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Whole Wheat French Bread Recipe

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Whole Wheat French Bread Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + rising Bake: 40 min.

Yield: 32 Servings

25 40 65

Ingredients

5 to 5-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups stone-ground whole wheat flour
2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
2-1/2 cups water
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon butter
Yellow cornmeal
1 egg white, beaten
1 tablespoon water

Directions

Combine the flours. In a large bowl, combine 3 cups flour mixture and the yeast. Set aside. Heat water, sugar, salt and butter to 115°-120°. Add to flour and yeast. Beat with on low speed for 30 seconds; increase speed to medium and beat 3 additional minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place dough in a greased bowl; cover and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
Punch dough down; divide in half and let rest 10 minutes. Roll each half into a 15-in. x 12-in. rectangle. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with the long side. Pinch seal and turn ends under to form a smooth loaf. Sprinkle two baking sheets with cornmeal and place each loaf, seam side down, on a greased baking sheet. Make slashes every 2-1/2 in. in the top of each loaf. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
Beat egg white and water; brush some over loaves. Refrigerate remaining mixture. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes. Brush again with egg white mixture and bake 15-20 minutes longer or until golden brown. Remove pans to wire racks to cool. Yield: 2 loaves.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 slice) equals 102 calories, 1 g fat (trace saturated fat), 1 mg cholesterol, 227 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Whole Wheat French Bread in Country Extra September 1991, p45

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Reviewed on Mar. 02, 2012 by rec-chef

I halved this recipe, I didn't want to go to the store soooo, I went to TOH lol this bread is wonderful! Loved it. I used half flour and half whole wheat white flour. Great bread! Thank you

Reviewed on Jun. 22, 2011 by bfarrar

Everyone that tried this bread loved it! I used mostly freshly ground whole wheat flour. Next time, I'll try it with all whole wheat flour.

Reviewed on Jun. 22, 2011 by bfarrar

Everyone that tried this loved it! I made it with mostly fresh ground wheat flour. Next time, I'll make it with all wheat flour.

Reviewed on May. 20, 2011 by littlegoatie

Wonderful bread with a great chewy texture and crisp crust. I baked my loaves on a pizza stone at 450 F to add to the crust, but I don't think this is necessary as they have such a great flavor. My mom and I ate half of the recipe ourselves with butter. Enough said.

Reviewed on Jan. 04, 2010 by lovetoquilt

This was an easy bread recipe and it make wonderfully crusty bread that was great with soup. I used the same recipe for pizza dough the next day by just letting the dough rise once. We loved it!

Reviewed on Oct. 28, 2009 by Cathy Stanners

Beautiful firm texture; excellent taste; recipe requested by the guests