All in One Dough Recipe: Weisenburger Mill Flour





I think I've mentioned my dream of opening up a bakery on here, right? Well, I've perfected my scones, muffins, and cookies, but I still needed to work on my bread. I have had this recipe laying around for a long time, given to me by this fabulous chef friend of mine in Portland. I should have listened to Mike when he promised that this was the BEST recipe he'd used for his breads.



So, yesterday morning, after the sun started shining through the snowy clouds, I remembered the recipe and decided to give it a try. I started out using some Weisenberger Mill Whole Wheat Blend flour, a cute little mill located in Midway, Kentucky. This recipe is so basic that you could make it into whatever you'd like. Bread, cinnamon rolls, pizza dough, flat bread, or rolls. And another thing about this dough is how versatile it is---you could also make multiple items from this recipe. I made two loaves of bread and a small batch of cinnamon rolls. We plan on using this bread for our REAL Food Challenge we are taking on for the two weeks in February. More to come about this challenge in an upcoming post.









Simple Whole Wheat Bread

2 tbsp active dry yeast

2 tbsp Turbinado sugar (I used honey)

4 cups warm water

8 cups whole wheat flour

1 tbsp sea salt

1 tbsp olive oil

In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast and sugar in 4 cups of warm water and let sit for about 10 minutes or until foamy. In a large bowl, or stand-up mixer bowl, sift together flour, salt and any extras you want to add. When the yeast has proofed, add to flour. Mix together and knead the dough on a lightly floured surface. Or, if using a stand-up mixer, use dough hook and allow machine to knead that dough for about 5 minutes. The more you knead the dough the lighter the bread will be.



Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled bowl and let rise for about an hour or until doubled in size. When raised, punch the dough down and flatten it out and form into your desired shapes. Lightly spray pans and heat oven to 350 degrees. Let dough rest for about 10 minutes while oven is preheating. Bake for 30 minutes, or until browned and crusty. If baking loaves, try spraying with oil or water to add a crusty texture.

Ideas for added ingredients:

Whole flaxseeds

Ground flaxseeds

Sunflower seeds

Crushed garlic

Fresh rosemary

Extra honey

Maple syrup



Warning: once you make this and see how easy it is- you may never go back to buying store bought bread!!