Best 3 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 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.