Bread Machine Wheat Bread

If you remember a couple weeks ago I had a post on how I’ve been trying to be more practical. I enjoyed hearing how each of you are trying to be more practical these days. As I mentioned, one of the things I’ve been doing is making my own bread. I’ve had a bread maker for awhile but I hardly ever used it. Then one day it hit me that it would be so much more practical and cost-effective to just make my own. So I looked through my cookbooks and found a recipe. This came from my Better Home and Gardens cook book:

For a 2 lb loaf:

• 1 1/3 c milk
• 1/4 c water
• 2 Tbs. honey or sugar
• 4 tsp butter or margarine
• 2 c whole wheat flour
• 2 c bread flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 1/4 tsp active dry yeast or bread machine yeast

Put the ingredients in the machine in the order listed. Select the whole wheat setting and then choose your bread color. I usually use the light setting. I found that it made the bread fluffier and not so dense. We prefer it that way.

This recipe is delicious! And the only things extra I had to buy that I don’t normally keep around are the flours and the yeast. But each of those last for quite a few loaves.

So do you have a what bread recipe you love? I would love to hear it and try it!