You have to try this homemade Honey Wheat Bread! It's so delicious and perfect for sandwiches and toast! This is not your typical heavy, dense homemade wheat bread…it's soft and tender with a buttery golden crust and full of flavor with a hint of sweetness. This recipe is so simple and lots of fun for the kiddos to help make!
This is actually a copycat recipe for Nature's Own Honey Wheat Bread that I created for my family during the bread shortage of 2020. We love that bread so when I couldn't buy it at the store I decided to replicate it in my own kitchen. It tastes very similar and just as good! Be sure to also try my copycat recipe for Natures Own Butter Bread!
I use a stand mixer in my recipe but you can also use a hand mixer or just do it all by hand (which is sometimes way funner!). Don't get worried if your dough is sticking everywhere while you are kneading it - this is a moist, sticky dough which helps make the bread softer and less dense. Now let's get to baking!
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Homemade Honey Wheat Bread
Recommended Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups warm water (105-110°F)
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 4 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup honey
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 1 egg yolk (beaten)
- 2 Tablespoons canola oil
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 4 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil (for greasing)
- 3 ice cubes (for baking)
- 2 Tablespoons salted butter (softened, for brushing)
Instructions
- In a stand mixer bowl, pour in warm water and sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Sprinkle yeast on top and let sit for 10 minutes (until foamy).
- Attach dough hook and turn mixer on low. Add all-purpose flour (one cup at a time), honey, egg, egg yolk, canola oil, and salt until combined. Slowly add whole wheat flour (one cup at a time).
- Once a dough ball has formed, knead dough with stand mixer on speed level "2" for 5 minutes. The top of the dough will pull away from the bowl but the bottom will not. (This is a moist, sticky dough.)
- Remove bowl from mixer, add 1 Tablespoon olive oil to bottom of bowl, and toss dough around in oil until completely covered. Cover bowl with greased plastic wrap and a dishtowel. Let dough rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
- Grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans with olive oil and place aside.
- Punch dough down and turn out onto a floured surface. Divide dough in two equal halves. Using a rolling pin, roll each half into a rectangle about 9x13 inches and roll up starting from the short end. Pinch seams together and place in greased loaf pans (seam-side down).
- Cover each loaf with greased plastic wrap and a dishtowel. Let rise for 30 minutes or until dough has risen ½ to 1 inch above tops of loaf pans.
- Uncover loaves and place in a 350°F oven. Throw 3 ice cubes in the bottom of the oven and quickly shut the oven door. Bake for 30 minutes or until internal temperature of bread reaches 190°F. Cool on a wire rack and brush tops of loaves with softened salted butter.
- Allow bread to cool completely (at least 1 hour) before slicing.
- Slice, serve, and enjoy!
Notes
Storage
Loaves can be stored in bread bags or containers for about 4 days at room temperature or frozen for up to 3 months; make sure to thaw bread for at least 1 hour before serving.VIDEO
Nutrition
*Nutritional facts are calculated by third party sources and are not always accurate. If you are on a special diet, we highly recommend you calculate these values personally.
Samantha
This bread turned out so good! Thank you for the recipe!
Ranch Style Kitchen
Thank you so much for trying my recipe and I'm so glad you liked it!
Larissa Faeryume
This looks delicious! I'm a visual learner so I absolutely loved watching the video! 🙂
~ Larissa
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Thank you so much!?
Katheryn
This was so good! I’ve never had bread turn out this good before!
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I'm so glad to hear this! Thanks for your comment!
Kevin Foodie
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I tried making my own bread, but it did not come out as good looking as yours did. I will try your recipe and see how it turns out.
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Thank you! Please let me know how it turns out!
Niles
This is my new favorite bread recipe! Saving this one for sure!
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Oh good! I’m so glad you liked it! Thanks for your comment!
Shandi
I love all your bread recipes! You are so talented! I hope your blog becomes a huge success! Thanks for sharing!
Ranch Style Kitchen
Thank you so much! That is a huge compliment! Baking is one of my favorite things to do and I’m so glad you love my recipes!
Peter
I made this last night and we ate it for breakfast this morning. Both my kids gave it a thumbs up so it will be going in my recipe collection. Thank for the recipe.
Ranch Style Kitchen
I’m so glad your kids liked it and gave it a thumbs up! My son gives me a thumbs up or thumbs down every time I cook for him also lol. Thanks for trying my recipe!
Nancy
Great recipe!
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Thank you!
Rachel
Great recipe! Thanks for sharing!
Ranch Style Kitchen
Thank you! I’m so glad you liked it!
Mila
Delicious!
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Thank you!