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Whole Wheat Bread (Easiest Ever)

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Easiest ever FIVE loaves of really fluffy 100% whole wheat bread that raises in the pan with no punch down.

Ingredients

  • 6 cups Warm Water
  • 3 Tablespoons Instant Yeast
  • ⅔ cups Oil
  • ⅔ cups Honey
  • 3 Tablespoons Wheat Gluten
  • 3 Tablespoons Dough Enhancer
  • 2 Tablespoons Salt
  • 12 cups Whole Wheat Flour

Preparation

Prepare in a large mixer (Bosch or KitchenAid). Mix together all ingredients except the flour and let it sit for a minute, then add the flour, 4 cups at a time. It might end up needing up to 14 cups of flour. Once all the flour is mixed in, the dough should be a little sticky but firm. Mix on high for 8 minutes in the kitchen mixer. Divide dough into 5 blobs. Roll each blob into a rectangle, then roll it into a loaf shape and place it seam side down in the pan. Let rise for 1 hour. Bake for 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees. In my gas oven, I usually bake it for 28 minutes. To get 5 loaves into my oven, I place one loaf (the runt) horizontally in the back and the other 4 vertical to the one in the back.

In the KitchenAid, I halved it to make 2 gigantic loaves.

Sliced into 16 slices, each slice is one point.

I strongly recommend using aluminum pans to get a nice light-in-color crust.

I make 5 loaves on Monday morning and store them in the freezer to last us the whole week.

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ranchinmom2five on 12.20.2010

dough inhancer I mean. Sorry. :)

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ranchinmom2five on 12.20.2010

So if you don’t have it, can you still make it without??

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fairyguidemother on 7.18.2010

Lottiebay, here is a link to an article about dough enhancers. you might just be surprised!

http://www.breadmachinedigest.com/tips/dough-enhancers-and-how-to-use-them.php

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lottiebay on 2.10.2010

I have made a lot of whole wheat bread over the years, and I have vital wheat gluten on hand, but what is dough enhancer? I have never used it or even heard of it. I would like to try this recipe.

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Leonard S. King on 4.14.2016

I live whole wheat bread, thanks, check out more best bread maker here, http://www.bestbreadmakeronline.com/

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