WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

Ingredients:

     2 cups milk
     1/4 cup light-brown sugar
     1 tablespoon salt
     1/4cup butter or margarine
     1 cup warm water (105 to 115F)
     2 packages active dry yeast
     8 cups unsifted whole wheat flour
     all purpose white flour
     3 tablespoons butter, melted.

Instructions:

   1. In saucepan, heat milk not quite to boiling. Remove from heat and 
      add sugar, salt and 1/4 cup buffer; stir until blended.  Cool to 
      lukewarm.  Sprinkle yeast over water in large bowl.

   2. Stir to dissolve yeast- stir in lukewarm milk mixture. Add 4 cups 
      whole-wheat flour; beat vigorously with wooden spoon until smooth. 
      Gradually add remainder of whole-wheat flour; mix in last of it 
      with hands until dough is stiff.

   3. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface.  Knead dough for about 
      5 minutes - untiI dough is smooth and has some elasticity.  Place 
      in greased large bowl. Turn dough so greased side is up.  Cover with 
      towel; let rise in warm place (85F is good), until it doubles in 
      size, about an hour.

   4. Turn dough again on floured surface- halve; cover for about 10 
      minutes. Cut each of the two halves into two pieces.  Roll each 
      piece into about a 12 inch strip.  Twist two strips together. 
      Repeat the process. Roll into a ball to fit into a 9 x 5 x 2-3/4" 
      greased pan.  Mold evenly into pan.  Repeat process with remaining 
      two pieces.

   5. Brush tops of two loaves with a little butter, margarine or oil. 
      Let the two loaves rise in a warm place until dough rises to tops 
      of pans - about an hour.  Preheat oven to 400F - bake in middle of 
      oven for 35-40 minutes.

   6. Turn out pans onto racks, brush tops with melted butter.  Makes 2 
      loaves.

Note: 

      Brother Felix cautioned me that the monks grind their own wheat 
      into whole wheat flour with their own stone mill at the time of 
      baking.  While you can purchase grinders to do this, you probably 
      won't have access to fresh wheat regularly.  If there is a 
      monastery near you, see if they bake fresh bread or, alternatively, 
      contemplate a trip to Huntsville, Utah!


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