7cupwhole wheat flourgrind your own if you have a wheat grinder
2/3cupvital wheat gluten
2 1/2Tablespooninstant yeast
5cupshot water120-130 F
2Tablespoonsalt
2/3cupoil
2/3cuphoney or 1 c. sugarI like honey the best!
2 1/2Tablespoonbottled lemon juice
4 1/2-5cupswhole wheat flour
Instructions
Mix together the first three ingredients in your mixer with a dough hook. Add water all at once and mix for 1 minute; cover and let rest for 10 minutes (this is called sponging). Add salt, oil, honey or sugar, and lemon juice and beat for 1 minute. Add last flour, 1 cup at a time, beating between each cup. Beat for about 6-10 minutes until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. This makes very soft dough.
Pre-heat oven for 1 minute to lukewarm and turn off. Turn dough onto oiled counter top; divide, shape into loaves place in oiled bread pans. Let rise in warm oven for 10-15 minutes until dough reaches top of pan. Do not remove bread from oven; turn oven to 350 F and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from pans and cool on racks. This recipe can be halved to make 2 loaves.
Notes
Makes 4 8/4 inch loaves.
I ONLY uses Bakers Secret 8x4 inch non stick pans (I have found them at Smith's grocery store).
**Another tip..when the dough is put into the bread pans, squish the dough softly into the corners of your bread loaf pans. This will make your bread cook more evenly and not have the large lump in the middle of your loaf.