Ingredients
Instructions
- In saucepan, heat milk not to boiling.
- Remove from heat and add sugar, salt and 1/4 cup butter, stir until blended.
- Cool to lukewarm.
- Sprinkle yeast over water in large bowl.
- Stir to dissolve yeast- stir in lukewarm milk mixture.
- Add 4 cups whole wheat flour, beat vigorously with wooden spoon until smooth.
- Gradually add remainder of whole wheat flour.
- Mix in last of it with hands until dough is stiff Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface.
- Knead dough for about 5 minutes until dough is smooth and has some elasticity.
- Place in greased large bowl.
- Turn dough so greased side is up.
- Cover with towel; let rise in warm place (85F is good), until it doubles in size, about an hour.
- Turn dough again on floured surface.
- Divide into halves.
- Cover about 10 minutes.
- Cut each of the two halves into two pieces.
- Roll each piece into about a 12 inch strip.
- Twist two strips together.
- Repeat the process.
- Roll into a ball to fit into a 9x5x2-3/4 greased pan.
- Mold evenly into pan.
- Repeat process with remaining two pieces.
- Brush tops of two loaves with a little butter, margarine or oil.
- Let the two loaves rise in a warm place until dough rises to tops of pans- about an hour.
- Preheat oven 400F.
- Bake in middle of oven for 35- 40 minutes.
- Turn out pans onto racks, brush top with melted butter.
- Makes 2 loaves.