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Bob's Red Mill Cracked Wheat Bread
2007 Oregon's Best Winner

Baking time: 20 minutes
400 degrees F

Ingredients

  • 4 ¾ - 5 ¾ cups Bob’s Red Mill unbleached flour
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 4 teaspoons salt
  • 2 packages Fleischmann’s Dry Yeast
  • 1 ½ cups water
  • ½ cup milk
  • 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 1 cup cracked wheat (soaked in 1 cup water)

Preparation

  1. Soak cracked wheat overnight to soften. Combine water, milk and butter in saucepan and warm to 120 degrees F or very warm. Add cracked wheat. Beat two minutes at medium speed.
  2. Switch to dough hook and gradually add the rest of the flour, making a soft dough. Knead, adding additional flour until dough cleans bowl (1-1 ½ cups). Place in greased bowl, turn to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until double. Punch down. Turn out and let rest on board for 15 minutes. Divide in half and shape into two loaves for 9 x 3 inch pans. Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
  3. Bake at 400 degrees F for about 30 minutes or until done. Remove from pan and cool on rack.

2007 Bob's Best Home-baked Bread Contest - Bob's Red Mill Flour
Pat Combs
Wallowa County

This recipe has not been tested by the Agri