Easiest Whole Wheat Bread

Lemon Juice acts as a dough enhancer which givers this bread a fine, light texture. This freezes very well. I make it in my Kitchen Aid, Remember this bread is sticky to the touch when it is ready to go into the pans.

Preheat oven to 170 degrees

2 Loaves (8X4) Loaves

3 ½ cup whole wheat flour
½ cup gluten flour (sometimes I leave this out and add an extra splash of lemon juice)
1 tsp + ¾ tsp instant yeast
2 ½ cup steaming hot tap water
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil
1/3 cup sugar or honey (Splenda)
1 ¼ tsp lemon juice
2 ½ whole wheat flour

You can also add:
½ cup flax seed
3-4 tbs Lecithin

In mixer bowl, mix yeast and steaming hot water
Add gluten and flour 1 cup at a time. Mix for 1 minute.
Let mixture stand for 10 minutes to rise

While waiting, measure honey or sugar and salt into small bowl, and the oil and lemon juice in another small bowl. These will be ready as soon as the 10 minutes are over.

After the dough has risen, add the honey and the sugar mixtures to the flour and mix for 1 minute.
Add the remaining flour. Remember that the dough will be tacky to the touch to turn out right.

Spray pans, prep surfaces and hands with cooking spray (it’s sticky!). Pull dough onto board and shape into even sized loaves. I actually double this recipe and make whole-wheat cinnamon rolls. Yummmm!

Put loaves in the oven (170 degrees) for 15 minutes to rise. After 15 minutes, reset the oven to 350 degrees and bake for another 30 minutes. So easy and so delicious. Enjoy!