Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread

After lots of trial and error I finally came up with a recipe for a great Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread. It’s not overly dense like a lot of whole wheat breads. It’s actually fluffy with a nice crispy crust that makes for a perfect sandwich bread.

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup raw sugar
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/3 cup melted butter
  • 1 cup mashed potatoes (boil & cook 2 large potatoes – or use leftovers)
  • 3 teaspoons yeast
  • 3/4 cup warm potato water (if you do not have any, you can use milk)
  • 4 cups whole wheat flour

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. In a small pot bring water to a boil. Cut your potatoes into cubes, add to boiling water and cook until soft. Once cooked, drain (reserving 3/4 cup of liquid) and mash.
  2. In a large bowl, add reserved warm potato water, sugar and yeast and mix thoroughly until sugar is dissolved and let sit 10 mins. If using milk, carefully warm milk in microwave.
  3. Add melted butter and mashed potatoes and mix. Add eggs and mix again.
  4. Once everything is well combined, start adding in your flour 1 cup at a time. The first couple cups I just continue to stir it with a spoon, but at about 3 cups you will need to begin kneading the dough with your hands. Cover and left rise 1-2 hours – until double in size.
  5.  After it has risen, punch down dough, shape into a loaf and place in buttered bread pan. Cover and let rise again for 1-2 hours.
  6. Once doubled in size, preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 25-45 mins until it is nicely browned and sounds hollow when tapped on the top.
  7. Remove from bread pan and let cool.

 

 

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