Wholemeal Bread

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recipe by Manon Richard

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    4hrs 0mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    2
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    722
based on 68 ratings

Tip: for a lighter loaf of bread, replace part of the wholemeal flour with white flour, or use semi wholemeal flour. User generated recipes have not been re-tested by Kenwood.

recipe updated Oct 21, 2025

Ingredients

  • Water icon
    Water
    350 ml
  • Active dried yeast icon
    Active dried yeast
    7 g
  • Wholemeal bread flour icon
    Wholemeal bread flour
    500 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 teaspoon

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Water
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Cooking chef xl bowl
  • kCook icon Baking tray - large
  • kCook icon Lightly floured surface

Step preview

  1. Attach the Dough Tool
  2. Add water and active dried yeast to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  3. Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
  4. Heat with splashguard fitted - 2 min, 35°C, Speed Min
  5. Then add wholemeal bread flour and salt to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  6. Knead with splashguard fitted until elastic - 10 min, Speed 1
  7. Remove the Dough Tool
  8. Prove with splashguard fitted - 1 hr, 30°C, Speed OFF
  9. Grease a clean baking tray then set aside
  10. Transfer dough to lightly floured surface
  11. Divide into 2 equal pieces
  12. Shape into balls
  13. Transfer shaped dough to baking tray
  14. Cover with kitchen towel
  15. Prove - 1 hr
  16. Pre-heat oven - 250°C
  17. Spray with water
  18. Bake - 40 min, 220°C
  19. Let cool onto cooling rack
  20. Serve
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