100% Whole Wheat Grain Bread

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups warm water (warm to touch not hot)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon sugar (just enough to proof the yeast)
• 1/4 cup vital wheat gluten
• 2 egg yolks (the lecithin conditions the dough)
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup buttermilk (warmed)
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 5 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup grain cereal (7-grain)

Recipe

• 1 place sugar and yeast in bowl with 1/2 the warmed water. stir and let sit 5-10 minutes until foamy.
• 2 in bowl of stand mixer add: remaining water, gluten, egg yolks, honey, olive oil, buttermilk, 2 cups of the flour, 7 grain cereal, and proofed yeast.
• 3 stir into batter, cover with towel, and let sit 30 minutes (will rise some).
• 4 place bowl onto stand mixer, add salt, and remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time -- mixing with paddle attachment until dough pulls away from sides and forms ball around the paddle.
• 5 scrape dough off paddle and replace with dough hook. set on 2 and knead with dough hook x8 minutes. cover with towel and allow to rise until doubled.
• 6 remove dough and divide in half. form each half into a loaf and place into greased standard size loaf pan - push dough into corners and sides to form to pan. spritz with pan spray (preferably olive or canola), cover with towel and let rise until 1 - 2 inches above top of pan.
• 7 place into pre-heated 350* oven and bake x30 minutes.
• 8 remove from pans, brush lightly with butter using paper towel to remove excess so dough does not get soggy, and place on cooling rack to cool.
• 9 cool at least 20-30 minutes before cutting (if you cut while really hot the crumb does not have time to set and will feel very heavy and sticky).