Best Whole Wheat Bran Bread Recipes

WHOLE WHEAT BRAN BREAD

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine 1 cup water and milk; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in the cereal, butter, molasses, sugar and salt. Cool to lukewarm. Heat remaining water to 110°-115°; pour into a large bowl. Sprinkle with yeast; stir until dissolved. Add cereal mixture and whole wheat flour; beat well. Add enough all-purpose flour to make a stiff dough. Turn out onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch the dough down. Shape into two loaves and place in greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Bake at 400° for 25-30 minutes.

WHOLE WHEAT WITH OAT BRAN BREAD

Steps:

• Measure ingredients in order listed into bread machine pan.
• I use a Grain setting and for 1 1/2 pound loaf.
• If the dough seems too dry when first mixing I add 1 T.
• coffee or water.

WHOLE-WHEAT BRAN BREAD RISNEY-MANNING

Steps:

• In a bowl combine the bran, the flour, the salt, the baking soda, and the brown sugar. In another bowl stir together the buttermilk and the molasses, stir the mixture into the flour mixture until the batter is combined well, and stir in the raisins. Spoon the batter into a lightly greased loaf pan, 8 by 4 by 3 inches, and bake it in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until the bread sounds hollow when tapped. Let the bread cool in the pan on a rack for 15 minutes, invert it onto the rack, and let it cool completely.

WHOLE WHEAT BRAN BREAD

Steps:

• In a sauce pan combine 1 cup water and milk, bring to a boil.
• Stir in cereal, sugar, salt, margarine and molasses.
• Let cereal mixture cool until lukewarm.
• Measure 1/2 cup warm (105°-115°F) water into a large warm bowl.
• Sprinkle yeast into the warm water, stir until dissolved.
• Add the warm cereal mixture and whole wheat flour to the yeast; beat until smooth.
• Add enough white flour to make a stiff dough.
• Turn dough onto a lightly floured board, and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes (dough should be slightly sticky).
• Place dough in a greased bowl, turning the dough to grease the top.
• Cover bowl, and place in a warm draft free place to rise until doubled in bulk (about 1 hour).
• Punch dough down.
• Turn dough onto a lightly floured board and divide dough in half.
• Roll each half into a 12 x 8-inch rectangle.
• Starting with the 8-inch side, roll the dough up like you would for a jelly roll.
• Place each rolled loaf into a greased 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2-inch loaf pan.
• Cover pans and let rise in a warm draft free place until doubled (about 1 hour).
• Bake in a preheated 400°F oven for about 30 minutes, or until done (loaves should sound hollow when lightly tapped).
• Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.

WHOLE-WHEAT AND BRAN BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Spray round baking dish with nonstick vegetable cooking spray.2. In a large bowl, mix the flour, bran, baking soda, cream of tarter and salt.3. Make a well in the middle and pour in the buttermilk and oil. Mix quickly with a rubber scraper until flour disappears, folding dough with a kneading motion.4. Shape a round loaf slightly domed in the middle, about 6 1/2 inch in diameter. Place in baking dish. With a knife, cut a cross on the top from one side of the loaf to the other (to help prevent bread from cracking).5. Bake at 425°F for 25 minutes. Lower the heat to 350°F for 10 minutes longer or turn heat off and finish cooking on heat stored in oven. Bread is done if it sounds hollow when tapped.EXCHANGES1 Starch/BreadNUTRITION FACTSCalories 65Total Fat 1 gram Saturated Fat traceCholesterol 1 milligramSodium 115 milligrams (without added salt 58 milligrams)Total Carbohydrate 11 grams Dietary Fiber 2 gramsProtein 3 grams