Whole Wheat Bread & Buns Makes 2 loaves or 2 dozen buns It’s not 100% whole wheat but it’s a bread that will help transi;on you or your family to whole grain bread. This recipe takes 2.5-3.5 hours from start to finish. Bread Dough Ingredient List 2.5 cups plant milk, I recommend soy milk 2 tablespoons dry yeast ¼ cup oil 2 tablespoons each: raw cane sugar and molasses 2 teaspoons salt ½ cup hemp hearts or flax meal, oat or wheat bran or wheat germ 4.5 cups unbleached flour 2.5 cups whole wheat flour- I recommend King Arthur’s brand, it’s very fine texture. The process 1. Warm milk to 100-110 F 2. Place warm milk in a large bowl, add yeast, sugar and molasses. SMr. 3. Let yeast mixture rest unMl bubbly, takes about 5 minutes. 4. SMr in oil, salt and hemp hearts. 5. SMr in 1 cup of the unbleached flour and 2.5 cups of the whole wheat flour. Note- if the whole wheat flour is a bit coarse, siR it first. It makes the flour lighter. SMr in the bran you siRed out. 6. SMr the dough 100 sMrs. It will be more like a thick baer. This technique allows the whole grains to absorb a good bit of liquid and helps prevent you from adding too much flour which will yield a dry, crumbly loaf. Cover with a towel. Place the bowl into another bowl with warm water- about 80-85 F. Be sure the water is low enough not to get into the bread dough. 7. Let rise unMl double- about 30 minutes. 8. SMr down the dough (thick baer). Measure out 3.5 cups unbleached flour in a separate bowl. 9. SMr about half of the remaining flour into the dough (thick baer), You are now adding the last porMon of flour to form a soR dough. Once that flour is added, sMr in another porMon of flour. When the dough is able to be shaped into a dough ball, turn onto a floured counter. Start kneading the dough. To knead fold the dough onto itself and push it forward with the heels of your hands. Turn the dough and repeat the process. Add more flour unMl the dough isn’t sMcky or is only very slightly sMcky. Do not add more flour than the 3.5 cups. You will find the dough sMll needs kneaded. At this Mme oil or spray the counter and your hands with Pam. Using the oil or Pam will help you knead the dough about 5 minutes without added too much flour. The dough should be a smooth ball. If you are new at this, it may take a few extra kneading Mme. 10. Place the dough ball in an oiled bowl or Pam sprayed bowl. Spray or oil the top of the dough. This prevents a crust from forming on the dough which could hamper the rising process. Cover with a towel and place bowl over warm water (about 80-85F) 11. Rise unMl double- about 30 or 35 minutes. 12. Punch dough down. 13. Turn dough onto a floured counter. Press into a rectangle that’s about 8 inches by 16 inches. Cut in half making 2 pieces 8x8. Roll each piece up into a loaf. Place in an 8.5 inch x 4.5 inch loaf pan. Brush the top with plant based milk. With a fork, poke holes in dough to release air bubbles. If forming buns, cut dough into 24 pieces and shape into buns. Brush with Plant milk, do not poke holes in buns. 14. Cover, let rise unMl double, takes about 20 minutes. 15. Bake in preheated 400 F oven. Bake bread about 50-60 minutes, buns bake about 20-30 minutes. 16. Bread is finished baking when tapped, it sounds hollow, or the internal temperature is between 195-200 F 17. Remove bread from loaf pan or remove buns from cookie sheet. Place on cooling rack. 18. While the bread is hot, brush top of bread and buns with vegan buTer if you want a shiny top crust. .