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Easiest Whole Wheat Bread Recipes

August 22, 2019 by Laura Leave a Comment

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After sharing my thoughts about buying a Nutrimill and grinding fresh flour for homemade bread, I thought it would be fun to make a list of the easiest whole wheat bread recipes I love and recommend.

We’ll start from the “hardest” recipe to the easiest – but I put that in quotes because once you get the hang of making bread, it definitely isn’t difficult in the least. Still, you’ll see that the final recipe I share requires no kneading and is so easy that a three-year-old can make it. There’s video to prove it! So I suppose these recipes will go in order of more detailed to practically effortless. And with every recipe, the end result is amazing homemade bread!

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1. Honey Whole Wheat Bread

I first shared this recipe back when my 4th son was little enough to sit on the countertop. He’s taller than me now and has to shave once a week, so that tells you how far our family and this site has come.

Either way, this Honey Whole Wheat Bread recipe is wonderfully delicious, calls for only 6 simple ingredients, and is delightful when made with freshly ground hard white wheat. I highly recommend that you click over to read the recipe and the details as you will find:

A step-by-step guide for making homemade bread
A video showing how to knead bread dough
A video showing how to shape a nice loaf of bread

Get our Honey Whole Wheat Bread recipe here!

2. Monkey Bread

If you want to use the above mentioned Honey Whole Wheat Bread recipe to make cinnamon-sugar rolled Monkey Bread, you should click over to get all the details! Our older four boys were all so small then, helping me and making messes.

Get our Monkey Bread recipe here.

3. Whole Wheat Pita Bread

Want to know how much fun it is to make Pita Bread? You should try this easy recipe! Again, this one calls for just 6 basic ingredients, and it is deliciously fun to watch them puff up in the oven!

Get our Easy Whole Wheat Pita Bread recipe here.

4. Easy Overnight No-Knead Yeast Bread

This is a super fun way to enjoy homemade bread for breakfast without much effort! Mix it up the night before, bake it in the morning. It’s fantastic!

Get our Overnight No-Knead Whole Wheat Bread recipe here.

5. One-Hour Whole Wheat Yeast Rolls

You’re beginning to think I’m lazy, huh? Hey, when we can make homemade bread and rolls without having to break a sweat, who am I to argue? And when we can have homemade rolls in one entire hour without much work? Everyone wins.

Get our One Hour Whole Wheat No-Knead recipe here.

6. Stir-and-Pour Whole Wheat Bread

This is the one I was telling you about earlier – it’s so easy a 3-year old can make it!

I’ve started making this recipe almost exclusively now simply because I don’t have to do any work to have homemade bread for my family! Mix the ingredients, pour it into a baking pan, bake it, and have homemade bread. What could be better or easier?

Get our Stir-and-Pour Whole Wheat Bread recipe here.

More fun Stir-and-Pour bread variations:

As fall approaches, I’m getting pretty excited to start baking again. My family probably won’t mind. ;)

What are your favorite easy bread recipes?

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Is it Worth the Money to Buy a Nutrimill?

August 15, 2019 by Laura 1 Comment

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I’ve had my Nutrimill for 14 years now. Have I used it much during those 14 years? Saved any dough (ha, see what I did there)? Have I found that it is worth the money to buy a Nutrimill?

Is it Worth the Money to Buy a Nutrimill?

Nutrimills cost around $~~249~~ $219 right now. That’s the cost of around 73 loaves of high quality 100% Whole Grain Bread from the store. So is it worth the money to buy a Nutrimill so we can make our bread instead of buying it?

Well, considering that our family can go through at least all 73 of those loaves of bread in just a few months, I’d say yes. Especially when I consider these reasons:

My Homemade Whole Grain Bread only costs around $1.50/loaf.
There are only 5 simple ingredients in my homemade bread, and I have those ingredients on hand all the time for ease.
I can make this Homemade Bread recipe with about 5 minutes of time and effort.
Bread made from freshly ground flour is the most amazing bread on the planet.

So grinding fresh flour in a Nutrimill actually makes our bread healthier, more delicious, and half the price of store-bought.

