50% WHOLE WHEAT / 50% WHITE BREAD

Getting on board with more baking at home and the fact that the Hubby wanted some bread with a bit of fibre to it, I did up a 50% whole wheat / 50% white bread. When I make bread, if it’s not the extended baking session of sourdough bread, I like to do the dough up in the bread machine and then let it rise for max 30 minutes, then pop into the oven.

This was a very nice recipe. Fluffy and not dense, has a good ration of whole wheat flavor without becoming “brown” bread. If that makes sense?

I love the smell of the dough when I pull it from the machine! This recipe makes a very large loaf. If you’d like, you could easily split the dough in half and make two average-sized loaves from it.

I found the original recipe on Food.com.

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50% Whole Wheat / 50% White Bread

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups cups water
• 2 1/2 tablespoons margarine
• 2 tablespoons molasses or honey
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 cups all-purpose flour or 2 cups bread flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons quick rise yeast

Instructions

• Put the ingredients into the machine in the order they are listed. Set the machine setting to dough.
• Line a large bowl with a linen cloth and sprinkle the bowl area generously with rice flour.
• Clean a space on the counter and sprinkle with water, smearing it around.
• Remove the dough from the machine, and shaping with your hands gently pull into a rectangle.
• Fold into thirds (like a piece of paper - outside ends towards the middle).
• Take the rectangle and fold into thirds again.
• Place the dough, seam side down into the bowl and dust with rice flour.
• Cover with the edges of the towel and set somewhere warm while the stove heats.
• Take a dutch oven and line with parchment paper and place in the oven. Heat the oven to 350F.
• Remove the pot from the oven. Score the top of the bread (to allow it to rise more) and place on the parchment paper. Careful of the hot edges!
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until browned to desired doneness.
• Remove immediately from the pot and place on a rack to cool completely, before cutting.