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Whole Wheat Bread

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 1/03/20Updated: 12/18/23

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loaf of whole wheat bread on a cooling rack

Nothing beats the smell of homemade bread fresh out of the oven. This Whole Wheat Bread not only smells amazing but the taste is fantastic.

LOAF OF WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

If you have never made whole wheat bread before this is a perfect recipe to start with. The raise time is 30-60 minutes the first rise and only 10 minutes for the second rise. You can have fresh homebaked bread in an hour and a half!

side view of loaf of whole wheat bread

The Best Whole Wheat Flour for Bread

My friend who gave me this recipe uses freshly ground hard white wheat flour for the recipe. Hard white wheat has a higher gluten content and makes better bread. Even though it has the word “white” in its name, this flour is 100% whole wheat.

I used store bought flour. If you use flour you purchase at the grocery store, it will have settled and packed down in the packaging. To help keep the measurements more consistent, stir the store bought flour around to fluff it up before you measure it.

My favorite brand of store bought wheat flour is King Arthur’s unbleached white whole wheat flour.

sliced loaf of whole wheat bread

Ingredients

  • Whole Wheat Flour
  • All Purpose Flour, unbleached
  • Active Dry Yeast
  • Oil
  • Honey
  • Molasses
  • Warm Water
  • Salt
TWO LOAVES OF BREAD ON A COOLING RACK

How to Make Whole Wheat Bread

  • Proof yeast in 1 cup of warm water (between 105-110 degrees F.)
ball of whole wheat bread dough
  • Add your ingredients into the bowl of the mixer, adding in yeast mixture.
  • Add in flour one cup at a time. You may not need all of it.
  • Knead dough for about 5-10 minutes. Add additional flour as needed. Dough will be smooth and pull away from the sides of the bowl when it is done.
dough rising in a bowl.
  • Place dough in a greased bowl and cover with a towel. Let rise until double. It will take 30-60 minutes depending on the temperature of your house.
  • Cut dough in half using a bench scraper or knife.
cutting wheat bread dough in half
  • Form each half into a loaf and place in a greased 9 x 5 loaf pan.
  • Cover and allow to rise for 10 more minutes.
bread dough in loaf pans
  • Bake bread for 30-35 minutes at 375 degrees F.
  • Remove from the oven. Rub the top of the warm loaf with some butter to give it a nice shine.
MELTING BUTTER ON BREAD
  • Allow bread to cool on a cooing rack.
TWO LOAVES OF WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

Tips

  • Whole Wheat Bread can be a bit heavy, but this recipe uses mostly whole wheat but also a small amount of all purpose flour which helps make it less heavy.
  • I use my stand mixer with the dough hook but this can also be done by hand.

SLICED WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

Check out more of my bread recipes:

  • 30 minute rolls
  • French Bread recipe
  • Instant Pot Bread

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sliced loaf of whole wheat bread

Whole Wheat Bread Recipe

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Nothing beats the smell of homemade bread fresh out of the oven. This Whole Wheat Bread not only smells amazing but the taste is fantastic.
serves: 20 slices
Prep:30 minutes minutes
Cook:35 minutes minutes
Let rise:1 hour hour
Total:2 hours hours 5 minutes minutes
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Ingredients

  • 2 ¾ cup warm water
  • 4 tsp dry active yeast
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 1 ½ tsp salt
  • 2 cups all purpose unbleached flour
  • 6-6 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

Instructions

  • Dissolve the yeast in one cup of the warm water. Let sit for 10-15 minutes until foamy.
  • Into the yeast mixture, add in the oil, honey, molasses, salt, remaining water and 5 cups of the flour. one at a time, until well combined. Dough will be sticky.
  • Allow to rest 10 -15 minutes.
  • Then, knead in enough flour to make a moderately stiff dough that is just barely tacky but not sticky, and knead for about 4 minutes.
  • Put in a lightly oiled bowl, turn once to coat, and cover with a towel to let it rise until double (30-60 minutes).
  • Turn on the oven to 375, punch down and form into two loaves and place into greased bread pans. Allow to rise for ONLY 9-10 minutes, then bake for 32-35 minutes.
  • These loaves have even more oven spring than my original recipe, so don’t fret if they haven’t risen very high before you bake them.

Tips & Notes:

Recipe makes 2 loaves

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 243kcal (12%) Carbohydrates: 46g (15%) Protein: 7g (14%) Fat: 5g (8%) Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) Sodium: 179mg (8%) Potassium: 227mg (6%) Fiber: 5g (21%) Sugar: 8g (9%) Vitamin A: 4IU Calcium: 25mg (3%) Iron: 2mg (11%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Bread
Cuisine:American
sliced loaf of whole wheat bread
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  1. Heidi says

    Posted on 9/29 at 3:07 pm

    Well heavens, how did I miss this post?! I was just browsing sitemeter on our food blog and came across an outclick – glad I did! And I’m glad you liked it :).

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  2. Joan Callaway says

    Posted on 8/27 at 2:14 pm

    So Leigh Ann, did you make the Whole Wheat one or the lightened up one? This one looks like the one I call in my cookbook, “The Bread My Kids Grew Up On”…but I lightened mine up, too…about half and half white and whole wheat flour. They liked their school lunches a lot better with the lighter version.

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  3. Suzanne says

    Posted on 8/26 at 7:34 pm

    I think I might just try this soon!! maybe this weekend!

    Reply
  4. Kim says

    Posted on 8/26 at 7:18 pm

    I am a beginning bread maker & I really need some advice on how to know the right temperature for water when mixing it with the yeast. I would love your suggestions. Then after it is mixed do you let it sit awhile before continuing on with the rest of the recipe?

    Your girls look like a lot of fun…I have two girls & I hope that they have as much fun together when they get older as they do now.

    Reply
  5. Taryn says

    Posted on 8/26 at 5:55 pm

    Oh my- your girls are silly. But that bread looks great. I went to the website- they have great stuff- thanks for sharing.

    Reply
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