Nourishing Wheat Bread
Healthy wheat bread with just a few ingredients!
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups warm water
- 1 tbsp active yeast
- 1-2 tbsp sugar/sweetener of choice
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1/3 cup olive oil or oil/butter of choice
- 5-6 cups flour for best results I do 3-4 cups of freshly-ground wheat flour and the rest with bread flour
Instructions
- Put warm water, yeast and sugar into a mixing bowl and stir. Let the yeast rise until bubbly. About 5-10 minutes
- While the yeast rises, I grind the wheat I'm going to use for the bread. If you are using already ground flour, skip this step.
- After yeast is bubbly, add 4-5 cups of flour, mix a little bit and add in the salt and oil.
- Add the last 1-2 cups of flour while mixing. The dough is ready to rise once the dough cleans the bowl as it mixes and doesn't stick to your finger if you lightly poke it.
- Once all the ingredients are mixed in, cover the dough in a bowl with a wet towel or plastic wrap. Let it rise for 1 hour. The dough will double in size.
- Once the dough has risen, scoop it out and shape it into two loaves of bread. Place them into greased bread pans.
- Heat the oven to 375. Allow the dough to rise for about 30 minutes while the oven is heating. The dough will not quite double in size and will fill the bread pans nicely.
- Put the bread in the oven for 30 minutes. It is ready when it has a nice golden crust.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Serving size: 1 slice (1/24 of recipe)
Recipe yield: 2 loaves / about 24 slices total
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Recipe yield: 2 loaves / about 24 slices total
| Nutrient | Amount per slice | % Daily Value* |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 134 kcal | — |
| Total Fat | 3.7 g | 5% |
| • Saturated Fat | 0.4 g | 2% |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 296 mg | 13% |
| Total Carbohydrate | 22.6 g | 8% |
| • Dietary Fiber | 2.5 g | 9% |
| • Total Sugars | 0.6 g | — |
| Protein | 4.0 g | 8% |
| Calcium | 8 mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1.1 mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 95 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin D | 0 mcg | 0% |