Pauline's Whole Wheat Bread

Putting family recipes on the MGCC blog is sometimes a bit of a chuckle. The other day I had a family dinner and as we were eating Mom asked. . ."is this recipe on the blog?". . .I replied. . "it's yours mom. . .and it will be". It is a good standard recipe for whole wheat bread.

• 4 1/2 cups lukewarm water
• 1/4 cup honey

To this add 2 tablespoons yeast and allow to rest 10 minutes.

• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 5 cups whole wheat flour
• about 4 cups white flour or enough to make a smooth elastic dough

1. Add the oil and salt to the yeast mixture, stir well.
2. Add the flour one cup at a time stirring until you can't stir it anymore.
3. Knead in the remaining flour until you have a smooth elastic dough.
4. Put into a large bowl, cover and let double in bulk. . .about an hour.
5. Divide into 4 loaves and put into greased loaf pans.
6. Let rise until double and bake in a 375 oven for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.