
Ingredients
- 2 cups warm water
- ¼ cup honey
- 3 cups Whole Wheat Flour
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 2 teaspoons salt
- ¼ cup rye flour
- 1 ½ tablespoons instant yeast
- ½ cup toasted wheat germ
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
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In the bowl mix the water, yeast, and salt honey, butter with a spatula. Mix in the rye flour, wheat germ, and 1 cup each of the whole-wheat and all-purpose flours.
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Add the remaining whole-wheat and all-purpose flours, knead until the dough is smooth and elastic. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface. Knead so that the dough is soft and smooth.
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Place the dough in a lightly oiled large bowl, cover with towel wrap. Let rise for about 1 hour.
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Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Divide the dough into two equal pieces. roll the dough firmly into a cylinder, pressing down to make sure that the dough sticks to itself. Place each cylinder of dough in a greased 9 by 5-inch loaf pan.
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Bake for 45 minutes. Transfer the bread immediately from the baking pans to wire racks; cool to room temperature.