Is a Nutrimill a Must-Have?

Could I live without my Nutrimill? I guess. Does it save me time in the kitchen? Not really. But do I love having such a great appliance to help me grind fresh grain for our baked goods? Oh my goodness, YES!

I frequently grind hard and soft white wheat in my Nutrimill, which turns out the most delicious flour, which then turns out the most delicious breads, muffins, cakes, cookies, pancakes, and waffles. Now that I’m so used to baking with freshly ground flour, I’d have a hard time turning back. We’re pretty spoiled! ;)

Want more details about using flour ground in a Nutrimill:

Where do I get grain for my Nutrimill?

I order all of mine in bulk from Azure Standard. I keep a supply of Hard White Wheat (for yeast bread) and a supply of Soft White Wheat (for muffins, cookies, and cakes) on hand at all times. Then I grind it ahead and store it in an ice cream bucket in the freezer to pull out and use as needed.

I highly recommend checking to see if Azure Standard is an option near you. I’ve ordered from them for years and would have a hard time getting by without their monthly deliveries!

So is it worth the money to buy a Nutrimill? I say yes! What do you think?

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Stir-and-Pour Honey Oat Bread

November 1, 2018 by Laura 5 Comments

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The day my Whole Wheat Stir-and-Pour Bread turned into this Stir-and-Pour Honey Oat Bread is the day I discovered that my family is spoiled.

Hear me out. My kids and my husband are incredible, fabulous, and godly. They are kind, gentle, and they amaze me on a daily basis. But the day I made this Honey Oat Bread for the first time, they did not blink. They did not flinch. They did not leap off the couch and run to the kitchen the very moment they smelled the deliciousness of homemade bread wafting into the living room.

They did not praise me. They did not admire me. There were no tears of joy in their eyes. Hmmfff.

Y’all, my kids don’t know that homemade bread is amazing. I mean, they know that it is because they love it and enjoy eating it very much. But homemade bread? Meh, it’s just another average Monday. (Simply because it’s so easy to make this bread, I actually have time to do it regularly. You will too. Keep reading!)

I remember once when my kids were little and I told them, “I’m going to give you a special treat this afternoon!” Their eyes lit up with excitement…until later that day when I presented them with a plate of homemade cookies. They saw the “treat” and they were like, “oh.” I mean, they ate them and they loved them. But homemade cookies? Special? We ate those last Thursday.

Now boxed cookies from the store? Now THAT’S a treat. Whatever my dudes.

Here’s the interesting fact. I’m not even the mom who has time to bake bread and cookies much anymore. I’ve bought more un-homemade (but still real) food in the past couple of years than ever before. (Thank you, Mr. Dell’s unprocessed frozen potatoes for being there for me when I need you most.) The only reason I can still make homemade food these days is that I’ve learned the art of barely working and still putting incredible dishes on the table. (I’m looking at you, Simple Recipes.)

And so it is with this Honey Oat Bread. Because of this recipe, your family can be spoiled too! They can become the ones that are so used to eating homemade bread that they no longer realize how amazing it is to be treated with such goodness!

Why? Because anyone in the world can make this bread. It requires measuring, dumping, stirring, pouring, and that’s it. Do no work. Make no mess. Smell homemade bread. Eat homemade bread. Cry tears of joy. Or just sit there unphased, eating fresh, delicious bread because it is, after all, just another average Monday.

Stir-and-Pour Honey Oat Bread

5.0 from 2 reviews

Stir-and-Pour Honey Oat Bread

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Author: Laura

Serves: 1 loaf

Ingredients

3 cups whole wheat flour (I use freshly ground hard white wheat)
1 cup rolled oats
2 teaspoons active rise yeast
2 Tablespoons sucanat or sugar or honey
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 cups warm water
Optional Topping:
2 Tablespoons honey
¼ cup rolled oats

Instructions

Stir all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
Cover and allow dough to sit for 30-45 minutes.
Pour contents into a well-buttered loaf pan.
Heat honey in a small saucepan and drizzle over the unbaked loaf.
Sprinkle ¼ cup oats on top.
Bake in a 350° for 50-60 minutes or until evenly browned.
Allow it to sit in the pan for 15 minutes.
Remove the loaf to let it cool completely before slicing.

