Whole wheat molasses bread

2 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2¾ cup Whole wheat flour
1 cup Flour
2 packs Active dry yeast
1¾ cup Water
½ cup Dark molasses
¼ cup Brown sugar
2 tablespoons Shortening
1 tablespoon Salt
1 cup White flour

Directions

In large bowl, combine whole wheat,white flour and yeast. In saucepan,heat water, molasses, brown sugar, shrotening and salt until warm (115 F), stirring constantly. Add to dry mix in bowl. Beat al low speed ½ minutes, scraping sides. Beat 3 minutes high speed. By hand, stir in ½-1 cup white flour to make stiff dough. Turn out on light floured work surface, knead until smooth. Shape into ball.

Place in greased bowl, turn, cover, let rise until doubled in bulk(1½ hours).Punch down, divide in half. Cover, let rest 10 minutes.

Shape into 2 slightly flatten 6 inch balls. Put on greased baking sheet. Cover, let rise until doubled in bulk(45 minutes) Bake at 375 F for 30-35 minutes. For chewy crust, brush each loaf with warm water several times during the last 10-15 minutes of baking. Cool.

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