Whole Wheat Bread & John Tesh

Today I'm making delicious, nutritious, freshly milled white winter wheat bread; 100% WW and in my bread machine. CARPENTER'S. I've been working on a recipe for some time that can be made in the machine and is on the light side. I don't have a powerful bread machine that has a WW cycle. Most of my early attempts came out wholesome but heavy. I turned to making 50/50 bread for the lightness but my heart was sad. I wanted the 100% goodness and I think I'm there. JOHNNY MATHIS. I've learned a few tricks along the way that I'll share. CARLY SIMON. First, here is the basic recipe. I say basic since you can substitute oil with butter or shortening, honey with sugars. HENRY MANCINI. And you need to remember that flours, especially freshly ground WW can differ in moisture content so you may need to add more or less flour to get the consistency desired.

Whole Wheat Bread (for machine)

Place in bread machine-stir, cover with clean kitchen towel and let "work or proof" 5 - 8 min:

1 1/3 c. warm water

2 T. honey

2 t. yeast

Add:

2 T. oil

1 1/2 t. salt

3 c. WW flour

2 t. dough enhancer

2 T. milk powder

3 T. gluten powder

Select "dough cycle". When time is up check and make sure dough has risen all the way to the top of pan. KENNY ROGERS Mine always takes a lot longer to get that high and it's important to give it that time to completely rise.

Remove from pan and shape on floured or greased surface into desired size loaf. This will make one very large loaf or two small. I often like to just shape into rounds and place on a baking sheet but you can use pans. Be sure to grease bread pans well.

Cover and let rise until doubled in size. LOUIS ARMSTRONG It usually takes 45 minutes but can depend on warmth of your kitchen. Again, give it as long as needed to double in size.

Bake in preheated 325* oven approximately RUBY AND THE ROMANTICS 25 minutes; again, this depends on size of loaf or loaves (two smalls bake faster than one large).

I'll post this on KITK with more step by step photos.

Here is the grain mill by BlendTec that I use and love. My only complaint is ED AMES that I can't "crack" wheat for cereal but the flour is so fine for bread and I'll keep my old Magic Mill that can crack grains coarsely.

Did you guess that I'm listening to a fun radio station DAVID SOUL that plays oldies and goodies? I enjoy doing my housework to good music. I could say it makes the work fun. John Tesh has an afternoon program that I enjoy. Let me know if you try this recipe and your results. Call with any questions and do not be discouraged if it takes a few times making it to master it. Here's to healthy eating! Frank Sinatra