Do you have a whole-wheat bread hater in your life? Trick them with this bread made with white wheat, as opposed to the more common red. It’s as soft and squishy as Wonder Bread, but much more nutritious. Flour milled from white wheat looks and acts more like refined (all-purpose) flour, but still contains the bran, germ and endosperm. It’s got a milder flavor and softer texture than red wheat loaves, but is just as good for you.

• 384g white whole wheat
• 30g vital wheat gluten
• 7g yeast
• 10g salt
• 36g brown sugar
• 300g water
• 3 Tbsp butter, cut in little cubes
• 2 tsp apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice, or plain vinegar)

1. Measure the dry ingredients into the bowl of a stand mixer.
2. Whisk to combine.
3. Heat water to 120°F.
4. Cut butter into little cubes, then add to hot water and stir to melt.
5. Add the vinegar.
6. Place bowl in mixer and knead on lowest speed with the dough hook while slowly add the water.
7. Scrape the sides with a rubber spatula to help encourage total incorporation.
8. Once it’s all mixed together, increase to speed #2 and knead for 10 – 20 minutes, scraping sides occasionally with a rubber spatula. You want the dough to be coming away from the sides on it’s own. . If you knead on speed #2 you’re not in danger of over kneading, so be patient – it’ll happen.
9. Cover and let rest in a warm place for 30 – 60 minutes, until doubled in size.
10. Lightly oil your work surface, and scrape the dough out from the bowl.
11. Shape into a rectangle about 8″ wide, so it fits into a 8″ x 4″ loaf pan.
12. Roll into a loaf using the head and shoulders method.
13. Please in an oiled loaf pan, seam side down. Or line with parchment paper.
14. Cover and let rest in a warm place for about 30 minutes, so that it is puffed up enough to be a little over the rim of the loaf pan. You don’t want it to puff up too much, because you want some of the rising to take place in the oven.
15. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375 degrees.
16. Just before baking, dust with a little flour, and make 3~5 diagonal slashes
17. Turn oven down to 350 and bake 30 minutes, until golden brown and internal temperature is 190 degrees.
18. Let cool on a wire rack.