This recipe makes 6 loaves of bread. See the bottom of post for smaller batches.
1. Turn on oven to lowest setting (170 degrees)
2. In a medium sized bowl, put 3/4 cup warm water, 1 tsp honey or sugar, 3 T. yeast. I like to set the bowl on my oven vent to really get the yeast foaming.
3. Grind your wheat (18-20 cups)
4. When the oven reaches temperature, turn it off.
5. In a Bosch mixer (or Kitchenaid) place the dough hook, 6 cups of water, 2 T. salt, 1/3 cup oil, 1/3 cup honey or sugar, 1 egg, and 3 cups white flour, put the lid on and mix on low.
6. Add 7 cupsof whole wheat flour, one by one.
7. Add the yeast
8. Add 4 more cups of whole wheat flour. Mix five minutes.
9. Turn mixer up to the next setting. Add 4-5 more cups of flour. Check to see if the dough is sticky. If it is, add another cup and mix again.
10. Mix for five minutes.
11. Turn off the mixer, loosen the lid and let raise for 15-20 minutes or until double in volume.
12. Push the dough down into the mixer, turn the mixer on #2 and let mix for 8 minutes.
13. Sanitize the counter. Grease the pans.
14. After 8 minutes, check to see that the dough is not too sticky (if it is, add more flour), otherwise, take the dough out and divide into 6 loaves.
15. Put the dough into the pans and place in the warm but turned off oven to rise for 15-20 minutes. Wheat bread should be at least raised to the level of the edge of the pan preferably a little higher.
16. Pull out the bread pans and turn the oven to 350.
17. When the oven is hot, bake for 28 minutes.
18. Cool on a wire rack and butter the tops when it's done.
For one loaf:
1 1/8 cup warm water (the 1/8 cup is for the yeast and 1 tsp honey)
3 cups flour
1 T honey
1 tsp salt
1 T oil or butter
1 1/2 tsp yeast
1 egg (omit if doing less than three loaves).
