Hearty Wheat Bread Not Bread Machine Food

HEARTY NUT BREAD--BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Place ingredients in bread machine pan in the order listed.
• Set for regular or quick cycle, and desired crust setting.
• Press start.

HEARTY WHEAT BREAD (NOT BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Stir yeast and molasses into water.
• Mix all dry ingredients except additional flour.
• Combine dry mixture with yeast mixture knead in additioal flour to form elastic dough.
• Place in greased bowl, turn greased side of dough up.
• Let rise in warm place until double, 60-90 minute
• Punch down dough and roll out on floured suface divide in half. Roll into loaves and place in greased bread pans.
• Let rise 45 min - 1 hour.
• Bake 350F for 40-45 minute.

STEAKHOUSE WHEAT BREAD FOR THE BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Place the warm water, butter, honey, salt, coffee, cocoa, sugar, bread flour, whole wheat flour, and bread machine yeast in the pan of a bread machine in the order listed. Put on regular or basic cycle with light crust.

HEARTY SEED BREAD FOR BREAD MACHINE

Steps:

• Place ingredients into bread machine in order listed. When you add the flour be sure to cover the liquid completely.
• Bake on the whole grain bread cycle.
• Let cool in pan 15 minutes.
• Cool completely on a rack before bagging it.

HEARTY WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve the salt in the water.
• Add the honey and canola oil, mix well to completely dissolve.
• Add the eggs and mix well.
• Add 1-2 cups of the bread flour, mix until good and sloppy.
• Add the yeast, and mix well.
• Add the remainder of the bread flour, mixing well.
• Add in the wheat germ and then the whole wheat flour, a cup at a time, until difficult to mix with a spoon.
• Turn dough out onto a floured surface (use any remaining whole wheat flour for your surface) and continue to mix and knead until all the flour is incorporated.
• Knead for 10-15 minutes, until dough is uniformly smooth, and bounces back at you when you press it. The firmness resembles a nerf ball, and the surface at this point should be tacky (like a post-it note) but not sticky enough to adhere to your hands.
• Pour a little bit of oil in your empty bowl, and coat all sides. Put the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with the oil.
• Cover the bowl (with a large plate, or with plastic wrap) and set it in a warm spot to rise until doubled in size, for approximately 60-90 minutes. If you used instant yeast the rising time will be shorter than for active dry yeast.
• Punch down dough and remove from bowl to floured surface.
• Knead briefly to incorporate oil.
• Form into two loaves, or into 24 dinner rolls or bread sticks.
• Put bread back in your warm spot, covered with plastic wrap, to rise again, another 45-60 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Bake loaves for 30 minutes, rolls or bread sticks for 10-12 minutes, until golden on the crust.
• Cool on racks.
• Freezes well.

HEARTY MULTIGRAIN BREAD

Steps:

• Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select cycle; press Start.

HEARTY APPLE-RYE BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Add ingredients to bread machine in order suggested by manufacturer, adding the apple with the flours.
• If dough is too dry or stiff or to soft add more liquid or flour in 1 teaspoon increments, adding no more than 3 to 4 teaspoons liquid or flour.
• Recommended cycle; Whole wheat/whole grain or basic/white cycle, light or medium/normal color setting.