Homemade Whole Wheat Bread

Having a special diet can sometimes (most times) be a pain, but having to come up with my own bread recipe was a definite benefit.  I make this in a bread machine, sorry but I'm not going to make bread twice a week by hand.  I would rate a bread machine right up there with a washing machine and definitely higher than a dishwasher for must have appliances.
The recipe, added in order given:

• 1 1/2 cups tepid water
• 1/4 cup half & half cream/milk
• 3 3/4+ cups of whole wheat flour (almost 4 cups)
  
• 1/3 cup oatmeal flour (this adds a nice texture to the bread.)
• 2 teaspoons sea salt
  
• 1/2 cup honey
• 2 heaping tablespoons coconut oil (non-hydrogenated)
• 2 teaspoons yeast

You can reduce or eliminate the oatmeal flour if you want but you will need to add a corresponding amount whole wheat flour so that the total flour equals 4 1/4 cups. 
We are not currently grinding our own wheat flour because we have a full bin of purchased flour but as soon as that is gone we will be buying wheat and grinding it ourselves.  It takes a lot of work and energy to grind even small amounts by hand.  Our grinder is made so that it will accept a motor and we may in the future set it up with one.
Use the whole wheat baking setting on your bread machine, if you have more than 1 setting you might choose the longer one.  It takes almost 4 hours for ours to complete the process.

Grinding oatmeal into flour.


It takes a lot of grinding to get the flour shown below. Thanks Tessie.


Adding the honey



Ready to put in the bread machine.


The finished loaf of bread.