Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Finally...sandwich bread!

I have been trying to find a yummy, healthy, and easy bread to make that we can use for sandwiches, toast, and just for munching on. I think I may have finally found it. This bread came out soft, light, easy to cut, and it tasted great!

For duplication purposes, these are the exact steps I followed to make this bread in my bread machine:

Honey Wheat Oatmeal:
*Stir together 1-1/4 cup water (just over 100 degrees), 1 packet active dry yeast, and 1/2 cup or maybe little more of honey and let sit for 10 minutes
*Pour the water mix into the well of the bread machine
*Add 1-1/2 cups bread flour, 1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour, 1 cup (thick) rolled oats, 1-1/2 teaspoons salt, and 2 tablespoons olive oil
*Set to (regular/white) bread/specialty - light crust

Not quite 4 hours later, voila sandwich bread! Yum!

DH came home from work yesterday and made us great sandwiches for dinner using this bread. He met the kids and me (after our evening walk) at the neighborhood playground where we dined at the picnic table and then played until dusk. I love, love, LOVE my family!

And I also LOVE this bread! I really hate to mess with the recipe since it turned out so perfect, but I wonder if I can up the whole wheat flour to bread flour ratio without ruining it...hmm...

I also can't wait until I order my own grains so I can freshly grind my own flour before baking. So excited! This recipe might just have DH convinved to let me go for the bulk order. Yay!

1 comment:

  1. hey , i wanted you to know that i love this bread as well- it is EXCELLENT and my DH loves it more than any others we have tried- Im trying it today with 2 cups whole wheat flour and 1 cup bread flour- im anxious to see how it turns out!

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