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You probably thought that making bread on your own would be time-consuming, but it is not. You can prepare this honey wheat bread for your large family at home with a few ingredients. The best part is that you can make as much of this bread as you need. If you have extra loaves, store those loaves of bread in the freezer to keep them fresh until you need them!
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The Ingredients to Make Your Big Family Honey Wheat Bread
Make sure you have these ingredients at home to get started with the process of preparing the Big Family Honey Wheat Bread recipe.
- Whole Wheat Flour. When you are making wheat bread, it is important to have whole wheat flour to use!
- Baking Soda. A small amount of baking soda will give this bread its fuller, fluffier appearance.
- Honey. The touch of honey in this recipe gives the bread a slight hint of natural sweetness.
- Buttermilk. Using buttermilk to make your bread will give it the perfect texture.
These are the primary ingredients needed, but you should also have a few others, such as salt, olive oil, and oats to use as a garnish for the bread.
What to Put on the Big Family Honey Wheat Bread
You can put just about anything on the Big Family Honey Wheat Bread. Some of the best things to add to this bread include butter, peanut butter and jelly, and assorted meats with cheese. Whether you like a nutty sandwich or a savory one that consists of lunch meat like ham and turkey, it will all taste good on the honey wheat bread. You can make French toast with it, dip it into your favorite bowl of chili or soup, and even eat it on its own without adding anything to it because it merely tastes that great. After you try this recipe, your children will likely be begging you to make more of this bread!
How to Store the Big Family Honey Wheat Bread
Keep your bread fresh by slicing it into pieces and placing it in a zipper sealed food storage bag. You can leave it in a bread box for a week, keep it in the fridge for two weeks, or freeze it for as long as five months. If you have some extra time to make the bread, you might want to prepare several loaves and then store some of them for later use. You never know when you will need the bread because you might run out of it rather quickly with all those hungry people in the household.
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Here are more bread recipes to try!
- Jamerrill’s Freezer Fruit Bread
- Homemade White Bread
- White Bread without Yeast
- Large Family Panettone Christmas Bread recipe
- Stand Mixer French Bread Recipe
Big Family Honey Wheat Bread
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Big Family Honey Wheat Bread | Large Family Baking Recipes | Fill Your Freezer
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Prep Time: 20 minutes -
Cook Time: 60 Minutes
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Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
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Yield: 32 slices -
Category: Baked Goods -
Method: Oven
Description
Feel like you are constantly buying bread? No worries! Make this Big Family Honey Wheat Bread recipe from scratch, and you will always have plenty of delicious, healthy bread for everyone to eat.
Ingredients
- 3 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups buttermilk
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Oats, for garnish
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Prepare bread pan/s with nonstick cooking spray.
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In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Create a well in the center. Set aside.
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In a medium bowl, combine the buttermilk, honey, and oil until blended. Pour into the well of the flour and mix together. (The chemical reaction will begin as soon as the wet ingredients mix with the dry ingredients.)
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Immediately transfer the batter to the loaf pan/s. Sprinkle the top with oatmeal, if desired.
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For the 9×5 pans, bake for about 55 to 60 minutes. For the jumbo (16×4) pan, bake for 65 to 70 minutes or until done.
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Allow the bread to cool in the pan/s for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Recipe fits one jumbo (16×4 inch) loaf pan or two (9×5 inch) loaf pans.
Keywords: Big Family Honey Wheat Bread
This bread is mildly sweet and delicious. It has a delicious flavor. Once you make it you won’t want to return to store bought bread!
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