Whole-Wheat Coffee Can Bread

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An easy and economical recipe that produces a firm-textured and slightly sweet bread that children as well as adults will love. –The Benjamin Choate Inn, Newburyport, Massachusetts

Ingredients

1 package dry yeast

1/2 cup warm water

1 egg, beaten

2-1/2 cups warm water

1/2 cup melted butter or margarine

1/2 cup maple syrup or honey

1 teaspoon salt

5 cups whole-wheat flour

3 cups King Arthur unbleached flour

2/3 cup chopped walnuts

Sesame seeds

Instructions

In bowl dissolve yeast in ½ cup warm, water. Beat together egg, 2-½ cups warm water, butter, maple syrup, and salt. Stir in yeast and whole-wheat flour. Then add unbleached flour and walnuts. Cover with cloth. Let rise for 1 hour on stove top or warm place. Remove dough and divide into 5 equal parts. Sprinkle sesame seeds on counter and knead into dough. Place in 5 greased and floured 1-pound coffee cans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and take bread out of cans as soon as it shrinks (about 15 minutes).

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