The Whole Earth Cracked Wheat Bread

Ingredients

• 2 2/3 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups cracked wheat
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 packages yeast
• 2 1/2 cups glutinous flour or 2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
• 3 cups whole wheat flour

Recipe

• 1 pour 2 cups boiling water over the cracked wheat. add the honey reserving 1 teaspoon for later, salt and oil.
• 2 cool.
• 3 dissolve the yeast in 2/3 cup warm water and add the 1 teaspoon honey.
• 4 combine with the cooled cracked wheat mixture. add the flour and mix thoroughly.
• 5 place in a buttered bowl and cover, let rise for 1 hour.
• 6 punch down and let rise for another 30 minutes.
• 7 punch down and turn out on a floured board.
• 8 knead well.
• 9 shape into 2 loaves and place in loaf pans.
• 10 bake at 350 until golden brown.
• 11 check after 30-40 minutes.
• 12 check for doneness by tapping on bottom of loaf, if it sounds hollow, it's done. if not, bake for an additional 5-10 minutes.