Simple Honey Wheat Bread

Honey Wheat Rising

…pretty right?

Attack Of The Dull Knife

Not so pretty now, huh?

This is what happens when you attempt to score a beautifully risen loaf of bread with a dull knife.

Note to self:  Don’t do this again.

Simple Honey Wheat Bread
makes 1 small loaf

2 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon yeast
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 cup warm milk
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Tablespoons tupelo honey
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon fine sea salt

In a large bowl, combine yeast, sugar, warm milk, olive oil, and honey.  Stir to combine.  Let sit 20 minutes.  While it sits, combine whole wheat flour and sea salt.  Blend well.  After 20 minutes, place wet dough and whole wheat flour mixture in 575 watt Kitchen Aid.  Knead 8-10 minutes on the #2 setting.  (Add additional bread flour, if needed.  Add as little as possible to create a wet, yet, kneadable dough.)

(We have a 575 watt Kitchen Aid.  We’ve never tried this with any of the Kitchen Aids with smaller motors.  The smaller motors may or may not be powerful enough to handle bread doughs.  Please check your Kitchen Aid manuals before attempting bread doughs.)

Remove dough from the Kitchen Aid.  Knead by hand and shape.

Place in small loaf pan and brush with olive oil.  Let rise in a warm place for 1 hour and 15 minutes.  Preheat oven to 35o degrees F at the 1 hour 10 minute mark.  Open oven, set loaf inside and mist.  Bake 5 minutes.  Mist again.  Bake for 60-65 minutes.

You can see where the compressed dough failed to color and rise properly.