The Best Healthy Whole Wheat Bread

This whole wheat bread is healthy and satisfying! Perfect for a sandwich, toast,
or just plain with butter. Also, cheaper to make than your average store-bought
bread!

Servings: 14

Author:

Prep Time
45 minutes

Cook Time
30 minutes

Proofing time
2 hours

Total Time
3 hours, 15 minutes

Course:

Breakfast Lunch Snack

Cuisine:

American

Keywords:

Bread whole wheat bread healthy Sandwich Bread Whole Wheat

🧂 Ingredients

3/4 Cup Warm water
1 1/2 Tbsps Molasses

not blackstrap
1 1/2 tsp Active dry yeast
1 tsp Fine sea salt
1 Tbsp Olive oil

plus extra for greasing
1 Medium Egg
2 tsp Apple cider vinegar

or white vinegar
1 1/4 Cups Unbleached all-purpose flour
1 1/4 Cups Whole wheat flour

Instructions

1 To activate the yeast, add the warm water, molasses, and yeast to the bowl of
your stand mixer. Cover with a towel and let it sit for 5 minutes. The yeast
should be bubbling up at this point.
2 To the yeast mixture, add whole wheat flour, egg, olive oil, apple cidar
vinegar, and salt. Once everything is mixed together, cover the bowl with a
clean kitchen towel and let it sit for 30 minutes.
3 Add all of the all-purpose flour to the mixing bowl and combine lightly with a
spoon. Attach the dough hook to your mixer and turn it on to a medium speed.
Knead the dough for 7 minutes. The dough should start to pull away from the
sides of the bowl and be soft but not sticky.
4 Grease a large bowl with baking spray or olive oil and then transfer the dough
to the bowl. Cover it up with plastic wrap or a clean kitchen towel. Let it
proof in a warm place for 45 minutes.
5 Uncover the dough and punch it down a bit. Cover again and let it proof for 45
minutes, or until it has fully doubled in size.
6 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
7 Grease your 8×4 loaf pan with baking spray. Take the doubled dough out of the
bowl and shape it into a loaf. Place it in the tin and cover it with plastic
wrap. Proof it for 30 more minutes.
8 Bake the loaf in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until the top is golden
and it sounds hollow when you tap it. Let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes
before removing it.
9 Remove the loaf from the pan and place on a wire rack or large plate to finish
cooling.