It is very worth noting that one of our college-aged sons (who no longer lives at home or eats much homemade food) came home for a haircut on a day I had made homemade bread. His face lit up, and he exclaimed joyfully over the bread on the cutting board. Rest assured, he was sent back to the dorm with a bag of sliced homemade bread and a butter knife.

So make this amazing Stir-and-Pour Oat and Honey Bread. It’s easier to make this bread than it is to go to the store to buy bread. True story.

Disclaimer: No children are actually spoiled in the making of this bread.

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The Most Amazing Peanut Butter Bread! (Naturally grain/gluten and dairy free, with ingredients you already have!)

January 22, 2017 by Laura 52 Comments

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Once upon a time I came across a recipe and thought, “Really? Could it be?” So I blended together peanut butter, honey, eggs, baking soda, and vinegar and made actual bread. It looked like bread and tasted like bread and I was amazed that indeed, it was bread. I was very, very happy. The end.

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So what if I already took a bite out of this piece before I took the picture.
Can you blame me?

Be very, very shocked and amazed with me. We can make actual bread that has no grain, no gluten, and no dairy. The bread tastes delicious and had a wonderful texture! It’s as simple as this Whole Wheat Stir-and-Pour Bread because just like that recipe, we simply stir together the ingredients and pour them into a baking pan. It’s ridiculously easy.

Plus, we add vinegar and baking soda to the mixture, so we get to make a volcano. Who says baking isn’t fun?

I originally saw a recipe like this here. I was skeptical because, well, I’ve made a few grain-free recipes with strange ingredients like this, and while everything would look delicious, it seemed to always taste like a soggy banana. (I’m looking at you so called “Amazing Grain Free, Sugar Free Brownies.”)

I decided to take a chance on this bread recipe though, because of this: I wanted to spread butter on something I could eat. (Regular bread isn’t cooperating with me right now.) I also loved the idea of this bread being chuck full of protein. Peanut butter and eggs? Maybe, just maybe, I could fill the hollow places in my sons’ legs.

Indeed.

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Worried that the taste of peanut butter will overpower the bread? It has a surprisingly mild flavor. In fact, we were all wishing it tasted more peanut-buttery. Either way, just imagine how good this is with butter, jelly, or honey. I prefer it toasted with lots of butter. This probably doesn’t surprise you.

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The Most Amazing Peanut Butter Bread

4.3 from 3 reviews

The Most Amazing Peanut Butter Bread! (Naturally grain/gluten and dairy free!)

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Author: Laura

Serves: 12-16 slices

Ingredients

2 cups natural, unsalted peanut butter
2 teaspoons honey
Pinch of sea salt (omit if your peanut butter is salted)
6 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 Tablespoons white vinegar

Instructions

Mix all ingredients together in a blender or with a hand mixer.
Pour into a well-greased 9x5" loaf pan.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the bread comes out clean.
Allow the bread to sit in the pan for about 10 minutes to cool.
Remove bread from pan and cool on a rack.

Here’s my homemade peanut butter recipe.

Grain Free, High Protein Peanut Butter Bread

After seeing the ingredient list, you might be thinking, “Isn’t this bread kind of expensive?” Sure. It costs more than wheat flour bread. But I think it’s actually saving me money because on mornings I serve it for breakfast, my sons don’t ask for meat. They are full after two slices. Did we ever think we’d see the day?

No matter your diet restrictions or lack thereof, I’d love to convince you to make this Peanut Butter Bread. What do you have to lose? Five minutes?

Ever tried a recipe with weird ingredients that turned out…weird? Do share. I promise this one will pleasantly surprise you!

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Stir-and-Pour Chocolate Swirl Bread

April 21, 2016 by Laura 9 Comments

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Let us not miss the irony of the timing of this post. As you know, I currently have no oven. As great as this Stir-and-Pour Chocolate Swirl Bread recipe is, I cannot bake any right now. I made this last week before my oven died and I’m just now getting around to posting about it.

