This Organic Honey Whole Grain Bread Recipe make a delicious hearty loaf that is perfect with a hot bowl of soup
Have you made any resolutions yet? If you made one to eat a little bit better, you’re going to love this Organic Honey Whole Grain Bread Recipe!
The holidays are behind us once again, and it’s time for this month’s BreadBaker’s group event. Our host this month is the very talented Pavani, the creator behind Cook’s Hideout. Pavani very appropriately chose our theme this month, “Start the new year with a healthy Bread”.
I love making bread with so many mixins. By mixins, I mean nuts, spices, fruits, seeds, the list goes on. I guess I just can’t leave well enough alone. Question, what does “well enough” mean? What if someone never put cinnamon and sugar in the humble roll? Where would we be without cinnamon rolls![Tweet “Healthy Bread #recipes from #BreadBakers! #homemadebread”]
In this recipe, I used my own Whole Grain Bread Blend that I recently shared. This blend resembles one that I used to buy. I also wanted to use whole grain flours. Wheat is amazing but last year I experimented a lot with spelt. Both as flour for baking bread and the actual grain in our dinner dishes. We really love it.
Some people think that bread that’s good for you tastes like cardboard. Not this one, it is one slightly sweet nutty loaf using only whole grains and no refined sugar. It’s a hearty loaf that would probably take over if used in a sandwich unless sliced thin. I served it with some homemade soup and we loved it.
Don’t have time to make it now? Pin it for later!
Organic Honey Whole Grain Bread Recipe – #BreadBakers
Ingredients
- 2-1/4 tsps instant yeast
- 1-1/2 cups warm water
- 1/3 cup honey
- 2 tbs canola or vegetable oil
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 to 1-1/2 cups spelt flour
- 1-1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/3 cup Organic Whole Grain Bread Blend
- 2 tbs hemp hearts optional
Instructions
- In a small bowl or the bowl of an electric stand mixer, combine honey, vegetable oil, yeast and warm water. Let sit while you combine dry ingredients.
- In a large bowl combine whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup spelt flour, salt, organic whole grain bread blend and hemp hearts. Whisk to combine.
- If using an electric stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, mix wet ingredients together. On low, gradually add dry ingredients. Add additional spelt flour 1/2 cup at a time until the dough comes away from the sides of the bowl. The dough will be wet but not overly sticky. Continue to mix for 4 minutes.
- Oil a large bowl and pat the dough into a ball. Put into the bowl turning once to oil both sides. Cover with plastic wrap and place the bowl in a warm area. Also to rise until doubled, approximately 1-1/2 hours.
- Shape into a sandwich loaf and put the dough into a 9x5 oiled loaf pan. Spray or brush the top lightly with oil. Cover the dough until it just peaks the pan, approximately 1 hour.
- Carefully remove the plastic wrap and bake in a 350°F oven for 35-45 minutes or until dough measures 185°F to 190°F with an instant-read thermometer.
- Remove bread from the pan immediately and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack before cutting.
Notes
Nutrition
This bread is a regular in my house. Here are a few more that I bake on a regular basis!
Honey-Oat Pain De Mie Bread Recipe
Delicious Harvest Grains Bread Recipe
Simple Rustic Loaf
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Check out the Healthy Bread that our fellow #BreadBakers have baked this month:
- Amaranth Flatbread from Mayuri’s Jikoni
- Beet Rye Bread from What Smells So Good?
- Blueberry Almond Bread from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
- Brain Booster Pancakes from A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Chocolate Banana Flax Almond Meal Muffins from Spill the Spices
- Eggless Whole Wheat Brioche Buns from Gayathri’s Cook Spot
- Grain-free Nutty Carrot Flatbread from A Baker’s House
- Healthier Applesauce Spice Bread from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Healthy Whole Grain Bread from The Bread She Bakes
- Honey Almond Brioche from Kidsandchic
- Honey Oatmeal Bread from Food Lust People Love
- Multigrain Pesto Swirl Bread from Herbivore Cucina
- Oatmeal Crispbread (Oatmeal Knäckebröd) from Baking Sense
- Organic Honey Whole Grain Bread from Hostess At Heart
- Quick Whole Wheat Bread from Ambrosia
- Spiced Besani Paratha from Sneha’s Recipe
- Sprouted Wheat Bread from Palatable Pastime
- Sweet Potato Bread with Honey from The Wimpy Vegetarian
- Sweet Potato Millet Bread from The Schizo Chef
- Ten Grain No Knead Bread from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Whole Wheat Carrot Apple Walnut Quickbread from A Salad For All Seasons
- Whole Wheat White Bean Bread from Cooks Hideout
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We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to [email protected].
Chef Mireille says
I’ve never before baked with spelt flour – that is next on my list
Julie Menghini says
I really like it Mireille! Thank you for stopping by.
Mayuri Patel says
Such a beautiful loaf, love adding honey to wholewheat flour. Must try using spelt too.
Julie Menghini says
Thank you so much Mayuri!
[email protected] says
This bread sounds great! I have been wanting to experiment with spelt flour for awhile, but have not gotten up the nerve to do so. I am more inclined to try it now that your bread turned out so nicely! Thank you for sharing!
Julie Menghini says
Thank you so much, Jenny! Elaine (Foodbod) has some amazing spelt bread recipes too. I love the grain in dishes too.
Wendy Klik says
What a wonderful loaf….just beautiful.
Julie Menghini says
Thank you, Wendy!
rocio says
Looks delcious your bread. I love use whole grain to make it
Julie Menghini says
Thank you so much! I love sneaking in whole grains when I can and I love their flavor too.
sneha datar says
Wonderfully baked bread … I got hold of spelt flour , must try this recipe, bookmarking it..
Julie Menghini says
Thank you Sneha! We really like spelt flour.
Sarah Reid, CNP (@jo_jo_ba) says
Can’t waiit to try this! A coworker of mine just gave me some of her backyard honey 🙂
Julie Menghini says
Oh Sarah was a wonderful gift. We use a lot of honey and I just love it.
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Julie Menghini says
Thank you, Christina! I will take a look at your blog. If you haven’t heard of www.fiestafriday.net take a look at that as well. There are a lot of wonderful bloggers there that you can connect with and get to know.
Sarah says
Wow, this looks incredible! I love all your breads, but especially this one.
Julie Menghini says
Thank you Sarah! I really appreciate that!
Pavani says
That is such a hearty and delicious looking bread. Amazing clicks.
Julie Menghini says
Thank you, Pavani! It was the perfect theme for the New Year! Thank you for hosting it!
[email protected] says
Such a wonderful loaf you got there Julie. Loved every bit of it. Bookmarked to make this one soon!
Julie Menghini says
Thank you Smruti! There are so many wonderful submissions this month! I want to make them all.
Judith Graber says
Another great looking bread Julie. I wish I could have fresh bread with all of the homemade soup I have been making 🙂
Julie Menghini says
I know Judi! That’s just the best combination in the world.
pattisj says
It certainly looks good from here!
Julie Menghini says
Thank you Patti!
Cindy @CindysRecipesAndWritings says
I agree Julie, where would we be without cinnamon and sugar? So many great ideas for combos for bread out there. Keep experimenting!
Julie Menghini says
Thank you, Cindy! You too!!
Lorinda - The Rowdy Baker says
What a wonderful loaf of bread! I pinned it, and this is one recipe that won’t be left languishing on my Pinterest board. I love adding lots of goodies to my whole grain bread too, and having the mixture on hand would be a real time saver.
Julie Menghini says
Thank you, Lorinda! I appreciate you sharing and hope you’ll let me know how it comes out.
Karen says
Julie, this bread sounds and looks amazing. I love that you incorporated spelt. Sounds delicious.
Julie Menghini says
Thank you, Karen! I love these challenges because it makes me try new things too.
Loretta says
There you have it again Julie! Love it, like I said in your last post….. we need a field trip to Nebraska to learn all the tips and tricks to bread making from the Bread Diva herself 🙂 Not sure if you read my suggestion in your last post 🙂
Julie Menghini says
Thank you Loretta! My door is always open and we would have a great time wouldn’t we?
[email protected] says
Your bread looks amazing, it’s healthy and I’m sure it is delicious! Organic whole grain, honey and spelt – what’s not to like?
Julie Menghini says
Thank you Ana!