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BEST WHOLE WHEAT BREAD RECIPE
My Mom put on her apple apron, pulled out the flour containers, and kneaded homemade bread like nobody’s business. There was nothing like the smell of homemade bread straight out of the oven. I would run home from school much faster on those days when my Mom was baking homemade bread. I slathered the homemade bread with sweet cream butter and honey or berry jam. To this day it is still one of the most comforting foods that always reminds me of home.
I haven’t carried on my Mom’s tradition of weekly homemade bread because I have always said that it is way too time consuming. I still love to make it and feel a lot of satisfaction when it comes out of the oven but needed to find an easier way. Let me introduce to you the power of one hour bread!
Our good friend, Shannon Lundin, has finally shared her top secret bread recipe! After being sensitive to gluten for years, she found that she could eat homemade whole wheat bread made from scratch with zero issues. It is such an amazing discovery and she is sharing her whole wheat bread recipe with all of us. I called her and asked if I could share this with my readers and she was happy to share.
After trying this bread in Texas, I couldn’t wait to follow her recipe and try it at home. I halved her best homemade one hour whole wheat bread recipe. I was in shock that it only took ONE HOUR to make two loaves of homemade bread. Amazing! It is incredible that you can make homemade bread start to finish in one hour.
This Best Homemade One Hour Whole Wheat Bread is made with such simple ingredients — whole wheat flour, warm water, yeast, honey, oil, and salt. This bread is filled with all-natural ingredients and no sugar! It is healthy, hearty, and delicious.
TIPS on MAKING the BEST HOMEMADE ONE HOUR WHOLE WHEAT BREAD:
- Let your YEAST PROOF. The key is to use very warm water (about 110 degrees). Adding honey to the yeast helps it proof even faster. Let the yeast proof for at least 5 minutes. Remember to always use fresh yeast. You will know the yeast is working when it starts to form a creamy foam on the surface.
- Use WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR or half white bread flour and half whole wheat flour. If you have a wheat grinder, you can grind your own wheat. If not, look for organic whole wheat flour. You can always use half white flour and half whole wheat flour if you like a lighter bread.
- Use a STAND MIXER. This bread recipe is easiest with a stand mixer such as a Bosch. I love my Bosch mixer because it makes this bread so much easier! This is a huge time saver as you knead the bread for 10-12 minutes in the mixer. It saves you from doing it yourself! If you don’t own a stand mixer, you can knead the bread dough by hand. Click here to get a good deal on a Bosch mixer.
- Let RISE in WARM OVEN. This expedites the rising process and cuts the time in half. Set the oven to about 200 degrees and let the bread rise for approximately 20 minutes or until double in size. Here are my favorite loaf pans.
- BAKE until GOLDEN BROWN. Heat the oven to 350 degrees and bake until golden on the outside. Remove from oven and spread butter over top of loaves to give moisture and shine.
Once you remove the hot homemade whole wheat bread from the oven, remove from pans and spread with butter and jam.
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Best Homemade One Hour Whole Wheat Bread
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Warm Water approximately 110 degrees
- 1 Tablespoon Active Dry Yeast
- 2/3 cup Honey
- 1/3 cup Oil plus a little extra for hands
- 7 1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour may use half whole wheat/half white flour
- 1 Tablespoon Salt
- Butter to spread on top of bread
Instructions
- Heat oven to warm about 200 degrees.
- Place warm water in large mixing bowl. Add yeast and stir. Stir in honey and let proof (start to form a creamy foam) for 5 minutes.
- Add oil, flour, and salt. Begin by adding 7 cups of flour. Start to mix using the dough hook. Add remaining 1/2 cup of flour until dough pulls away from sides of mixing bowl. Using Bosch or Kitchenaid, knead for 10 minutes at medium-high speed. If you don't own a stand mixer, you can knead by hand.
- Place a little oil on hands and shape into two bread loaves. Spray loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray. Put pans in a warm oven to let rise until double -- about 20 minutes.
- Once bread has raised, turn oven to 350 degrees. Leave bread in oven and set timer for 25 minutes.
- Check bread to see if it is golden brown. Once bread is done, remove from oven and spread butter all over warm loaves. Let cool for several minutes before removing from pan.
- Spread butter and jam or honey on warm bread.
- May freeze bread or eat within 2 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I love this bread recipe! It’s so fluffy and has the best flavor!
What kind of oil do you use?
Hi Marsha! I like to use a neutral oil such as vegetable oil or canola oil because these have a mild flavor. You can also use extra virgin olive oil for a more savory flavor. Let me know if you have any more questions!
Hi Melissa, I made your 1 hour whole wheat bread recipe. The texture and how it rose is very nice but the bread has a little bitter taste to it. The flour I used is not old. I’m wondering if you have any idea what could cause that. I used instant yeast and it proofed nicely. I’m not sure what could have caused that. Any ideas?
Hi Kathy! What type of oil did you use? If your oil is old or not a neutral oil- it can cause a bitter taste!
My new favorite way to make bread! So much faster and so delicious! And easy:) I have a new Zojirushi bread maker and I am still preferring this way.
I personally withhold the oil, and use only 1/2 cup honey instead. I also include 6 tbsp of vital gluten within the flour.
I use the pans Melissa recommends(I had no idea the difference these kinds of pans make. It’s crazy, so worth it!)
Excellent recipe. Especially being so fast for bread! I left out the oil, I used freshly ground Organic Whole: Hard White, Emmer, Khorasan, Sprouted Spelt wheats in equal parts and 6 TBSP Vital Gluten. Turned out perfect! So excited for this. I usually make bread in my Zojirushi Bread Machine, which is an amazing machine, and this bread was just as good if not better and faster! Thanks Melissa
I love your one hour whole wheat bred recipe !!! I’ve been making it for almost ten years now, and it’s absolutely, by far, my favorite bread recipe to make !!! Thank you so very much, Melissa!!!
That makes me so happy, Mary! Thank you for making my recipe for sooo many years! 🙂
Want to try to make this one hour bread but a bit confused when u say to let rise in the oven at 200 do u leave the oven on whine it’s rising or heat it up put the bread into rise and when risen turn the oven back on ? Thanks kind regards anna
Why is the sodium level so high in this bread
I never got this to become a dough that pulls away from the hook and I had to add an additional two cups of flour. Was there a mistake in the measurements? It still turned out delicious, but I had to plop the “batter” from a spatula into the bread pan.
Could I make this using less salt or is it essential to the recipe? My husband is on a restricted sodium diet.
Hi Darlene! You can reduce the salt by half but you do need salt in bread or it will be flavorless. It is an integral ingredient in bread. I hope this helps!
The bread tasted fine, but was nowhere near done per the instructions.
Next time, I’ll let it sit in the oven about 20 minutes longer.