Amish Honey Wheat Bread Recipe

Easy Amish Homemade Bread

The aroma of Amish honey wheat bread baking in the oven is enough to make anyone hungry. And it's so delightful to the taste buds when you get to enjoy that fresh, warm piece of homemade bread, slathered with butter and honey!

There are six of us in our home, and the first loaf is usually gone within the first half-hour out of the oven because no one can stop with only one piece.

Amish Wheat Bread

Among the many traditions of the Amish, a big one is to cook and bake their food from scratch. And also to grow as much of your own food as possible. The women spend a lot of time in the garden and the kitchen preparing food for their families.

Bread is a staple in many Amish homes. I guess because it's a good filler for a hard-working family, and it tends to keep you full longer than some foods.

We didn't usually eat snacks between meals, so we wanted to fill up at mealtime. And when you're out working on the farm, you need the energy to keep yourself going.

Growing up, my mom would bake several loaves of homemade bread every Friday. And it was served for almost every meal, along with butter and homemade jam.

And although you'll often find white bread on the table in Amish homes, some of them will also opt for a healthier version and make wheat bread instead.

You can, however, also use this recipe to make white bread. Just replace the wheat flour with white bread flour.

And this is not a recipe for 100% wheat bread since we use some white instead of all wheat. Homemade bread with freshly ground 100% wheat is the best for you, but it's also a bit tricky to conquer.

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How to Make Amish Bread

Add yeast to the warm water in your mixing bowl. I use my kitchen aid mixer. But if you don't have a big stand mixer with a dough hook, you can make this by hand.

The Amish always make homemade bread by hand (here are some tips on how to knead), and I also made it by hand for years until I finally got a Kitchen Aid. A mixer just makes it easier.

Let your yeast mixture rest for about 5 min. until it's looking nice and bubbly.

Melt the butter and add the milk and honey. Bring it to a lukewarm temperature. (You just want this lukewarm. If it's too hot it can kill your yeast.) Pour it into the yeast mixture and add the salt. Now you're ready to start adding the flour.

Kneading Homemade Bread with Mixer

Start by adding about 3 cups of wheat flour. Mix for about a minute.

Continue adding bread flour only 1/2 cup at a time and knead/mix until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.

Then knead on speed 2 for about 2 minutes. If it's still sticking to the edge, then it needs more flour.

Once it's no longer sticking to the sides, pour a tiny bit of oil into the side of the bowl, as it's stirring to grease your bowl.

Cover the bowl with a dish towel, and let it rest for about an hour.

After it's risen, you're ready to shape it into 2 loaves. Place into greased loaf pans, and let it rise again.

Bake at 350 for 30 - 35 minutes. (Heavier pans require longer baking time.) Remove it from the oven and spread butter over the top of the crust.

Let it rest in the pans for a few minutes then transfer it to a wire rack to cool.

But make sure to enjoy a piece of this Amish Honey Wheat Bread while it is still nice and hot. Because it will never taste any better than straight out of the oven, slathered with butter and honey.

Slice it carefully with a sharp bread knife in a sawing motion.

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Amish Bread Recipe:

This homemade honey wheat bread tastes far better than anything you’ve ever bought in the bread aisle at your grocery store, and it’s really not that difficult to make. It will take some time to let it rise – figure at least two hours from start to finish. But most of that time you are free to do other things around the house, as the yeast goes to work.

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Prep Time 25 mins

Cook Time 35 mins

Resting time 1 hr 30 mins

Total Time 2 hrs 30 mins

Course Bread

Cuisine Amish

Servings 16 slices

Calories 279 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 1/2 cups warm water about 110°
• 2 packages active dry yeast equal to a scant 2 TBS
• 3 Tablespoons butter or oil
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 Tablespoons honey
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3 cups wheat flour
• 1 3/4 - 2 1/4 cups white bread flour
• Optional: 1/2 cup flax seed meal for nutritional value

Instructions

 

• Pour the warm water into your mixing bowl (I use my kitchen-aid mixer with the dough hook), and add the yeast. Stir it and leave it sit for about 5 minutes, or until it’s bubbly.
  1 1/2 cups warm water, 2 packages active dry yeast
• Meanwhile, melt your butter, add the milk and honey, and bring them to a lukewarm temperature. Add warm milk mixture to the yeast mixture and stir it.
  1/2 cup milk, 4 Tablespoons honey, 3 Tablespoons butter or oil
• Add 3 cups wheat flour and salt. Mix on low, then increase to speed 2 and mix for about a minute. Add the bread flour, 1/2 cup at a time, mixing until the dough starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl. Knead for another 2 minutes, or until dough is smooth and elastic. (If it’s still sticking to the sides, you need more flour.)
  2 teaspoons salt, 3 cups wheat flour, 1 3/4 - 2 1/4 cups white bread flour, Optional: 1/2 cup flax seed meal
• Place dough in a greased bowl. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1/2 to 1 hour.
• Punch dough down and divide it in half. I grease my hands with butter to work the dough and shape each half into a loaf. (Roll each half into about a 9″ oblong shape. Roll the dough tightly. Pinch to seal the seam, then pinch the ends and tuck them under.) Place the dough, seam side down, in greased 9x5″ loaf pans. I like to poke the loaves a few times with a fork, to release any air bubbles.
• Cover and let rise again for 1/2 hour or until it has risen just above the edge of the pan. Preheat oven to 350°. Once the oven is hot, bake for 30 - 35 minutes or until golden.
• Spread butter over top and let it rest for a few minutes. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks. But, of course, this is where you will have to carefully slice a piece or two and enjoy it with some butter and honey. Because it’s always best while warm. Slice it very carefully with a bread knife to keep from smashing your soft bread.

Notes

Bread flour is the best option, but it can be replaced with all-purpose flour. And you can also make this bread using all white flour.

*I always bag my bread before it’s completely cool, to help keep it softer. And one loaf goes into the freezer because it keeps it fresher. Just pull it from the freezer an hour or more before you want to slice it.

*And of course the Amish do not use a mixer, they just knead it by hand. So if you don't have a mixer, you can make it as the Amish do.

This recipe makes two loaves.

Recipe updated: December 2022

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 279kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 8gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 316mgPotassium: 139mgFiber: 4gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 74IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 2mg

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