{"id":3699,"slug":"whole-wheat-bread","title":"Whole Wheat Bread","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["½ cup plus 1 tablespoon (105 g) Brown sugar","28 g Yeast","1 cup (250 g) Warm water","1 cup (250 g) Warm milk","about 6 cups (800 g) Whole wheat flour","2 teaspoons (12 g) Salt","⅓ cup (75) Oil"],"ingredients_norm":["brown sugar","yeast","warm water","warm milk","whole wheat flour","salt","oil"],"steps":["Dissolve 1 tablespoon brown sugar in warm water in a small bowl. Add yeast and let stand until sponge/foamy.","Place remaining ½ cup brown sugar, 4 cups flour, and salt in large mixing bowl, then briefly mix.","Mix the dough:","If using stand mixer: using dough hook on low speed, add yeast mixture, oil, and warm milk, and mix for 2 minutes. Stop and scrape bowl if necessary. Continuing on low speed, add remaining flour, ½ cup at a time, until dough clings to hook and cleans sides of bowl. Continue to on low speed to knead the dough at least 2 minutes. The coarseness of the bran may prevent the dough from forming a ball on the hook, but so long as the hook is getting contact with the dough kneading will be accomplished. Be cautious adding the flour—never more than 6 cups—as the bread may become very dry.","If working by hand: add yeast mixture, oil, and warm milk, working with a spoon at first and then with clean hands. Dough will be difficult to get to mix in all the flour, but you can do it! Turn onto a floured surface where you can work in additional flour, adding about ¼ cup at a time and working completely in before adding more. Knead until firm.","Place dough in a greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover, and let rise in warm place free of drafts for about 1 hour, until doubled in size.","Punch down and divide in half. Shape into a loaf and place in greased loaf pan. Cover, let rise in warm place free of drafts about another hour, until doubled in size.","Bake in an oven at 400°F (200 °C) for 15 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350°F (175°C) and bake for another 30 minutes or until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped.","Remove immediately from pans and cool on wire racks."],"categories":["Bread recipes","Recipes for bread","Baked recipes","Baking recipes","Recipes using brown sugar","Recipes using whole-wheat flour","Recipes using milk"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Whole_Wheat_Bread","source_ref":"4522438","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Whole_Wheat_Bread&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"300a8481721d12353cf0f901b3e3225191a344f57df8c2d1e716819c01ee7939","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:31Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/whole-wheat-bread"}