I make my own bread. There. I’ve said it. I’d love to tell you that I slave over my
bread for hours, kneading, punching, allowing it to rise, then starting the whole thing over again, all the while dusting flour from my face.
But that would be a lie.
I use a bread machine. I’ve already worn one completely out, and now I’m on my second bread machine. I lug the monstrosity out of the bowels of the pantry two or three times a week to make my whole wheat bread. And it’s worth it.
My obsession with whole wheat bread began when I started on my low carb cooking regime. I read the labels of store bought bread, and just couldn’t make heads or tails of the ingredients. What are all those glycerides doing in bread? I found this recipe in a South Beach Cookbook, and just tweaked it a bit.
A word of caution. When making your bread, keep your focus on the recipe, and don’t get distracted by screaming siblings, the telephone, or “Fox News”. Like I did today. I accidentally added the water twice. I tried to compensate by increasing the flour, but ended up with bread soup. I’m not as good at multitasking as I once was.
Whole Wheat Bread
1 1/2 C. Water (at room temperature)
2 1/2 T. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 T. Splenda
3 1/2 C. Whole Wheat Flour
2 T. Gluten Flour (I find this at Wal Mart)
1/2 C. Chopped Walnuts
1 1/2 t. Salt
1/2 t. Crushed Rosemary (optional, but recommended!)
Make indentation with finger in middle, and add:
1 1/2 t. Quick Rise Yeast
Place ingredients, in the order given, into the bread maker. Place setting on Whole Wheat, size loaf 1.5, dark crust.
When the bread is finished, remove from the bread maker and pan immediately, so it doesn’t accumulate moisture. No one likes soggy bread. Slice thinly, toast in toaster, add a little non-trans fat margarine, and hug your bread maker (but unplug it first).
Past WFMW Tips:
Oatmeal Pancakes
Apricot-Bourbon Chicken
Easy Omelet Maker
Wart Removal
Car Barf Cleanup
Super Secret Foot Cream
Rum Ball Rhumba
No More Ironing!
Awesome Coffee Drink
For more WFMW tips, head over to Shannon’s at Rocks In My Dryer.
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Sounds yummy. I have wondered about getting a breadmaker. The few times I’ve tried regular homemade bread, it comes out heavy and dense.
Sounds great. Now I just need to invest in a bread machine and give it a whirl! Thanks for sharing and you know I’ve never had bread soup! Sounds intriguing!
Have a great day!
Thank you so much for the recipe! I was just thinking yesterday I should look for a ww bread recipe to try out. Can’t wait to try this one. Yeah!!! I’m going to look for gluten flour today.
Laura
Yum. I tossed my bread machine to Goodwille in a much-too-hasty clean-out decision that I now regret, especially since we prefer homemade bread and my last eight attempts have ended up with doorstop loaves (which we still eat, by the way). I either need some lessons in bread making or a new bread machine.
Mm, bread soup. I love bread, I love soup. Sounds yummy.
I “knead” bread, too! I am addicted to it, now! I love the smell of it and how it tastes warm. The whole wheat aspect just helps it to be healthier for me. Blessings to you!
I will try your recipe. I have a bread machine but everytime I make bread it comes out very small and dense (sometimes like a rock). Not sure what I am doing wrong so I keep trying to find the recipe that will be wonderful. I love the smell of bread cooking but when I make it all you can really enjoy is the smell. I’ll let you know how it comes out. Love the blog, I just found you the other day.
Where there’s bread, there’s Ann.
I cannot wait to try this! Yum!
I know what ya’ll mean about homemade bread being hard and dense. I’ve tried many recipes, and this one seems to be the least dense. It may have something to do with the gluten flour. BUT, make sure you slice it thin, and toast it nice and brown so that it’s crispy.
The breadmaker that I’m currently using is by Sunbeam. It was around $30 ish. It works just great, and I use it A LOT.
I make my own whole wheat bread too!! Only I do the whole she-bang by hand. Nanny nanny! (LOL)
The recipe I use does make a light bread. Maybe some day I’ll share my recipe. And I use honey instead of sugar/splenda.
In fact I need to make it today. If I had your addy I’d send ya a loaf, but with my family, it would never make it to the post office. Have you ever put herbs in the bread? Oh my! Try it. It’s delish!
I make my bread too. Not all of it, but some. Due to a gluton allergy to whole wheat I, sadly, can not try out your recipe.
If you are intersted in a GREAT recipe that is easy and doesn’t involve the bread machine, holler at me http://www.cosbyfamily1.blogspot.com it is a great, great recipe, it’s from Martha Stewart!
I hear you. Yesterday I noticed my third machine is starting to make very bad noises. I think it’s nearly time for another one. I can’t go a day or two without making a batch of bread.
I’m bad about getting distracted and forgetting the salt. The bread is totally inedible, but it is perfect for jump-starting discussions with your kids about the meaning of being salt in the world.
I couldn’t live without my bread machine. We make bread every other day for school lunches and it makes a great pizza dough too. Fabulous! I’ll have to give your recipe a whirl.
Hello! Just wanted to let you know that I made this bread the other day and LOVED it. A definite keeper in our house. I can’t thank you enough for the recipe!!!!
Have a great weekend!
Laura
hey all – try just making the dough in the machine but baking it in the oven – I do this because I like the look of a regular loaf – not a vertical one and i find it is much lighter (not dense) when cooked inthe oven.
Came over from Laura’s where she talked about the bread…..so I could find gluten flour at Walmart, on aisle with regular flour?
I’ve been wanting a bread machine but not sure what to get/look for, got any suggestions for good machines?
Have you ever done this without a bread machine?
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