Whole Wheat Bread
Dry Ingredients
- Whole wheat flour – 2 cups
- All-purpose flour – ½ cup + 3 tblsp
- Instant active yeast – 1 pack / 2 tsp
- Granulated sugar – 2 tblsp
- Salt – 1 tsp
Wet Ingredient:
- Melted butter – 1 tblsp
- Warm Milk – 1 cup (110 – 120 ˚F)
- Olive oil – 2 tblsp
For Greasing
- Softened butter – 1 tsp
- All-purpose flour – 1 tsp
Procedure:
- Step 1: Pre-heat the oven to 375˚ F and grease the Bread Loaf pan. Keep aside
- Step 2: In a small bowl, add instant dry yeast and sugar. Pour a cup of warm milk to the yeast mixture, mix well and keep aside. It will get activate within few seconds. Note: the milk should not be too hot, also make sure about the expiry date of the yeast too; these two will help you to activate the yeast on time.
- Step 3: Once the yeast got activated, you will able to see some frothy foam over the top of the yeast bowl.
- Step 4: Take another large bowl add other dry ingredients except the 3 tblsp of all-purpose flour. Add yeast mixture, oil and milk to the dry mixture. Mix well until dough forms a mass ball. Now knead the dough over the floured surface for about 8-10 mins and cover and rest the dough for 10-15 mins.
- Step 5: Later, shape the dough according to your loaf pan size and cover the dough and rest for about 30-40 mins in room temperature (usually I keep in the oven, with lights on) or until the dough rises about 1 inch tall.
- Step 6: Bake it for 30 mins and apply some melted butter to the bread, before removing from the pan to cooling rack.
- Step 7: Allow it to rest for some time before slicing.
