Old Fashioned Honey Wheat Bread
Submitted by Used2BMoomie on August 02, 2002 at 10:09 am

DESCRIPTION
Old Fashioned Honey Wheat Bread

SUMMARY
Yield 0 File under Yeast Bread/Rolls (not sourdough)

INSTRUCTIONS
This is my grandmother's recipe. One of the few I have. She shared it with her senior citizens group before she died---and each of us girls got a cook book.

Old Fashioned Honey Wheat Bread

1 1/2 c. water
1 c. cream style cottage cheese
1/2 c. honey
1/4 c. butter or margarine
5 1/2 to 6 cups flour
1 c. whole wheat flour
2 tbsp sugar
3 tsp salt
2 pkgs yeast
1 egg

Heat first 4 ingredients in saucepan til very warm (120 to 130 º). Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Combine; warm liquid, 2 c. flour and the remaining ingredients in large bowl. Beat 2 minutes at med speed. By hand, stir in remaining flour to make stiff dough. Knead dough on well-floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 2 minutes. Place in greased bowl. Cover; let rise in warm place til doubled in size, 45 - 60 minutes. Grease two, 9x5 or 8x4 inch bread pans. Place in greased pans. Cover, let rise until light and doubled in size. 45 - 60 mins. Heat oven to 350º. Bake 40 - 50 minutes until deep golden brown. Remove from pans, brush tops with butter or margarine.

Okay----now for MY bread machine method!

3/4 c. water
1/2 c. cottage cheese
1/4 c. honey
2 TBSP butter
3 c. flour
1/2 c. whole wheat flour
1 TBSP sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 tsp instant yeast
1 egg

Put all the ingredients in your bread machine. Select dough. Allow machine to complete it's cycle. Dump out onto floured surface---shape and place in a greased 9x5 inch loaf pan (this bread gets really big!) Let rise 30 to 40 minutes. Preheat oven to 350º-----bake for 40 to 50 minutes til deep golden brown! Brush loaf with melted butter---allow to cool on wire rack---but first you must eat the heal! LOL

It's tough for us to eat two loaves of bread---even one as delicious as this---so I've cut the recipe in half---but still bake it in a traditional pan in the oven. I do NOT like bread machine crust! This is much better!

Enjoy!
Moomie