Pecan Raisin Whole Wheat Bread

Pecan Raisin Whole Wheat Bread

Delicious and healthy

3 cups Water-Luke warm or 3 cups water and

3 Tbs. Yeast

1 teaspoon of honey

Let set until yeast bubbles

add

1/2 cup Coconut oil

½ cup Coconut sugar

1 Tbs. Salt

mix

add

4 T/ Gluten flour

½ cup ground Flax Seed

½ Cup Wheat Germ

1 Cup Raisins

1 Cup chopped pecans

1 Tablespoon Cinnamon

3 cups whole wheat flour

and beat about 5 minutes if you have a Kitchen Aid or other mixer.

Add

about 3-4 cups w.w. flour while running bread mixer, if you have one, or while mixing by hand, add remaining W.W. Flour till dough cleans the side of the pan but just barely to that point. Let it remain very soft. Add more flour if needed.

Knead 5-8 minutes in bread mixer or more by hand until it is soft and smooth.

Put small amount of oil in a large bowl and add the dough. Let it rise until double (in a warm room this may take 30-60 minutes. Punch down and raise again. Then form in loaves,oil board don't flour it unless it is very sticky, put in greased pans and bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Put a small pan of water (I use a mini bread pan) on the shelf under the bread. It keeps the bread from cracking.

This makes 3 large loaves about 1 ¾ pound each