Bread - 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread

By BlueSchmoo

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups lukewarm water
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 5 tablespoons honey, molasses or maple syrup
• 4 cups King Arthur Premium Whole Wheat Flour or 100% White Whole Wheat Flour
• 1 tablespoon King Arthur Whole-Grain Bread Improver, optional
• 1/4 cup sunflower seeds (sunflower midgets are a good choice), chopped*
• 1/4 cup (1 ounce) walnuts, chopped*
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon instant yeast
• A quick whirl in the food processor does the job nicely.

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from kingarthurflour.com

Preparation

Step 1

1) To prepare the dough: Combine all of the ingredients, and mix them till you have a shaggy dough.

2) Let the dough rest, covered, for 20 minutes, then knead until fairly smooth.

3) Allow the dough to rise, covered, for 1 to 2 hours, or until it's puffy and nearly doubled in bulk.

4) Gently deflate the dough, shape it into a log, and place it in a lightly greased 9" x 5" bread pan.

5) Cover the pan with lightly greased plastic wrap (or a clear shower cap), and allow it to rise for 1 to 2 hours, till it's crowned about 1" to 2" over the rim of the pan. Towards the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 350°F.

6) Bake the bread for 40 to 45 minutes, tenting it lightly with aluminum foil for the final 20 minutes of baking. The bread should be golden brown, and its interior should register 195°F to 205°F on an instant-read thermometer inserted into its center.

7) Remove it from the oven, and after 5 minutes turn it out of the pan onto a rack to cool.

Yield: 1 loaf.