the best wheat bread for the zojirushi

well, at least the best one I’ve made so far. The 1/2 and 1/2 recipe they have in the zojirushi bread machine cook book is pretty good but I think this honey wheat bread beats it out. It’s soft, the crumb is tight, it slices well and has just enough wheat to be healthy but not overpowering. I wouldn’t say it makes a great sandwich bread without toasting but I toast most things including sandwiches.

couple slices of that sweet wheat, pre buttering.

I use the zojirushi bread maker but I assume you could use it for other bread machines. this has inspiration from another bread machine wheat recipe but I changed a few things. Added flour, dry milk, heat and rise time. Reduced salt, butter, yeast. I adjusted some based on taste and others based on convenience (no 3/4 teaspoons of anything).

Custom Cycle

10 Min Heat, 30 min Kneading, 20 min 1st rise, 60 min 2nd rise, 60 min bake.

315 grams of water

78 grams of honey

350 grams of bread flour

125 grams of whole wheat flour

1 ½ t salt (prefer diamond crystal)

2 TB dry milk powder

2 TB Butter

1 1/2 t yeast

Let me know what you think if you give it a try: