Honey Whole Wheat Bread

This is a good basic bread. The honey doesn't make it a sweet bread but helps to bring out the flavors

Honey Whole Wheat Bread
1 1/3 cups milk
2 tsp. active dry yeast
3 Tbsp. honey
2 Tbsp. butter, softened
2 tsp. salt
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups bread flour

Heat milk until warm, between 105ºF and 115ºF. Pour into warmed mixing bowl and add yeast and honey. Let stand 5 minutes. Add butter, salt, whole wheat flour and half the bread flour. Beat well. Cover and let stand 15 minutes.

Slowly add remaining bread flour, and beat until a smooth dough forms. Knead dough until smooth and springy but still soft to the touch, adding flour if needed. Remove the dough hook, cover and let rise 1 hour.

Punch down the dough on lightly floured surface. Divide dough in half, and shape into two oblong loaves. Place each loaf, smooth side up, into greased 4 x 8 loaf pans. Cover and let rise 45 to 60 minutes until doubled. Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Bake 25 to 30 minutes until loaves are golden and a wooden skewer inserted into loaves comes out clean and dry. Cool on wire racks.