Mad Dog’s Ultimate Whole Wheat Semolina Bread

Total Time: 2 hrs 58 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 23 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups bread flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup semolina flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon yeast
• 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter (melted)
• 1 1/3 cups water (heated to 120 f)

Recipe

• 1 proof yeast with 1 cup of water that has had the honey mixed into it for ten minutes.
• 2 sift flours (bread, whole wheat & semolina) and salt together into mixing bowl.
• 3 mix flour combination with the melted butter.
• 4 mix flour combination with proofed yeast and additional water until a dough ball is formed.
• 5 knead dough for ten minutes.
• 6 place dough into a buttered bowl, cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm, draft free place (i heat oven to 115ºf and then turn it off) at least one hour until dough doubles in size.
• 7 punch down the dough, form it into a loaf and place in a buttered metal bread loaf pan (big one as this makes a big loaf).
• 8 let loaf rise a second time (at least one hour or until loaf doubles in size) in a draft free warm place (i put into the microwave and leave it uncovered.).
• 9 bake bread in a preheated 375ºf oven for 35 minutes until bread reaches an internal temperature of 180-200ºf.
• 10 turn bread out of pan and let cool on rack.