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 Fresh whole wheat bread with roasted tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and arugula | I had a lonely, neglected breadmaker that sadly languished for years in our pantry. We've reunited and it has my undying gratitude. Who knew breadmaking could be a 10-minute process? While I'll still buy specialty bread, like my favorite Safeway Asiago, I may never go back to buying 'regular' bread. Homemade is cheaper and tastes better, and is no more difficult than cooking rice.
I'm not exactly sure if all breadmakers have a standard 'large' and 'small' loaf size, so please keep that in mind with this recipe. With my breadmaker, this makes a "large" 1 1/2 pound loaf of bread. While I like the health benefits, 100% whole wheat is a little too dense for our taste. This balance of whole wheat and white keeps the whole wheat texture while still retaining some of the fluffiness of white or French bread.
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Measure ingredients precisely, even using a knife to level off. Put ingredients into the bread container in the exact order listed. This is Very Important. Snap the bread container into the breadmaker, close the lid and then plug it in.
Select "Whole Wheat" for bread type. Select "Medium" for crust color. Do not select "Rapid" for cycle time. Select "Large" for size and then press start. I don't use the "delay" function.
Go off, take a shower, go to work, have a party, paint your nails, whatever. 4 hours later, you have bread.
My bread machine has a cool down cycle, but I usually take it out as soon as it's done. Dump it out of the trough and let it cool for about 10 minutes before you try to cut it.
Select "Whole Wheat" for bread type. Select "Medium" for crust color. Do not select "Rapid" for cycle time. Select "Large" for size and then press start. I don't use the "delay" function.
Go off, take a shower, go to work, have a party, paint your nails, whatever. 4 hours later, you have bread.
My bread machine has a cool down cycle, but I usually take it out as soon as it's done. Dump it out of the trough and let it cool for about 10 minutes before you try to cut it.
