Our FAVORITE bread...

We make this bread every week. The recipe makes 3 good loaves and a few rolls that we eat instantly.  bad, I know.  

First mix 5C hot water

2 1/2T yeast

2/3C honey (we use creamed honey, but either is great)

2/3 C coconut oil

Mix all of that really good.

Then I add abou 1/2 C dough enhancer, but you don't have to. It just makes it easier to cut w/o falling apart.

And then throw in 2T sea salt

and we add in either 1 C bran or 1C oats, or 1/2C flaxseed, or just whatever you want.

then add about 4C whole wheat flour.

Then get in there with your hands (oh, unless you're one of the awesome ones that have a bosch...then use your freaking bosch that I'm so jealous of for the whole thing).

and add 4 C of white flour.

just add 1/2 C whole wheat flour until it starts to pull away from the sides.  It'll be a little bit sticky, but you don't want it dry.

ok, then leave it in the bowl and let it double...about 30minutes.  Punch it down, then dump it onto a floured surface and pull it into 3 bread sized  chunks...and you'll have  some extra for rolls.  Knead it, throw it down hard ont he counter, get all the bubbles out and then shape it into an oval, and throw it in your greased pan. and shape the roll batch into little balls...about 1" round.

Cover all of it and let it rise...about an hour.

Then throw em in the oven, preheat it to 350, and let it cook for about 20 minutes, or until it looks like this....

Then eat it.  We doubled the batch and made 7, no rolls, and we're freezing 5 of them.  They freeze well.
Oh, and when you get it out of the oven, cut a slice for everyone and throw coconut oil and creamed honey on it and sit on your kitchen floor and eat it!!!!!!!

Bread Runner Up...

We tried this bread recipe...it's my 2nd favorite. I'll post the favorite next week

• 2 tablespoons active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 3 1/2 cups warm water
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup coconut (or whatever you have) oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 7 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup flax seed
• 1/4 cup cracked wheat
• 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
• 4 teaspoons salt
• 4 cups bread flour (we used 2 of WW and 2 unbleached white)

Mix it well, knead it, then let it double for about an hour.

Punch it down, put it into 4 balls and let em rise again, or just put them in the pans and let them rise for about an hour again.

Bake em for 25 minutes on 375.

It's pretty good for how healthy it is, but the bread we  usually make every week will be posted next week.  Doesn't have all those seeds and junk in it.

Mmmm

We are LOVING steel cut oatmeal lately.  We go in major phases with breakfast you'll find.   So far I've only made this McCANN's steel cut irish oatmeal and we put Sam's frozen berries and honey on it...and now with some unsweetened almond milk!  So good. I just found a recipe for an overnight steel cut oatmeal with apples that sounds amazing. I'll try it tonight and see if it is tomorrow, but for now...make this!