Whole Wheat Bread Recipe

We have been trying to eat a bit healthier during the quarantine through simple steps….adding in more veggies and making our own bread. I am the very first to admit that I am not always a wheat bread fan. (It can be so gummy and cardboard tasting sometimes! I am a wimp.) But this recipe is not those things at all—it is delicious!

Here’s how you make it:

Whole Wheat Bread Recipe

• 1 1/2 T instant yeast
• 2 cups of hot tap water
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 1/8 cup of applesauce
• 2 1/2 T vegetable oil
• 1/2 T salt

Directions:

1. In a mixer combine sugar, hot water and yeast and stir. Let sit until yeast begins to froth and foam.
2. Next add the oil, salt and applesauce and mix in.
3. Next slowly stir in your flour one cup at a time until all is blended and the dough forms into one large ball. (This process should take 5-7 minutes.)
4. Next place the dough in an oiled mixing bowl and let rise for 25 mins.
5. Once dough has doubled in size, split into two loaves.
6. Roll each dough ball into a loaf shape and place in oiled bread pans.
7. Let rise again for 25 mins.
8. Then bake at 350 degrees for 25 mins. making sure the bottom of each loaf is lightly golden brown.
9. Turn out onto baking racks to cool.
10. Enjoy!

I know it sounds strange but the little bit of applesauce in the dough is amazing! It makes for a lighter fluffier bread and not the dense kind. Try it sometime and you will agree!

Happy Baking!

~elizabeth