Crapaw's Bread

Whole Wheat Bread
(Makes 4 loafs)


Mill about 3 quarts or a #10 can of wheat kernels, including about two 500mg tablets of vitamin C. This should give more than 15 cups of bread flour.

In a mixer with a dough hook on low speed, add the following in the order given:
5 ½ cups warm (110 degree) water
1/3 cup olive oil (or whatever)
2/3 cup Honey (include with the oil)
1/2 cup Sugar (optional)
4 teaspoons Salt
5 cups of the flour
3 tablespoons instant dry yeast
Add the remaining flour until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowel. Change the mixer to high speed for about 5 minutes.

Pull the dough out onto an oiled board (with oiled hands) and knead by hand for a few minutes, just because it feels good. Form 4 loafs in oiled pans (I like glass pans best) cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until double in size. Bake in 350 degree oven for about 40 minutes.

Putting butter on top after the bread is baked will make a soft crust. Spraying water over the loafs once or twice in the beginning while baking will make the bread crusty.

Above all else, enjoy and give thanks to He who is the Bread of Life….