with only six easy ingredients.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 38 min
- Yield
- 14 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1+1/4 cup warm water (90-100 degrees F, see recipe notes)
- 1 tbsp instant yeast (see recipe notes)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1+1/2 tbsp vital wheat gluten (see recipe notes)
- 2+1/2-3 cup whole wheat flour (see recipe notes)
Instructions
- 1
To the bowl of a stand mixer, add the warm water, instant yeast, honey and salt. Mix together.
- 2
Turn on the mixer and with the dough hook running, add half of the flour, then the vital wheat gluten and then the rest of the flour as needed. You are looking for your dough to be tacky, not sticky. Add more flour a Tablespoon at a time if needed. Knead the dough for 5-10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
- 3
Cover the dough and let it rise in a warm place for about an hour or until doubled in size. Turn it out onto a countertop.
- 4
To shape the dough: Pat the dough into a small rectangle about the size of your bread pan (use your bread pan as a guide). Starting closest to you, roll the dough up tightly, pressing in at the seam with every roll. After it forms a cylinder, pinch the seam closed. Place dough into bread pan and let rise again, for about an hour until just about doubled in size.
- 5
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Bake loaves in preheated oven for 40 minutes. Brush tops of warm bread with butter. Let the bread cool completely before enjoying.