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Whole Wheat Bread Recipe 1932

This is from my grandmother’s 1932 Joy of Cooking cookbook.  It is not in recent versions of the book.  I used to bake and sell this bread.

WHOLE-WHEAT BREAD

1932 Joy Of Cooking (edit)

Makes 2 loaves

Combine:

            6 cups whole-wheat flour

            ¾ cup sugar

            1 ½ tsp. salt

Heat until lukewarm:

            3 cups water

Dissolve in ½ cupful of this:

            1 cake/packet yeast

Add it to the remaining water.  Stir in the dry ingredients

until the dough is well-blended. Put it in a bowl covered

with a cloth in a warm place until it has more than doubled

in bulk (about 1 ½ hours).  Place it in two 5 x 10 inch bread

pans.  Permit it to rise until it has more than doubled in bulk.

Bake it in a hot oven (400 degrees) for 15 minutes, then reduce

the heat to 350 degrees and continue baking until done (about

45 minutes or 1 hour total).  [oven rack in middle of oven]

I tap on the top of the loaves, and if there is a hollow sound

I know the bread is done.  Also, I often have a pan of water on

the lower rack in the oven when the bread is baking.  And, I

use damp paper towels for the cover when the bread is rising

both in the bowl and in the bread pans.  I use the standard

Pyrex glass pans. This recipe assumes a gas stove, so make

the first batch as a test if you have an electric range.