Description
Whole wheat homemade bread similar to Outback Steakhouse bread.
Ingredients
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- 2 1/2 cups warm water (bath water temperature)
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/2 cup honey
- 5 1/2 cups whole wheat (hard white) flour
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 Tbsp active dry yeast
- 2 tsp salt
- Oatmeal for the top (optional)
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, stir together water, oil, molasses, and honey until mixed well.
- Add 3 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour to the bowl (save the rest of the flour for later).
- Add cocoa, yeast, and salt, and mix on low until blended.
- Allow mixture sit for 10 minutes.
- Mix in the remaining 2 cups of flour, one cup at a time, until dough clings to hook and almost clears the sides of mixer, about 3-4 minutes on low.
- Cover bowl with greased plastic wrap.
- Allow dough to rise in the bowl until doubled, about 30-60 minutes.
- Remove the dough from the mixer and divide the dough into two equal sized pieces. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes.
- The dough will be very sticky and not very thick. Place the dough into 2 greased loaf pans and shape as well as you can. Sprinkle with oats.
- Let dough rise until doubled, about 30-60 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Bake for about 30-35 minutes or until bread makes hollow sound when tapped. Let cool for a 15 minutes, slice and serve warm with butter.