Does anyone have a bread machine recipe for wheat bread that's light and doesn't crumb a lot?

Question

All the ones I've tried are either really heavy or crumb everywhere when I slice it. My machine can do either 1 pound loaves or 1.5 pound loaves.

Answer 1

take your regular white recipe that you love...

use 1/2 white flour and 1/2 wheat flour
maybe add a little extra fat to keep it from crumbling.

Answer 2

Yes.

2 packets active dry yeast
3/4 cup warm water
2 cups luke warm milk - scalded then cooled
1/4 honey
3 tablespoons shortening
1 tablespoon salt
7-8cups whole wheat flour
butter softened

dissolve yeast in warm water in large bowl
stir in milk, honey, shortening, salt and 4 cups flour
beat until smooth, mix in enough of the remaining flour to make the dough easy to handle.

Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead 10 minutes until smooth and elastic. Place in a greased bowl, turn greased side up.Cover let rise in a warm place until double-approx 1 hour

Punch down the dough divide in half. Roll each half into a rectangle approx 18x9 inches.. Fold 9inch sides crossways into thirds, overlapping the ends. Roll tightly beginning at the narrow end. Pinch edge of dough to seal well. press in ends of roll. Press each end with side of hand to seal fold ends under
Place loaves seam side down in 2 greased loaf pans 9x5x3 or
8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2. Brush loaves lightly with butter and let rise until double. about an hour.

Heat oven to 425F place loaves on lower rack so that the tops of the pans are in the centre of the oven. Pans should not touch each other or the sides of the oven. Bake until loaves a deep golden brown and sound hollow when tapped. 25-30 minutes Immediately remove from the pans. Brush tops with melted butter and let cool on the rack..

this is a recipe we have been using for years.. it's from Betty Crockers cookbook.. Lots of great REAL recipes.

good luck and happy baking