Whole-Wheat Sandwich Bread

Name: Whole-Wheat Sandwich Bread
Yield: Makes 2 loaves
Ingredients: 2 cups (11 ounces/312 grams), bread flour; 1 cup (8 ounces/227 grams), warm water (100-110 degrees); 1/2 teaspoon, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 3 cups (16 1/2 ounces/468 grams), whole-wheat flour, plus extra for kneading; 1/2 cup, wheat germ (see note); 2 cups (16 ounces), whole milk; 1/4 cup, honey; 4 teaspoons, table salt; 2 tablespoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 2 tablespoons, vegetable oil; , Bread flour for work surface

Desserts or Baked Goods
Sandwiches
Breads

Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2011, America's Test Kitchen TV

Most whole-wheat breads are either squat bricks or dressed-up white bread. We wanted hearty yet light-textured sandwich loaf that really tasted like wheat.

SERVES Makes 2 loaves

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 10½ hours resting and 2 hours cooling

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