Cracked Wheat Bread (breadmaker or oven)

Most bread recipes are pretty close to pantry-friendly already, and this one was no different.  (Yay!) This recipe uses cracked wheat (remember the health benefits of wheat?), and I really love the convenience of using a breadmaker!  (If you don't have a breadmaker, I'll include directions for oven-baking, too.) 

If you've cracked your own wheat for the "cracked wheat" part of this recipe, you may have a handful of uncracked wheat berries scattered throughout.  If you like breads with seeds and nuts, you'll like the crunchy bits of large, partially-cracked wheat berries in your bread.  If you don't, I suggest making sure you take out any uncracked or large pieces of wheat berries from the 1/2 c. cracked wheat this recipe calls for. 

This is a yummy bread, and I found I liked the texture with the few partially-cracked wheat berries!

CRACKED WHEAT BREAD (BREADMAKER)

PREP TIME:  5-10 minutes
COOK TIME:  about 3 hours, or whatever time is listed for your particular breadmaker for a 1-lb loaf (Note: My breadmaker only has 1.5-lb. and 2-lb. settings, so I used the 1.5-lb. one and it was just fine.)

INGREDIENTS

• 11 oz. water
• 1  1/2 tsp. salt
• 1  1/2 Tbsp. butter flavor Crisco (original recipe:  1  1/2 Tbsp. butter)
• 2 Tbsp. honey
• 2  1/4 c. white flour or bread flour
• 1  1/4 c. whole wheat flour
• 1/2 c. cracked wheat
• 2  1/4 tsp. active dry yeast

DIRECTIONS

Place ingredients in a bread machine and use the 1-lb. loaf setting (or 1.5-lb. if needed).  Alternatively:  mix ingredients well, knead for 2 minutes, and place dough in a greased loaf pan.  Let rise 1 hour, then bake at 400* for 35 minutes.  

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