Chocolate Swirl Bread You though. You probably all have ovens. On behalf of my oven-less self, won’t you please bake this bread for your family? It would make me so happy. (My request is not completely selfish. It should also make you happy. Because chocolate. And homemade bread.)

Side note: I made some measurement adjustments and tried the regular Stir-and-Pour Bread recipe in my crock pot yesterday. I figured if it works to bake quick bread in a crock pot, I could try making a yeast bread. It turned out….not great. I’m determined though. I’m gonna keep tweaking and try again. In the meantime, feel free to make fun of this way too crusty on the outside, weirdly chewy in the middle attempt at crock pot bread…

Crock Pot Bread Fail

But moving on to share how to bake this Stir-and-Pour Chocolate Swirl Bread in an actual oven. This is made in a similar way to the Stir-and-Pour Cinnamon Swirl Bread. Seeing as we don’t have to knead this bread (hallelujah!) it’s a bit hard to actually roll this out and make lovely swirls. I simply layered this bread. I put one-third of the dough into the pan, then spread on 1/2 of the chocolate layer. Then I spread in another third of the bread dough, and spread on the remaining half of the chocolate. Finish by spreading on the last of the bread dough. Bake. Slice. Eat. Appreciate the fact that you have an oven. Amen.

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Stir-and-Pour Chocolate Swirl Bread

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Ingredients

4 cups whole wheat flour (I use freshly ground hard white wheat)
2 teaspoons active rise yeast
2 Tablespoons sucanat or sugar or honey
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 cups warm water
3 Tablespoons honey
2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 Tablespoons milk or water

Instructions

Stir together flour, yeast, sucanat, salt, and water.
Cover and allow it to sit for 30 minutes.
In a small saucepan, cook and stir together the honey, cocoa, and water until smooth.
Remove from heat.
Pour ? of the mixture into a well-buttered loaf pan.
Spread ½ of the chocolate mixture over the dough.
Spread another ? of the dough over the chocolate layer.
Sprinkle remaining ½ of the chocolate mixture over the dough.
Spread remaining dough over the top.
Bake in a 350° for 50-60 minutes or until evenly browned.
Allow it to sit in the pan for 15 minutes.
Remove the loaf to let it cool completely before slicing.

Other Stir-and-Pour Bread variations include:

Raise your hand if you love this Stir-and-Pour Bread and all the greatness it offers!!

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Whole Wheat Stir-and-Pour Sandwich Bread. YES, it works!

October 28, 2015 by Laura 158 Comments

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If you haven’t tried this Whole Wheat Stir-and-Pour Bread yet, I’m here to give you more reasons to make it.

First, you make it exactly like the title implies: You stir the ingredients together, then your pour them into a pan to bake. It is easier than making brownies from a box and it is HOMEMADE BREAD. It makes amazing bread without a mess, without kneading, and without blocking out a four-hour period of time. I am so amazed at this!

Second, it only costs about $1.00 – for 100% whole grain bread with totally pure ingredients. Third, it’s homemade bread, which is obviously delicious so you should need no other reasons to make this, but I’ll give you some anyway. Fourth, anyone can make it. Anyone. Even me, while I’m having a conversation with someone. I know!

Last weekend we had company. We all know I can’t talk and cook at the same time. I always have to either pick very easy meals to make for guests, or make most of the food ahead of time. Otherwise my talker and my thinker blow up all over the kitchen which results in burnt muffins, which doesn’t even matter because I have forgotten to put baking powder in them anyway.

But last weekend, I made this Whole Wheat Stir-and-Pour Bread while having a conversation with my guests that actually made sense. This is monumental.

I’m not sure which is more impressive about this bread recipe:

A three year old can make it.
Laura can make it while talking to guests in her kitchen.

Here, because you need to see this again (click here if this video doesn’t show up for you):

Not to take away from the three year old Cooking Guy, but you really must be impressed with this: Laura can make this bread at the very same time that she is telling a story to her out-of-town guests. You know this is a big deal.

