100% Whole wheat bread that is moist, tender and studded with Walnuts. Great as toast and for sandwiches.
I am sure all of you are in the middle of holiday baking frenzy this month. Our host for Bread Bakers, Kalyani (from Sizzling Tastebuds), asked us to bake a wholegrain holiday bread. I think my brain didn't process the holiday part of the theme, so I ended up making this 100% Whole wheat Bread. It's an everyday bread, but I am sure it's great to make for holidays too.
I thought I baked most of the bread recipes from King Arthur flour site, but I was wrong. I just realized that there a ton of recipes that I haven't even seen. This 100% Whole wheat bread was a total surprise. It is so easy to make and I'm not sure why I haven't tried this till now.
This bread is probably the BEST whole wheat bread I have baked so far. It rises beautifully and has an amazing crumb. It is slightly sweet and tastes amazing. The bread is great as a toast or in a sandwich. I even made French toast for the kids with this bread.
Don't forget to check out the other 'Wholegrain Holiday Breads' that our Bread Bakers have baked up for this month:
- 100% Whole Wheat Bread from Cook's Hideout
- Eggless Whole Wheat Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls from Spill the Spices
- Gingerbread and Oatmeal Bread from Mayuri's Jikoni
- Kamut Cloverleaf Rolls from Cindy's Recipes and Writings
- Key-Shaped Challah with Finger Millet from Sara's Tasty Buds
- Khameeri Puri from Sneha's Recipe
- Oats Whole Wheat Bread from The Mad Scientist's Kitchen
- Santa Lucia Buns from Karen's Kitchen Stories
- Slovak Pasca from Ambrosia
- Spelt Banana Bread from Food Lust People Love
- Whole Wheat Grissini from A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Whole Wheat Stollen from All That's Left Are The Crumbs
- Wholewheat Garlic Flavoured Monkey Bread from Sizzling Tastebuds
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100% Whole wheat Bread
Ingredients
- 4 cups White Wholewheat flour
- 1 tbsp Instant Yeast
- 1½ tsp salt
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 5 tbsp Maple Syrup or Honey
- ½ cup Walnuts, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp Vital Wheat Gluten (optional)
- 11/3 cups Lukewarm Water
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients for the dough in a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix until a shaggy dough forms. Cover and set aside for 20 minutes.
- Mix and knead until the dough is smooth and pliable, about 5~6 minutes with the machine or 8~9 minutes by hand. Transfer the dough to a lightly greased bowl and set aside to rise for 1~2 hours, or until doubled in volume.
- Gently deflate the dough and shape it into a log. Place it in a lightly greased 9"x5" loaf pan. Cover and let rise for 1~2 minutes or until it's crowned about 1"~2" over the rim of the pan.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Bake the bread for 40~45 minutes. Tent it lightly with a foil for the final 20 minutes to avoid over-browning. The bread should have a golden brown crust and the interior should read 195°F~205°F on an instant read thermometer inserted into its center.
- Remove from the oven, and after 5 minutes, turn it out onto a wire rack to completely.
Wendy Klik
That loaf turned out perfectly.
Karen
This is a gorgeous loaf and such beautiful photographs too! The walnuts must make this bread extra tasty. I love the breads from King Arthur Flour!
sneha datar
Perfect whole wheat bread, looks as though its a store bought one. Must try this bread.
Kalyani
THIS Is such a must try pavani ! Thanks for a wonderful Wholewheat recipe ! Looks great
Jayashree
Perfect bake, looks awesome. I need to try this sometime.
Nivedita Thadani
I am feeling like crying, I am jealous. How one can bake so perfect bread? My dream of baking a bread always is a dream. Only once I got the perfect bread. My yeast always plays villian with me. I don't remember how many times I tried baking and failed. Your bread looks perfect. I can't dare to say I will try it soon.
Afroz
That is such a prefect bake. Love the color on the crust.
Seema Doraiswamy Sriram
Brilliant pictures. Wow !! admire the bread recipes and texture.
Jagruti
I must say that you are a fantastic baker Pavani..that bread looks awesome.
Ruchi
Wow what a perfecT bake. Bread looks so moist , soft and superb texture. Book marking the recipe
Avin
Love the crusty bread and the texture looks amazing. I love a good homemade ww bread😋
Mayuri Patel
Pavani, the wholewheat loaf looks so nice, tempting and perfectly baked.
kalyani
perfectly baked bread pavani - it looks like a piece of art / painting to me !! just stunning and even the slices are bakery quality ! so glad you could join us with this wonderful loaf 🙂
Priya Suresh
What a prefectly baked bread loaf there and those slices are seriously terrific, stunning..
Sapana
This is the beats ever looking whole wheat bread. I am going to buy it for sure. Btw will it be ok if I skip the gluten??
cookshideout
Thank you Sapana. I didn't add Vital Wheat gluten and still rose beautifully. So you can skip the gluten. Do try and let me know how the bread turns out.
sharanya palanisshami
Wow perfectly baked whole wheat Bread Pavani.........
Vanessa
Hi! Trying this recipe and I'm wondering if some liquid was left out of the recipe ingredient list. There is not enough liquid to form a dough, mine is just remaining a sandy texture.
cookshideout
Vanessa, I'm so sorry for missing the water quantity in the recipe. Please use 11/3 cups of water to the dough. I've updated the recipe accordingly. Thank you.
Vanessa
Ah! Thank you. I'll try again ☺️
Andrew Fetterly
Just awesome. Your description and pictures are so good that even who can’t cook can make it. Keep up the good job!
bharath
Your recipes are superb and I like all of them. Your passion for baking & cooking gives us many ideas. Thanks for the lovely recipes.
amith
Yummy, I really love it, I always told to my mum to make this for me.
I like all your recipes