Wheat bread - machine

1 loaf

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
teaspoonActive dry yeast
cupBread flour
½cupWhole wheat flour
1teaspoonSalt
2tablespoonsNonfat dry milk
PLUS
2teaspoonsNonfat dry milk
teaspoonActive dry yeast
cupBread flour
¾cupWhole wheat flour
teaspoonSalt
4tablespoonsNonfat dry milk
2teaspoonsButter or margarine
½cupWater
PLUS
1tablespoonWater
2tablespoonsHoney
1largeEgg
1teaspoonLemon juice
1tablespoonButter or margarine
1cupWater
3tablespoonsHoney
1largeEgg
1teaspoonLemon juice

Directions

SMALL LOAF

LARGE LOAF

All ingredients should be at room temperature, unless otherwise noted. Add ingredients in the order specified in your bread machine owners manual. Set bread machine on normal baking cycle, except Panasonic/National models, which should be set on light. (I used light crust setting)

Hint If dough appears too dry after kneading for the first couple of minutes, add water no more than one tablespoon at a time, just until dough appears elastic. Do not add too much water.

Personal Note - with my Hitachi this recipe produced a dough much too wet. I ended up adding four more tablespoons of flour during the kneading cycle. This was for the large loaf. Next time I cut back on water.

I also always add one tablespoon of gluten to any bread recipe that I use.

To get the liquids at room temperature I will microwave the water/butter for a minute, then stir in the egg and pour into the bread pan. The coolness of the bread pan brings down the water temperature to be just right for my machine.

This recipe produced a very tall fluffy loaf that was about to touch the dome of my machine before starting the baking cycle. To avoid a complete disaster I poked several holes in the top of the loaf with a toothpick before the machine started the baking cycle.

Ultimate == Courtesy of Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md. == Submitted By DALE SHIPP On 11-15-94