My Honey Wheat Bread

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups hot water
1 tsp. salt
1/3 cup olive oil
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
1 egg yolk
4 1/2 cups fresh milled flour (I use 2 cups hard red, 1 cup hard white which equals 4 1/2 cups of flour)
1 T. vital wheat gluten
1 T. instant yeast
Directions
Add all ingredients in order to mixer bowl except yeast.  Create a hollow in the flour and add yeast.  Blend until ingredients are just mixed and let sit for 10-15 minutes.

Mix again for 1-2 minutes, then let sit again for 10-15 minutes.  Repeat one more time.  

Remove from mixer and place on a lightly oiled surface.  Lightly oil hands and knead until smooth and supple.  Lightly oil a bowl and place dough in.  Cover with a lightly oiled saran wrap and let dough rise for about 1 hour or until doubled.

Punchdown lightly, place into a 9x5 loaf pan.  Cover with a lightly oiled saran wrap and let rise until about 1 inch over rim of pan.

Towards end of second rise, preheat oven to 350.  Bake for 30-40 minutes or until internal temp of 190.  Tent with foil if starting to brown too much.
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