D's Favorite 100% Whole Wheat Bread

Hi All! I'm D (Deanna) and am so excited to join your Foodees blog. I love cooking and baking and am excited to share some recipes and get some new ones from all of you!

To start off, I thought I'd share my favorite homemade bread recipe. I use 100% white wheat, but you can use red wheat if that is what you normally use (the white wheat is just not quite as dense as the red wheat, but has all the same nutritional values).
Best Ever 100% Whole Wheat Bread:
3 Tbsp. yeast
1 tsp. sugar
1 cup water
3/4 cup honey
3/4 cup oil
2 Tbsp. salt
3 3/4 cups hot water
5 Tbsp. lemon juice or vinegar
12 cups whole wheat flour, divided

Dissolve yeast and sugar in water. In a large bowl (or mixer), mix the honey, oil, salt, 3 3/4 cups water, lemon juice and 6 cups whole wheat flour. Add the dissolved yeast mixture to the bread mixture and mix for 7-10 minutes to get the gluten working. Gradually add another 6 cups whole wheat flour; knead for 5 minutes (if kneading by hand, mix all ingredients and knead by hand for 10 minutes until dough seems too sticky - add enough flour to get past the sticky point - too much flour causes bread failure). Let stand for 10 minutes. Divide and shape into 3 (or 4) loaves. Place in greased bread pans. Let rise until double in size. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.

NOTE: This recipe has always been enough to make 4 big loaves for me. It's so good fresh with some butter/jam! Tasty!