Vermont Honey Wheat Bread Food

VERMONT WHOLE WHEAT OATMEAL HONEY BREAD

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine the water, oats, maple or brown sugar, honey, butter, salt, and cinnamon. Let cool to lukewarm, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• Add the yeast and flours, stirring to form a rough dough. Knead (about 10 minutes by hand, 5 to 7 minutes by machine) until the dough is smooth and satiny.
• Transfer the dough to a lightly greased bowl, cover the bowl with lightly greased plastic wrap, and allow the dough to rise for 1 hour. Since the dough is warm to begin with (from the boiling water), it should become quite puffy.
• Divide the dough in half, and shape each half into a loaf. Place the loaves in two greased 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" bread pans.
• Cover the pans with lightly greased plastic wrap and allow the loaves to rise until they've crowned about 1" over the rim of the pan, about 60 to 90 minutes.
• Bake the loaves in a preheated 350°F oven for 35 to 40 minutes, tenting them lightly with aluminum foil after 25 minutes, to prevent over-browning. Remove them from the oven when they're golden brown, and the interior registers 190°F on a digital thermometer.
• Turn the loaves out onto a rack to cool. Store at room temperature, well-wrapped, for several days; freeze for longer storage.

HONEY WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Heat 1 cup water, cottage cheese, 3 teaspoons salt and honey until hot (not boiling).
• Add shortening.
• Let cool until just warm to the touch and stir in 1 beaten egg.
• While cottage cheese mixture is cooling, add 2 packages yeast to 1/2 cup warm water mixed with 2 teaspoons sugar.
• Stir until yeast is dissolved and let sit 10 minutes for yeast to rise.
• Mix 2 cups whole wheat flour into cottage cheese, salt, honey, egg mixture.
• Add dissolved yeast and stir well.
• Mix 4 1/2 to 5 cups all purpose flour to make a stiff dough.
• Knead until smooth and elastic.
• Put in a large greased bowl and let rise until double.
• Punch down dough and shape into 2 loaves.
• Let rise again until double.
• Then bake at 350°F for 35 to 40 minutes.
• Remove loaves from oven and let cool.
• Brush warm loaves with a mixture of honey and butter for a soft crust.

HONEY WHEAT OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Put into bread pan in the order suggested by your machine's manufacturer: Set the machine for the regular white bread cycle, and if you can adjust the darkness, you don't want this to get too dark.
• If you prefer a softer crust, easier to slice for sandwiches, then as soon as you take it out of the pan, put it right into a large plastic bag, and close tightly.
• The hot bread will steam the crust and make it very soft.

HONEY WHEAT OATMEAL BREAD - ALL WHOLE GRAIN VERSION

Steps:

• Put ingredients into bread pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer of the bread machine.
• If you're going to use a timer, it is vital to keep the yeast away from both the liquids AND the salt.
• I make this on the white bread cycle and it comes out great, but you may wish to use the whole wheat cycle.
• I never noticed any difference except that the whole wheat cycle took a lot longer.
• Your machine may yield different results, tho.
• If you like crusty bread, just let the finished bread set on a rack to cool.
• If you want a softer crust, slip the hot bread into a plastic bag so that the crust will get steamed and be nice& soft- and good for sandwiches.

REBECCA'S OATMEAL HONEY WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Place ingredients in the above order (or in the the order your bread machine manufacturer recommends).
• I run my machine on "Basic", "Light Crust".

WHOLE WHEAT AND OATMEAL BREAD

Steps:

• Add the ingredients to your bread machine pan according to your machine's instructions.
• Set to the dough cycle.
• When it is ready, take out the dough, shape into a loaf.
• This dough is very easy to handle.
• Place in a lightly greased or sprayed 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaf pan.
• Do not use a too large pan or your loaf will not turn out right.
• Cover and let rise about a half hour.
• Bake about 30 minutes at 350º or until nicely browned.