Homemade Whole Wheat Bread

I have to admit that it has been YEARS since making homemade wheat bread. This is for sure a big kid favorite but on my quest to STOP the eating out I decided to pull out the whole wheat bread recipe.

It was a big hit after school for snack instead of pudding pops!

I am still pretty shocked that we are sticking to the menu!!!

Ingredients

In a large bowl add:
• 3 cups really warm water
• 1 1/2 Tbsp. yeast (or 2 yeast packets)
Dissolve and wait until yeast froths then add:
• 1/4 c. shortening or real butter 
• 1/4 c. honey
• 1 Tbsp. salt
• about 6 cups of wheat flour

Instructions

• Add flour a cup at a time until you have a soft dough. Knead for 3 minutes and put into a bowl. Cover with a cloth and let raise about an hour or until it has about doubled in size. It raises on top of a warm oven.
• Punch down and Knead again for 5 minutes. Cut dough into three equal parts and place bread into greased baking tins and raise again for another hour.
• Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes until brown on the top. Butter the top of the bread while still in the oven and let cook another 2 min. Remove and let cool about 10 minutes in the pans, then turn out and cool 10 more minutes before slicing.
• Makes 3 regular or 2 large loaves.