I love using my bread maker and trying a variety of bread machine recipes.
It is easy to have wonderful homemade bread at any time with the easy to use machines that are available now.
This is one of the nicest honey wheat bread machine recipes, not too sweet, but just enough to balance the whole wheat flavor. It is a great bread recipe for toast or sandwiches.
If you have wanted to make homemade bread in a bread machine, but dreaded the odd shaped loaves that result, not to worry.
The new machines give you a nice regular shaped loaf, so it’s easier to make sandwiches and you aren’t struggling with huge pieces of bread.
A great alternative is to make the dough in the machine, then bake it in regular loaf pans in the oven.
All bread machines are not alike. It is important to always put the ingredients into the machine in the order called for by the manufacturer to ensure the bread bakes properly. For that reason my instructions for making the bread are short.
I have a recipe for a 1 pound loaf as well as a 1 1/2 pound loaf. Use whatever recipe works best in your machine.
For a 1 1/2 pound loaf:
3/4 cup milk
6 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons honey
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
3/4 cup white bread flour
1 tablespoon yeast
Honey Wheat Bread Machine Bread
Ingredients
For a 1 pound loaf of bread:
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup bread flour, white
- 2 teaspoons yeast
Instructions
- Put the ingredients into your bread maker in the order specified by the manufacturer's instructions. Set the machine for whole wheat bread and medium crust.
- Now, just press the start button and wait for your kitchen to begin to smell heavenly.
- Each recipe makes one loaf of bread.
Nutrition
Note:
- Canadian all purpose flour is made of a harder wheat than American flour. For that reason Canadians can use all purpose flour instead of specific bread flour or bread machine flour in this recipe. Try it both ways and see if there is a difference for you. Sorry, but I don’t know the texture of the wheat in other locations.
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Trying this recipe today. QUESTION. Why is the sugar necessary? Just curious and can more honey be used? Thanks so much.
I am not an ace baker Cheryl so I am probably not the best one to answer this one, but you will find a touch of sugar in many bread recipes. I think it helps the yeast. Adding more honey might not work as it will add more liquid to the dough. Leave out the sugar if you want.
Karen
Can you use silk almond milk in this recipe. Thank You
Sorry, George, but I am not sure. I haven’t used almond milk in a bread recipe. I’d say give it a try but I’m not sure how it will turn out.
Karen
CAN YOU USE RASINS OR CHOPPED DATES (RASIN BREAD) WITH THIS RECIPE???? THANK YOU
Yes you can George. Just follow the directions on your particular bread maker about when to add them.
Are you using Instant Yeast or Active Dry Yeast??
Hi Donna.
I use the yeast that is specifically for bread machines, although I haven’t made it in a while.
Karen
Love the recipe, I mix it in my bread machine then transfer it to rise and bake in another pan. Perfect!
Thanks for letting me know. I always love hearing feedback from people like you who have used the recipes.
Karen
At what temperature and for how long do you bake it?
It is a recipe designed to go into a bread machine. The machine automatically bakes the bread so there is no need to bake it in the oven. I hope this clarifies.
I added 2 TBSP of vital gluten to this recipe.
It made super delicious sandwich bread. Will definitely make another loaf today!!
This is my go-to bread, and I always have a loaf at hand for my breakfast toast. Just enough honey flavor without being too sweet! (I do leave out the extra sugar and it turns out just fine.) Highly recommended!
My very first laof collapse. I worried about 4tsp of yeast. It was too much I believe. Disappointed.
I’m sorry that happened Sherry. I haven’t heard of that happening before and many people have tried the recipe. Karen
Here are comments transferred over from the older version of the site:
Love This Recipe
by Brenda
(Grande Prairie AB Canada)
I made this bread for the first time yesterday and it turned out wonderful. Thank you for posting such a delicious bread recipe!
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Honey Wheat Bread Machine Recipe Comment
by Crystal M.
(Alberta, Canada)
The bread was really good, although the recipe for a 1.5 pound loaf was way to big for my machine. The dough pressed right up against the top “look through” part and I thought it was never going to stop rising, it didn’t bake fully on the end that was pressed up against the top, but I told my husband to use it for toast.
I have a machine that you can set your loaf for 1.5 pound or 2 pound, and I’m thinking if I make the 1.5 pound recipe again , I will set my machine for “2 pound” bake setting. I’m going to try the 1 pound recipe today and set my machine for 1.5 pound bake setting. Hope it works 🙂