Now, reason number 5 why you should make Whole Wheat Stir-and-Pour Bread and the actual reason I am writing this post:

This recipe makes a great Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread.

After I posted the recipe a couple weeks ago, many of you asked if it could be made into a bigger loaf for sandwiches. I decided to be nice and try it out. After all, I knew that if it didn’t work, I’d only be out about ten minutes of work time and I could use the results to make bread crumbs.

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It works, it works, it works! This recipe makes an amazing loaf of sandwich bread! You are going to love this!

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Pssst!

Your interest in this recipe leads me to believe you like to keep things simple. Oh my stars, you and me both. The simpler the better! Though I don’t like to compromise on nutrition. (Another great thing about this bread recipe!)

To go with this bread, I invite you to join us in enjoying Simple Meals week after week. It saves us all time, money, and energy so we can enjoy nourishing, delicious meals without sacrificing time with family!

Now, back to the bread…

Some tips I’ve learned about varieties of Whole Wheat Stir-and-Pour Bread

You can pour it onto a cookie sheet to bake, which takes a very short time since it is all spread out. (Details here.)
You can pour it into two loaf pans to make small loaves. (Details here.)
Or, you can pour it all into one buttered loaf pan to make one large sandwich loaf. (Love this, love this, love this!! Details below.)

How to make the best Stir-and-Pour Sandwich Bread

Butter your loaf pan well before pouring in the bread mixture.
Bake it at 350° for 50-60 minutes.
Let it sit in the loaf pan for about 15 minutes after it comes out of the oven.
Remove it from the pan after 15 minutes.
Allow it to cool completely before slicing.

All of us love bread right out of the oven, right? I kept trying to slice this bread right away, which resulted in a very messy loaf. Delicious, but messy.

When I let it cool before slicing, this bread becomes magic. It slices like magic. It tastes even better (I’m not sure how). And then it works wonderfully for sandwiches.

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As much as I love my old recipe for Honey Whole Wheat Bread, I will probably never make it again. Why would I, when the Stir-and-Pour Bread is just as delicious and forty times easier and faster? And it works better for sandwiches! Please try making this bread. I’ve said it before and I will say it again: this bread will change your life.

Easy Stir and Pour Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread

I originally posted this recipe here, and I encourage you to read through it for more specifics. But I will post the recipe again with the details of making it into one sandwich loaf. This is my way of saying: GO MAKE THIS BREAD! ALL OF YOU! ANYONE CAN DO THIS!

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Whole Wheat Stir-and-Pour Sandwich Bread

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

1 hour

Total time

1 hour 10 mins

Author: Laura

Serves: 1 loaf

Ingredients

4 cups whole wheat flour (I use freshly ground hard white wheat)
2 teaspoons active rise yeast
2 Tablespoons sucanat or sugar or honey
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 egg (optional)
¼ cup heavy cream (optional)
2 cups warm water

Instructions

Stir all ingredients together.
Cover and allow it to sit for 30 minutes.
Pour contents into a well-buttered loaf pan.
Bake in a 350° for 50-60 minutes or until evenly browned.
Allow it to sit in the pan for 15 minutes.
Remove the loaf to let it cool completely before slicing.

Tell me if you’ve made this recipe already! Love it?? Go get out your mixing bowls. Your life is about to change.

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Mom, I Think Your Yeast is Ready

November 16, 2013 by Laura 1 Comment

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Recently when I was making a batch of Honey Whole Wheat Bread, I mixed the yeast, water, and honey in a jar. Then I walked away and got distracted by any number of activities that may have included helping to solve a math problem, answering a knock on the door, or switching a load of laundry.

In the back of my mind, I knew I was in the middle of baking bread, but it’s really amazing how time flies while yeast is activating in a jar. One of my boys finally noticed the growing monster on our kitchen counter and announced with a grin, “Mom, I think your yeast is ready.”

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Oh yeah, ya think? Sure enough, I do believe that mixture is alive and active and ready to be added to the rest of the bread ingredients. As you can imagine, my bread dough rose really well that day. I do believe I will forget I’m baking bread more often.

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