My yeast bread recipe

Ingredientes

To make about THREE 1.5lb loaves

• 9 - 9 1/2 cups freshly milled wheat berries (hard red wheat, hard white wheat, or a combination). Mill about 6 cups of wheat berries.

• 3 3/4 cups of water

• 1/2 cup of oil - I prefer to use olive oil

• 1/2 cup of honey

• 3 1/4 tsp of salt

• 2 TB instant yeast (if your dought is warm, active yeast will work as well)

Instructions 

Mill your flour and set aside. If your flour got too warm during the milling process, let it cool down some by mixing it a few times. Using very warm/hot flour will not help your gluten development.

Mix your warm water, oil and honey, then add your flour slowly until mixed well, no need to knead it, just mix until no dry flour is left behind. You want a smooth looking dough, not sticky, not too dry. Let your dough sit for half an hour to one hour.

After resting time has passed, add the salt by sprinkling it and mixing it well into your dough, (yes, it's a lot easier if you have a mixer, but it's doable by hand) after that add the yeast by sprinkling little by littel as well to mix it well into your dough. Kneed your dough until you develop good elasticity, then stop,  so you do not over kneed. Put in a container and cover so it doesn't dry and let it rise until it doubles in size.

After doubled in size, shape your loaves into your pans and let them rise again.

Preheat your oven at 350°F.

Bake for about 35-40 minutes depending on your oven, or until golden brown, or until internal temperature reaches 195°F.

Wait until cools down before you cut it. In my opinion it tastes better the next day!