Here's my favorite whole wheat bread recipe. The flour I use is freshly ground from the wheat berry. If you are using packaged flour, the measurement will be different, but you can still use this recipe. Also, I use a Bosch mixer to knead the bread and this recipe will yield 5-6 loaves. The biggest trick to making your own bread is to take your time - don't be in a hurry.
6 cups warm water
1-1/3 cups honey
3 T instant yeast
1-1/3 cups virgin coconut oil
Enough flour to make it a little thicker than soupy (probably 7 cups)
Let this sit for about 10 min or so
Add the rest:
2 -3 T sea salt
1-2 eggs
flour until it pulls away from the sides of the mixer bowl (probably 8-9 cups)
Let this rest for 20 min or so.
Put it in your baking pans and let them double in size. Bake for 30 or so minutes (unitl the tops are golden brown) at 350.
You can use this same recipe for pizza dough, bread sticks and cinnamon monkey bread. For the pizza dough, spread it as thin as possible and cook a little before putting your ingredients on. For bread sticks, paint with butter and sprinkle garlic and salt on them before cooking. For cinnamon monkey bread, roll in little balls, dip in melted butter, roll in cinnamon and sugar mix, pile them up in a bread pan or bundt pan about halfway and bake at 350. Yum!!!
