Yummy Wheat Bread

Making Wheat Bread-Recipe from Eva Hooper

My Moms Wheat Grinder

Grinding the Wheat!!

Recipe
Wheat Bread by Eva Hooper (My MOM)

2 Cups Dry Instant Milk

6 Cups Warm Water

2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil

2 Tablespoons Honey

1 Tablespoon Salt

7 Cups Fresh Whole Wheat Flour

7 Cups White Flour

3 Packages or 3 Tablespoons of dry yeast

In a small bowl, add Yeast to 2/3 Cup of warm water and 1 teaspoon sugar. Do not add yet, set aside till after the first step of kneading dough. IF the bubbles rise too far, stir it down. If bubbles don't rise at all, then you know your yeast is bad.

In a large electric mixer(6 QT is Ideal), with the flat beater paddle, mix dry milk, water, oil, honey, and salt.

Gradually add 7 cups Whole Wheat Flour.

Let this mix/knead for at least 7 minutes. Scrape bowl so all dough is mixed thoroughly.

Now add your raised yeast mixture into the mixing bowl and mix well.

Before going on, Change to Bread hook attachment.

Add about 4 cups of white flour.

Then add the 3 remaining cups (7 total) of white flour one at a time until dough is smooth.

(Tip: pre-measure your 7 cups so you won't lose count.)

While bread is mixing, grease 4 (8.5 X4.5) size bread pans...I use margarine

Put about 3-4 Tablespoons of oil on the counter. (If you use flour for this step, you will make your crust dry, you need to use oil for this recipe.)

Empty dough onto the oiled counter. Even out dough and then divide the dough into 4 even sections and put each section into one of the 4 pans.

Let rise until the center is about 1 inch above the pan.

While dough is rising, Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.

When bread has risen, bake the loaves for 40 minutes.

After 40 minutes take the bread out of the oven, turn pans over onto cooling rack. Turn bread back right side up and take a stick of margarine or butter and gently butter tops for a softer bread crust. Bread is ready to eat when you are, warm or cool.

Good with Butter & honey or jams. Also good for sandwiches when cold.

(Mom feel free to correct anything!!)