Best Home-made Bread. The Best Rye Bread This gorgeous rye bread has just a touch of sweetness and the perfect amount of caraway seeds. With a crusty top and firm texture, it holds up well to sandwiches, but a pat of butter will do the job, too. —Holly Wade, Harrisonburg, Virginia It is best to keep the bread unsliced until you are ready to eat. This is will help the bread last longer. Best Home-made Bread

You can have Best Home-made Bread using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Best Home-made Bread
  1. It’s 3 tbsp of yeast.
  2. You need 2 1/2 tbsp of honey (or 3 tbs white sugar).
  3. Prepare 1 cup of warm water.
  4. Prepare 3 of eggs.
  5. It’s 3/4 cup of melted coconut oil (or canola, vegetable, or olive oil).
  6. Prepare 5 cup of warm water.
  7. Prepare 6 cup of whole wheat flour.
  8. You need 2 tbsp of salt.
  9. It’s 6 cup of white flour (6+ cups).
  10. Prepare 1 cup of shredded flax seeds.

Dust the bread with flour for a rustic look and chewy crust; Brush with melted butter for a softer crust and appearance; Brush with egg to get a shiny brown crust **If you want to add seeds to the bread, any of the wet methods will help the seeds stick to the bread. THIS is the BEST bread recipe I've ever made! It's chewy, soft, buttery and perfect. Thank you so much for sharing!

Best Home-made Bread step by step

  1. Mix yeast, honey and 1 cup warm water. Let stand for 10 minutes..

  2. Add flax seeds, eggs, and oil and mix well..

  3. Add 5 cups of warm water and whole wheat flour. Mix well..

  4. Add salt and mix well..

  5. Add white flour one cup at a time, mixing well each time. Add flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl and is soft and kneadable..

  6. Take dough and divide into six equal sections. Form a loaf with each section..

  7. Place loafs in oiled loaf pans and poke a few holes in a nice pattern with a knife (this allows the dough to rise without forming air pockets)..

  8. Cover with clean towel and let rise until at least doubled their size in a warm place. (Letting them sit for 7-10 minutes in the oven on "warm" setting, covered with a towel, will help them rise better). After the 7-10 minutes take them out and let them rise on the counter until they are the appropriate size..

  9. Bake at 350°F until golden brown..

  10. I always mix and knead the dough in my Bosch machine and then bake in the oven. Much easier and yields much fluffier bread..

  11. After the bread is baked, take them out of the pans immediately and let cool. Slice the bread. Place loafs in ziploc bags. Because this recipe yields 6 loafs, I usually freeze 5 and just take them out as needed, defrosting and storing them in the refrigerator. Pop them in the toaster and they still taste fresh as ever. :).

I'm so happy to hear that, Misty!! I'm so glad you liked the recipe, thank you for letting me know! This bread recipe was adapted from an early bread machine recipe. I have made changes over the years, some by suggestions of my wife. I do believe everybody smells my bread when it comes out of the oven, because here they come they all want hot bread and butter.