Wheat Bread Recipe • Oat Bran Health Bread

A tasty bread machine health bread enriched by the fiber and nutrition of oat bran and flax meal.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups water
• 2 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 ½ cups oat bran
• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
• 1 ⅓ cups bread flour
• ½ cup flax seed meal
• ½ teaspoon salt

Cooking Directions

1. Add water, yeast, canola oil and honey to the pan of the bread machine; stir to dissolve yeast. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
2. In a large bowl, stir together oat bran, whole wheat flour, bread flour, flax seed meal and salt. Pour this mixture into the pan of the bread machine. Select Whole Wheat cycle; press Start.
3. After the dough has risen, remove it from the bread machine and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Form into a loaf shape and place in a lightly greased 9x5 inch loaf pan. Let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
4. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for about 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped.

Nutrition Facts

• calories198.7
• carbohydrateContent35.7 g
• fatContent5.7 g
• fiberContent5.5 g
• proteinContent7.1 g
• saturatedFatContent0.6 g
• sodiumContent100.4 mg
• sugarContent4.7 g