100 % whole wheat bread

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup warm water (105 to 115f)
• 2 packages active dry yeast
• 8 cups unsifted whole wheat flour
• all purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 in saucepan, heat milk not to boiling.
• 2 remove from heat and add sugar, salt and 1/4 cup butter, stir until blended.
• 3 cool to lukewarm.
• 4 sprinkle yeast over water in large bowl.
• 5 stir to dissolve yeast- stir in lukewarm milk mixture.
• 6 add 4 cups whole wheat flour, beat vigorously with wooden spoon until smooth.
• 7 gradually add remainder of whole wheat flour.
• 8 mix in last of it with hands until dough is stiff turn dough out onto lightly floured surface.
• 9 knead dough for about 5 minutes until dough is smooth and has some elasticity.
• 10 place in greased large bowl.
• 11 turn dough so greased side is up.
• 12 cover with towel; let rise in warm place (85f is good), until it doubles in size, about an hour.
• 13 turn dough again on floured surface.
• 14 divide into halves.
• 15 cover about 10 minutes.
• 16 cut each of the two halves into two pieces.
• 17 roll each piece into about a 12 inch strip.
• 18 twist two strips together.
• 19 repeat the process.
• 20 roll into a ball to fit into a 9x5x2-3/4 greased pan.
• 21 mold evenly into pan.
• 22 repeat process with remaining two pieces.
• 23 brush tops of two loaves with a little butter, margarine or oil.
• 24 let the two loaves rise in a warm place until dough rises to tops of pans- about an hour.
• 25 preheat oven 400f.
• 26 bake in middle of oven for 35- 40 minutes.
• 27 turn out pans onto racks, brush top with melted butter.
• 28 makes 2 loaves.