"Foolproof" Whole Wheat Bread

Recipe:
2 tablespoons dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water (110-115 degrees)
5 cups hot tap water
2 tablespoons salt
2/3 cup oil
2/3 cup honey
12 cups whole wheat flour

Sprinkle yeast in 1/2 cup warm water for 10-15 minutes. (1 tablespoon sugar in yeast helps it to work faster).Combine 5 cups hot tap water with 7 cups whole wheat flour. Mix on low speed until blended. Add salt, oil, and honey. Mix well. Add 1 more cup flour . Add prepared yeast to mixture and blend. Add 3-4 cups more flour. Knead for 10 minutes.Oil hands. Divide dough into fourths. Mold and place in oiled pans. Let it rise until 1/3 more in bulk for about 35 minutes. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from pans and oil tops.

Recipe from The Magic of Wheat Cookery by Lorraine Dilworth Tyler.

Changes:
Halved the recipe. Used 1 cup bread flour, 2 1/4 whole wheat flour and 2 3/4 cups wheat bread flour. 1 1/2 whole wheat, 2 wheat bread first flouring. 1/4 ww and 3/4 wb second flouring and 1 cup bf and 1/2 ww the third.

*Made with 1/2 bread flour and 1/2 whole wheat. turned out great.

**Made into 3 loaves instead of 2. Rose for 1 hr 15 minutes. Cooked at 400 for 10 minutes then 350 for 17- covered loosely in foil.

Review:
Rating 9. Great bread- even better because it is so quick and easy to make!

Next Time:
Simplify flour concoction. Maybe 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 wheat bread flour.

**Rise twice, maybe- or once for 2 hrs.