Whole Wheat/White Bread

This bread is delish! This is one of my favorite recipes. My family & friends devour it! 

I like to grind my own wheat in my dry Vitamix blender. It makes it more nutritious. But, you can certainly just use whole wheat flour and be good to go.

I tripled this recipe, and as you can see in this picture...it made 3 LARGE loaves. So, this recipe tripled would make 4 good sized loaves as well.

Recipe:

1/2 C. milk (I use evaporated in a can for my baking)

3 Tbsp. sugar or honey

2 tsp. salt

3 Tbsp. butter

2 Tbsp. yeast

1 1/2 C. warm water

5-6 C. flour (I use half wheat/ half white, I also like to add some whole grain cereal mix into the flour)

In a glass bowl in the microwave add milk & butter. Take it out when butter is soft.

Add sugar & salt. 

Stir.

Dissolve yeast in warm water.(Let sit for 5-10 minutes).

In a large bowl pour milk mixture and start adding flour. Stir & stir like crazy!

Keep adding flour until warm. 

Add yeast/water mixture.

Add the rest of the flour. 

Stir well.

Knead for 10 minutes. 

Place dough into a greased bowl, cover with a towel. Let rise for about 45-60 minutes.

Punch down and pour out onto greased/floured surface. Cut into 4 equal parts. 

Knead and shape into loaves. (I like to roll mine out into a rectangle shape, then roll it up like a jelly roll, pinch the sides closed and place into greased bread pans).

Let rise for 45-60 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350*.

Bake bread for 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown on top and bottom.

Take out of oven and butter tops.

Run knife around the edges of each pan and pop out onto a dish towel. 

Enjoy!

Recipe inspired by Kitchen Aid Mixer recipe book. 

Becky