Whole Wheat Bread

Place milk and butter in a microwave-safe container (I use a Pyrex measuring cup) and microwave for 30-45 seconds. The milk will be warm and the butter almost melted.

Put ingredients into your bread machine in the order recommended by manufacturer. I put milk and butter in first and then the dry ingredients. Program machine for “dough” cycle. After it’s done (my machine takes an hour and a half), remove the dough and divide in half. Knead and form into 2 loaves.

Grease 2 bread pans. Place loaves in pans. Spray tops of loaves with Pam. Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Allow loaves to rise in a warm spot for about an hour or until double in size. This goes a little faster on warm humid days and takes a little longer on those cold winter days.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake loaves for 25-30 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then remove and cool completely.

I have also baked this bread in my machine on the “basic” cycle. The loaf is not as pretty but it still tastes great. Enjoy!