Honey Wheat Bread

I love this recipe so much that I actually shared the link to it before I made my blog post about it!

I made this Honey Wheat Bread for Easter and took it to a friend's home for Easter dinner. They were just as amazed as we were that bread can be made in the crockpot. Even better, they really liked it!

 

Mix together 2/3 c. powdered milk with 2 c. warm water.

Don't make the water too warm or you will kill the yeast.

Add the following to the milk mixture:

1/4 c. honey

3/4 tsp. salt

2 Tbsp. oil

1 pkg. active dry yeast

2 Tbsp. flax seed (optional, but I added them)

and 1/2 of the flour (You will need 3 c. wheat flour and 1 c. white flour)

I added 2 c. wheat flour.

Mix together the ingredients in the bowl.

Add the remaining flour, in my case 1 c. wheat flour and 1 c. white flour.

I had to knead it together a little at the end, but Brent didn't on Sunday when he made it.

Spray the slow cooker with cooking spray.

Add the dough to the crockpot.

I pressed mine in a bit to make it more even on top.

Cook on High for 2 - 2 1/2 hours.

I would say 2 hours and 10 minutes is perfect.

Mine cooked the full 2 1/2 hours today and one section was very hard.

Here is the final bread loaf!

It's normal bread, not like a banana bread texture.

Doesn't it look tasty?

I also had some with raspberry jam and that was fabulous.

I LOVE this recipe! I never would have imagined you could make bread in a crockpot. When I saw this recipe I knew I had to try it out. I'm glad I did. I think this will forever be a staple in our home :)