100% Whole Wheat Bread

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 6 cups warm water
• 2/3 cup oil
• 2/3 cup honey
• 3 tablespoons instant yeast
• 12 cups whole wheat flour, divided
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 2 tablespoons bread enhancer (dough enhancer) (optional)
• 1 1/2-2 cups gluten flour

Recipe

• 1 add the first four ingredients into bosch bread mixer along with five cups of flour.
• 2 mix briefly.
• 3 let sit for 20 minutes to proof yeast. (i know it sounds weird to proof instant yeast but this works).
• 4 after 20 minutes the mixture should be quite high, if not, throw out and start again with new yeast.
• 5 then add the next three ingredients with 7 cups of flour.
• 6 you might use more or less flour but mix in one cup at a time until dough is sticky but not dry.
• 7 i add the gluten flour because, as far as i know, whole wheat flour has very little gluten and bread just won't rise well without it -- believe me i've tried and ended up with doorstops, reeeeeealy heavy doorstops!
• 8 after adding the last of the flour turn your bosch down to 1 and knead for 7 minutes (i picked 7 just because it's a lucky number). i'm sorta fanatical about the size of my bread so i weigh my dough, roughly 750 grams for whole wheat bread.
• 9 i get 5 full size loaves and 1 smaller one with this recipe.
• 10 i bake it on convection bake for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees in greased pans. it doesn't taste like whole wheat and has a very light texture.