Kansas Whole Wheat Bread Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, oats, wheat germ, yeast and salt. In a saucepan, heat the water, cottage cheese, potatoes, butter, milk, honey and molasses to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Add eggs; beat until smooth. Stir in enough all-purpose flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 8-10 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. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape into two flattened balls. Place on two greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes. , With a sharp knife, make a shallow X-shaped cut in the top of each loaf. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes. Cover loosely with foil if top browns to quickly. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• Add the first four ingredients into Bosch bread mixer along with FIVE cups of flour.
• Mix briefly.
• Let sit for 20 minutes to proof yeast. (I know it sounds weird to proof instant yeast but this works).
• After 20 minutes the mixture should be quite high, if not, throw out and start again with new yeast.
• Then add the next three ingredients with 7 cups of flour.
• You might use more or less flour but mix in one cup at a time until dough is sticky but not dry.
• I add the gluten flour because, as far as I know, whole wheat flour has very little gluten and bread just won't rise well without it -- believe me I've tried and ended up with doorstops, reeeeeealy heavy doorstops!
• After adding the last of the flour turn your Bosch down to 1 and knead for 7 minutes (I picked 7 just because it's a lucky number). I'm sorta fanatical about the size of my bread so I weigh my dough, roughly 750 grams for whole wheat bread.
• I get 5 full size loaves and 1 smaller one with this recipe.
• I bake it on convection bake for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees in greased pans. It doesn't taste like whole wheat and has a very light texture.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Coat a 9"x5"x3" loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Sift together flour, baking soda and salt onto waxed paper.
• Beat together sugar, shortening and vanilla at moderate mixer speed for about 5 minuts until light and fluffy.
• With mixer running, beat in eggs, then bananas.
• By hand, stir in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing after each addition only enough to moisten dry ingredients. (Add ry ingrredients in thirds, buttermilk in two additions).
• Stir in walnuts or pecans.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan, spreading well to corners.
• Bake for 60 to 65 minutes or until loaf is richly browned, begins to pull away from sides of pan and is springy to the touch.
• Cool bread in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen loaf around edge with small thin metal spatula. Invert; turn right side up.
• Cool completely.