Honey Whole Wheat Bread

One thing I've discovered since moving to Columbus Indiana is that there is no good bread here. I might as well pay for air. Whole wheat bread is particularly lacking. Solution: make my own.

I love this recipe. It's easy and it's the best tasting whole wheat bread I've had (particularly when it's fresh out of the oven). This recipe makes four loaves, so I freeze three of them and we have fresh bread through the entire week.

Ingredients

• 2 envelopes yeast
• 4 cups water
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup Honey
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 6 cups whole wheat flour
• 4 cups white flour

Directions
Dissolve yeast in warm water. In a large bowl, combine butter, molasses, honey and salt and mix well. Add yeast mixture and then gradually add flours. Turn onto floured surface and knead until smooth. Place in buttered bowl and let rise until double.

Punch down and let rest for a few minutes. Divide dough into 4 parts and shape into loaves. Place in greased pans and let rise for about an hour. Bake at 350 F for 30-35 minutes. Depending on oven and elevation, temperature and cooking time may vary.

Note: To freeze loaves, let dough rise until double, then shape loaves putting the ones you're freezing in plastic wrap or in freezer bags. When ready to cook, remove loaf from freezer (and plastic wrap) and let rise in a greased loaf pan (I pull mine out of the freezer at 8 AM and it's ready to put in the oven by 5:30 PM). Follow baking directions.

113 calories in one slice (if the loaf is cut into 14 slices), 1.9 g fat (1.1g saturated), 0.9 g fiber