Munchie Monday: Bread and Honey

 Last week we received a package from Son #1.  One of the things in it was a jar of Blackberry Honey!  That sounded so tasty.  We were expecting the sister missionaries for a visit on Saturday so I decided to make some bread  that morning and test out the honey when they were here.

The recipe I got many years ago was called Setpoint Bread from a book called Set For Life.  I have changed the recipe a little for our use.

Setpoint Bread

10-12 cups white whole wheat flour (I grind the flour in our VitaMix just prior to using it.)
2 Tablespoons dry yeast
1/3 cup vital wheat gluten
4 cups warm water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup honey
1 Tablespoon salt

Place 4 cups flour, the warm water, and the yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer.  Process for 2-3 minutes then let it sit, covered, for up to 30 minutes to proof. Ten minutes will do. Add the honey, oil, and salt to the mixture and stir for about 30 seconds.  Start adding flour one cup at a time until the dough forms a ball and cleans the side of the bowl.  Add no more flour at that point but let the mixer knead the bread for 7-10 minutes.  Cover again and let rise until doubled, which takes about an hour.  Divide into four loaves and put in greased pans (unless you have silicon bread tins which do not need greasing), cover, and let rise until well above the tops of the pans...30 minutes or more.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. then bake for 30-35 minutes.  Let stand until cool (if you can!!) then slice.

This bread was pretty good!