How to make Whole Wheat Bread {Step by step}

You guys, I can make bread. It’s a freakin’ miracle.I have had the urge to be more domestic lately. You may have noticed more recipes around here than usual, and I’ve been soooo proud of myself to be completely honest.It’s a foreign feeling to actually WANT to make dinner for my family. Are you one of those people who is perfectly organized and cooks EVERY night? I envy you. I am the person who thinks about dinner at 4:45 pm. And then when I start making the recipe, I find that I’m missing 4 out of the 5 ingredients that I need. Hence why I make scrambled eggs at least twice a week for dinner.

Well, a few months ago, I was contacted by the peeps from Boschmixers.com. They told me they could teach me how to make the perfect whole wheat bread. I laughed inside my head because I plain didn’t believe them. Well, they sent someone to my house to teach me. It was absolutely amazing. It was basically a one on one bread-making class, and they held my hand through the entire process. I have to admit, it was much easier than I thought it would be too. We made the most delicious bread I have ever tasted in my whole entire life. {I am not even exaggerating!}

Yep, I took this picture, and I made this bread ALL. BY. MYSELF. Ha! I can’t believe it.

After they taught me, I decided that I couldn’t just hold onto information like this. I had to share it....so, I made a step by step video tutorial to share what I learned! The wheat bread recipe is pretty self explanatory once you get the hang of it, but this video might help explain a few of the tricky parts. 

Here is the recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

•  – 6 cups warm water
•  – 2/3 cup vegetable oil of choice
•  – 2/3 cup honey or 1/2 cup agave nectar
•  – 2 Tbsp. Vital Wheat Gluten
•  – 2 Tbsp. Dough Enhancer
•  – 2 Tbsp. SAF instant yeast
•  – 14 – 18 cups freshly-milled whole wheat flour, divided
•  – 2 Tbsp. Salt

Add water, oil, honey, gluten, dough enhancer and yeast in the Bosch mixer with around 6 cups of flour to start. Move the dial to “M” a few times to start mixing the flour in, and then move the dial to “1” and mix until smooth. Add the salt and remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time until it cleans the bowl. Turn the dial to “2” and knead for 6-8 minutes until you reach the correct elasticity with your dough. Watch the video below for a demonstration about that.

This recipe makes 6 loaves at about 1.5 pounds of dough each. Divide the dough into six equal bread pans and let rise until it reaches 1 inch above the pan lip. Then bake on 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.

As you can see, I had an AMAZING experience with the Nutrimill Grinder and Bosch Mixer. {And no, they aren’t paying me to tell you about it}. All opinions are 100% mine. Although they did give me each machine to review, I am not getting paid to write this post.

I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am to tell you my honest opinion about each machine.  Seriously. I wish I could think of more sophisticated words but I can’t! I am just so excited!

Let’s be honest, we all know I am not a master chef so making bread is not a skill I possessed. But, I try hard and can cook pretty well once I figure stuff out.  My kids and husband are thrilled at the change, and so am I. This was so fun and so worth every minute it took! I had to go buy bread pans guys. I didn’t even OWN bread pans before this! How embarrassing!

OK, so I first have to thank Lori Veits from BoschMixers.com because as I said before she showed me {step by step} how to use the wheat grinder and make bread. Lori is a bread-making ROCK STAR. She wrote the book, “No more Bricks,” a book about making whole wheat bread quickly and easily.

{I think that pictures sometimes just say it better}

and it wasn’t hard AT ALL…

Look how cute they all turned out.

I know my Mom is quite proud that I did this, and I’m beaming with pride at this point.

It tasted more delicious than any other bread I’ve tasted.

Seriously the yummiest stuff ever. I also want you to know that since this visit, I have made my very own cinnamon rolls and wheat bread quite a few times! Again, I was amazed at how easy and good it was!

In fact, the cookie paddles and bowl scraper attachments have changed my life forever.

For your information, the Nutrimill Grinder is amazing. Basically, all you do is pour the wheat into the top, and press the on button. It turns into perfectly soft wheat flour in minutes, AND, it isn’t very loud.