Whole wheat molasses bread
2 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2¾ | cup | Whole wheat flour |
| 1 | cup | Flour |
| 2 | packs | Active dry yeast |
| 1¾ | cup | Water |
| ½ | cup | Dark molasses |
| ¼ | cup | Brown sugar |
| 2 | tablespoons | Shortening |
| 1 | tablespoon | Salt |
| 1 | cup | White flour |
Directions
In large bowl, combine whole wheat,white flour and yeast. In saucepan,heat water, molasses, brown sugar, shrotening and salt until warm (115 F), stirring constantly. Add to dry mix in bowl. Beat al low speed ½ minutes, scraping sides. Beat 3 minutes high speed. By hand, stir in ½-1 cup white flour to make stiff dough. Turn out on light floured work surface, knead until smooth. Shape into ball.
Place in greased bowl, turn, cover, let rise until doubled in bulk(1½ hours).Punch down, divide in half. Cover, let rest 10 minutes.
Shape into 2 slightly flatten 6 inch balls. Put on greased baking sheet. Cover, let rise until doubled in bulk(45 minutes) Bake at 375 F for 30-35 minutes. For chewy crust, brush each loaf with warm water several times during the last 10-15 minutes of baking. Cool.