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Posted on Tue, Jun. 23, 2009

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NATIONAL BREAD FESTIVAL WEEK: ABC WHEAT BREAD

If you weren't at last week's National Festival of Breads baking competition at the Airport Hliton, you missed the aroma of yeasty perfection filling the air. Good news — you can re-create it at home. This week, we'll share recipes from the finalists. Today's is for the bread entered by cooking competition celebrity Marjorie Johnson of Robbinsdale, Minn. All of the recipes now are posted at www.kansaswheat.org.

INGREDIENTS

1½ cups warm water (100 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit)

4 teaspoons Fleischmann's active dry yeast

1 teaspoon granulated sugar

1 cup finely chopped, peeled apples (Granny Smith, Jonathan or Honey Crisp.)

1 cup mashed, ripe bananas

1 cup finely chopped carrots

½ cup nonfat dry milk powder

1 tablespoon freshly grated orange peel

2 teaspoons salt

¼ cup canola oil

¼ cup honey

½ cup ground golden flax seeds

5 cups King Arthur unbleached white whole wheat flour

1¼ to 1½ cups King Arthur unbleached bread flour

DIRECTIONS

In electric mixer bowl, combine water, yeast and sugar. Let stand 5 minutes to proof yeast.

Stir in rest of ingredients. Using dough hook, knead 5 to 8 minutes on low speed. If dough does not form a ball around the dough hook, add 1 or 2 tablespoons additional flour.

Place dough in greased bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place until double. Punch down dough.

Divide dough into 3 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a 12 x 8-inch rectangle. Starting with shorter side, roll up as for jelly-roll; seal edges and ends.

Place in greased 8½ x 4½-inch loaf pans. Cover, let rise in warm place until double.

Bake in preheated 375°F oven 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and done. Remove loaves from pans to wire rack to cool. Brush with butter if desired.

Makes 3 loaves, 12 slices each.