Bread Recipe

Here is the most recent recipe I found that has worked well for us. It is a recipe for making homemade, fresh-ground whole wheat bread, although, it will work with already ground flour too. For those who are laughing right now, just keep reading. Making bread is really very easy to do and not to mention yummy and healthy! Of course, if you decide to give this a try and need help, just email, call, or come over and make bread with us sometime!

You can also visit Shelly's Breads by clicking the link on the right. She has tons of info and more recipes. Click on Tips/Recipes.

This recipe will make 6 loaves. I cut everything in half and make 3 instead. What's great about this recipe is it works for several different things. In one batch (3 loaves), we make 1 loaf of bread, 1 large pizza crust, 1 round pan of cinnamon rolls, and usually have a little left over to make dinner rolls! Or you can make all bread and freeze some.

Also, I do not have a Bosch (which is the amazing, top of the line mixing system that she mentions) so I use my KitchenAide. Any mixer will work or if you don't have one, it can be done by hand. I also have not made this using dough enhancer yet, since i don't have any.

Enjoy!

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SHELLY’S HONEY WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

6.5—7 cups hot water
1 Cup oil
1 cup honey
2 T dough enhancer
1/3 Cup gluten
2 T salt
5-6 T Saf yeast
18+ C freshly milled
hard white spring wheat

Pour hot water into the Bosch mixing bowl. Be sure to have the dough guard on the center column before putting the dough hook on. (**warm up honey, not hot, but warm, for nice results) Add oil, honey, dough enhancer, gluten, salt and 10 C of flour. Add Saf yeast on top of flour. Use the momentary switch (M) to first mix. Turn the machine to speed 1 and continue to add flour only until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl. (DO NOT ADD TOO MUCH FLOUR). The dough should be a little tacky.
Turn the machine to speed 2 and knead for 4-5 minutes. (BE SURE TO TAKE YOUR SPLASH RING OFF, BECAUSE IT COULD CRACK WITH THIS MUCH DOUGH IN THE BOWL.) Using an oil spray or oil, grease your counter and your hands and remove the dough from the bowl.

At this point, you can sponge your bread, by letting it sit on the counter with a towel over it, or leave it in your Bosch bowl for 15-20 minutes, or you can continue on and not sponge it. (Sponging makes the bread softer and lighter)

Slam your dough onto your counter 7 times. Then with a scissors cut your pie shaped dough into six equal parts. Slam each piece of dough on the counter another 7 times, and then shape into a loaf of bread and place in 6 greased pans. Let the loaves rise until they are doubled in size.

Bake in a preheated oven at 350º for 30-45 minutes until golden brown. Remove from pans immediately and cool on a wire rack. Rub tops of hot bread with shortening or butter for shiny appearance.

This same recipe can be used for pizza crust, pita bread, cinnamon rolls, monkey bread, orange kisses, breakfast pizza, cold vegetable pizza, tea rings, dinner rolls, hamburger buns, piggy’s in a blanket, hoagie buns, cinnamon twist bread, mock rye bread, cinnamon raisin bread, croissants, and more. For recipes and directions along with many bread making secrets, order Shelly’s Breads for $12pp or Shelly’s Basic Bread Making Video (90 minutes) for $22 pp.