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I know that it’s late summer and I probably *should* be giving you more last-minute salad recipes and burgers and things of the like.
Luckily, my friend Julia has taken care of that for us. Me? I’m the crazy lady who can’t help but bake bread in the middle of a heat wave.
Someone, commit me.
Actually, you know what? If baking delicious, hearty bread year-round is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
This recipe for Wheat Germ Bread comes straight from Red Star Yeast. To all of my bread-bakers out there – have you tried baking with Red Star Yeast yet? I am kind of a believer in “you get what you pay for” in this world, and I think that’s certainly true of my baking ingredients. Trust me friends – buying high-quality ingredients makes a real difference in your baked goods, and baking with a high-quality yeast really does produce breads that rise more and eliminates a lot of the questioning that can go into baking with yeast.
But back to the bread. There are two ingredients in this recipe that really give it depth and make it different from your average white bread: wheat germ, which gives the bread a subtle nuttiness and great crumb, and molasses, which provides a real depth of flavor (and a lovely color to the finished loaf). This bread is hearty enough to make great toast (perhaps with some homemade Apple Cherry Butter), but still soft enough to use for sandwiches. And to make it even better, there is no kneading involved with this recipe. Yep, that’s right, it is as easy as can be to make.
This may just become your new go-to bread recipe.
Recipe from Red Star Yeast.
Wheat Germ Bread
Ingredients
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Instructions
- In large mixer bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups of the flour, yeast, wheat germ and salt; mix well. Add water, molasses, shortening and egg. Blend at low speed until combined; increase speed to medium and beat 3 minutes.
- Remove bowl from mixer and, by hand, gradually stir in remaining flour about 1/2 cup at a time to make a stiff batter. Cover; let rise until light and doubled, about 1 hour.
- Stir down batter. Spoon into greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan or 2-quart casserole. Cover; let rise in warm place until light, about 45 minutes.
- Near the end of the second rise, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until deep golden brown. Remove from pan and cool on a baking rack.
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Ahh I love no-knead dough, this looks delish and with the addition of molasses it’s a real winner.
Mmmm gimme all that germy bread. It looks scrumdiddlyumptious.
Also, yes. RSY is the BEST for baking. Love it!
I have never had wheat germ bread. I think I need to have this. Seriously. Today, I looked in the fridge and I swear Mike took an entire loaf of bread to school for sandwiches. You cannot leave a carb lover home alone without bread!
Thanks for baking our recipe, Stephie! The apple cherry butter would be a delicious match for this bread. ~Linda@RSY
I <3 RSY. This bread looks fabulous! I need to bake more bread…and this looks like a great place to start.
It’s seriously the easiest bread I’ve baked in a long time. And with such great results! You’ll love it.
There is never a bad time for bread. I looooooove this,
You know I’m making this today so that I can have a piece tomorrow for breakfast before I go to staff meeting. A tummy full of bread makes the world go ’round.
Yum, yum! You’ll need it before staff meeting. *insert emoji frustrated face here*
LOL, I read the first line of your post, and was like “meh, I could really use a loaf of bread” and then read the second line. Seriously over burgers and salad…I could really use a break from things that once had legs and things that are green and leafy. You just gave me a much needed early morning giggle 😉 Your bread is goooooooooooooooooooorgeous! I want a thick slice with some of your apple cherry butter! mmmmm!
I do what I can 😉
Homemade bread is always welcome in my house! 🙂
Girl, you can bake bread any day, any month you want–delicious homemade bread knows no season in my book! Looks fluffy, hearty, and wonderful, and I’m a Red Star devotee too! Cheers to carbs my friend 🙂
Isn’t RSY great? And really – carbs every day!