Bread Machine Whole Wheat Bread 2

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This is my when i'm home all day" recipe. I use the dough cycle and bake it in 2 loaf pans but you can just use the whole wheat cycle and bake it in the machine as well. I love this bread."

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Steps

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Add ingredients in the order given to bread machine.

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Set on dough cycle if baking in oven , otherwise set on whole wheat / 2 lb.

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After dough cycle is done remove dough from pan and flour a work surface lightly.

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Flour the top surface of the dough.

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Punch down the dough , rolling it into a length equal to 2 greased loaf pans.

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This might take some work , the dough holds a lot of air.

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Squeeze and roll the air bubbles out.

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When you have a roll double the length of of a pan cut it in half and place in the greased pans.

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Cover with a tea towel and set aside in a warm place to rise until doubled in size.

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Rising usually takes about 45 minutes.

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

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Bake loaves for 20 to 25 minutes , until browned.

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Turn out onto a rack and cool.

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Ingredients

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water, butter, egg, sugar, salt, bread flour, whole wheat flour, yeast