Soft Whole Wheat Bread Recipe-Finally!

We finally found a recipe for Whole Wheat Bread that produced a loaf that was not so dense you had to have a gallon of water to wash down the bite.

We purchased a bread maker not that long ago and have been trying to obtain that soft light loaf of whole wheat bread ever since.

Thanks to Linhart Live Blog for the recipe.

Ingredients:
1 and 1/4 cup warm water
1 tbs butter
1 tbs white vinegar (this helps the yeast make big bubbles which makes the bread chewy)
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup potato flakes (this helps make the bread soft and the dough rise)
1/4 cup dry instant milk powder (another softener)
1/4 cup honey OR 1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup vital wheat gluten
2 and 3/4 cups white whole wheat flour (white whole wheat is simply softer)
1 tbs dry active yeast

Directions:
Place the ingredients into your bread machine in the order listed above. Set it for a 2lb loaf on the whole wheat cycle with "light" crust. While the bread machine is in the kneading cycle make sure it is incorporating all the ingredients. Scrape down the sides with a rubber spatula if needed. At the beginning of the final rise cycle take the dough out and pat into a smooth ball. This will give you a smooth and pretty crust.

(We have baked this loaf in the bread maker and the oven. The oven gives you a softer less dense loaf by a mile. 350 F for 20-25 minutes. )

As soon as the bread is done baking remove it from the machine or oven and let it cool inside a ziploc bag or air tight container or wrap it in a towel for about 1 hour. This will make all the steam absorb back into the bread making it soft and chewy.

Calories 116.7
Protein 4.07 g
Total Fat 1.31 g
Dietary Fiber 3.12 g