Instructions: This is really a very basic recipe - and since I have made ww bread for so many years using many different dough enhancers, etc., I can only conclude that what makes this recipe so consistently great, is the particular wheat and perhaps the brand of yeast.

I grind my own wheat which is Hard White Spring Wheat from Montana and I use Fermipan Yeast. When I got this recipe from an acquaintance last year I asked her what her brands she used of everything in the recipe and this is exactly what I am sharing with you. It is a lighter colored wheat bread and has a wonderful flavor that does not leave a bitter sort of aftertaste that I have experienced with my previous brand.

I grind up 15-16 cups of flour first. Then I pour into my Kitchen Aid mixing bowl:
5 cups hot (95-105 degrees) water
1/2 cup honey (any brand will work)

2 Tblsp Fermipan Yeast

(If using another brand, you might try 2 1/2 - 3 Tblsp)

Let this sit for a few minutes to "proof" - it will begin to "grow" and will look bubbly and foamy.

Add.....5 cups of the whole wheat flour and mix for 1 minute.

Add.....1/3 cup oil (any good vegetable oil)

1 Tblsp salt
Mix together another 1 minute

Add.....7-9 cups of flour, until dough pulls away from sides of bowl.

Knead and rise as usualy for any basic bread dough.

This will make 3 very large loaves or 4-5 smaller pan size loaves or it is fun to make 12 of the very small loaves (maybe 2 1/2 x 3" pans)

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