Honey Harvest Wheat Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Add ingredients according to the manufacturer's directions to your bread machine. Use the wheat bread cycle and light color setting.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, place 1/2 cup warm water and yeast and stir to dissolve. Add remaining water, honey, oil, salt and 1 cup flour. Beat for 2 minutes at medium speed of mixer, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead on lightly floured board until smooth and elastic, about 8-10 minutes. Place in greased bowl, turning to coat top. Cover, let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Punch dough down, remove to lightly floured surface. Roll dough into 12 x 8 inch rectangle. Beginnning at short end, roll up tightly as for jelly roll. Pinch seam and ends to seal. Place, seam side down in greased 9x5 inch bread pan. Cover, let rise in a draft-free place until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
• Bake at 375* for 30-35 minutes or until done. Remove from pan, cool on wire rack.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine 2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 cups whole wheat flour and yeast. In a saucepan, heat milk, water, honey, butter and salt to 120°-130°; add to flour mixture. Blend on low speed until moistened; beat on medium for 3 minutes. Gradually stir in remaining whole wheat flour and enough of the remaining all-purpose flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , Punch dough down. Shape into two loaves; place in a greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Bake at 375° for 40-45 minutes. Remove from pans to cool on wire racks.

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast and sugar in 1/2 cup warm water.
• Combine milk, 1/4 cup water, shortening, honey, salt and wheat flour in food processor or bowl. Mix in yeast mixture, and let rest 15 minutes. Add bread flour, and process until dough forms a ball. Knead dough by processing an additional 80 seconds in food processor, or mix and knead by hand 10 minutes. Place the dough in a buttered bowl, and turn to coat. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rise for 45 minutes, or until almost doubled.
• Punch down, and divide dough in half. Roll out each half, and pound out the bubbles. Form into loaves, and place in buttered 9x5 inch bread pans. Butter the tops of the dough, and cover loosely with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm area until doubled; second rise should take about 30 minutes.
• Place a small pan of water on the bottom shelf of the oven. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, or until tops are dark golden brown. Butter crusts while warm. Slice when cool.