Whole Wheat Bread

There are two things on my list of what I need to bake:

1. Pie - I did that
2. Bread

So today I decided to bake a nice loaf of whole wheat bread. I found this awesome recipe that's versatile so you can make whatever kind of bread you want! It's pretty easy to do. The only thing I recommend is that you have the proper mixer attachment - the bread hook. I don't have you typical bread hook so it was a little more difficult but still works!

Make sure to set aside lots of time in order to do this. Or at least be close to your kitchen for about 3 hours. Enjoy!

Oh and P.S. nothing smells better than baking bread!

Whole Wheat Bread

1 1/2 cups warm water
2 1/4 tsp yeast (typically that's one packet)
1/4 cup sweetner (honey or sugar - I used honey)
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tbs olive oil (or butter, canola oil, or sunflower oil)
3-3 1/2 cups flour (whichever type you want)

In a stand mixer bowl, combine the water, yeast and sweetner; stir it together. Add the salt, olive oil and 2 cups of the flour. Mix it together. Add 1/4 cup of the flour. Keep the mixer running and add the rest of the flour a tablespoon at a time or until the dough pulls away from the edge. Cover with a damp towel and let sit for 1 1/2 hours.

Knead a couple times and place in an oil bread pan. Cover again and let sit for an hour. With half an hour left, preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

Brush oil on the dough and bake for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, reduce the heat to 375 degrees and bake for another 30 minutes.