Quick Honey Wheat Bread

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Ingredients

2 ½ Cups of warm water
2 tablespoons of J. Friend and Co Manuka Honey
2 tsp dried yeast
2 ½  cups plain flour
2 cups Wholemeal flour
1 ¼ cups wheat germ
1 tsp salt

Method

Lightly brush the inside of a 10 cup capacity loaf tin or similar, (I used a cast iron casserole dish for this loaf) with olive oil.  Mix the water and honey together, sprinkle with yeast and stand in a warm place for 10-15 minutes until bubbly.  In a large bowl mix together the remaining ingredients.  Pour in the yeast mixture and stir well to combine.  Turn the dough into the prepared tin and stand in a warm place until doubled in size, (1 ½ hours).  Bake at 200C for 30-40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.  Cover the tin with a lid or tin foil for the first half of baking to prevent burning the top of the loaf.  Leave to cool in the tin for 15-20 minutes then turn out onto a rack.  Equally delicious served fresh or toasted and spread with butter and honey!