Fresh and Sweet Slow Cooker Wheat Bread
Treat your family to this Fresh and Sweet Slow Cooker Wheat Bread. It bakes to perfection right in your slow cookers, and it only takes three hours. This bread recipe has a flavor that goes along perfectly with peanut butter and jelly for fresh sandwiches. You can also slice your loaf for bread with butter at dinner, This is one of those simple slow cooker recipes you'll have to keep around for a special treat every once in a while. Enjoy this delicious homemade bread!
Serves6
Preparation Time15 min
Slow Cooker Time HIGH3 hr
Ingredients
- 1 cup milk
- 3 cup cold water
- 1 cup dark molasses
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 teaspoon dry yeast (1 package)
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon milk (optional)
Instructions
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In a small saucepan combine 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 cup cold water; bring to boil. Remove from heat and add molasses, brown sugar, butter and salt; whisk well, then cool to lukewarm.
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In a large mixing bowl combine warm water and yeast; whisk until dissolved. Add lukewarm milk mixture.
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Beat in all-purpose flour, one cup at a time. Add whole wheat flour, one cup at a time until the dough is sticky.
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Set slow cooker on high and let preheat. Grease a 9" loaf pan. Fill the loaf pan halfway with dough, and pound down until even. Brush the top of dough with remaining milk if you'd like, though this brushing is optional.
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Place a trivet in bottom of your slow cooker. Then place the loaf pan on trivet, and cover, loosely, with tin foil, to prevent condensation from dripping on bread. Cover the slow cooker with lid and cook for 3 hours on high.
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Test bread readiness by thumping with fingers. It should sound hollow. Remove the bread from loaf pan and place it on a wire rack to cool.