Cracked Wheat Oatmeal Bread

This could be a little darker. I baked it at 340F convection (350F reg), but I think next time I'll bump up the temperature a little for a nicer look. This is started in the bread machine, but finished in the oven. I generally only let the bread machine do the kneading. I often do the first rise out of it as well. If my mixer was better I'd likely skip the bread machine all together. I have made this completely with wheat flour, but it does bake up nicer if you use some white flour. One warning, I always slice and freeze the bread, so I'm not sure how it would do untoasted.

1 cup cracked wheat
1-1/3 cup warm water

Let the cracked wheat soak in the water for an hour. I usually just start the soaking in the machine. After soaking add (in order):

1-1/2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp salt
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup white flour
1 tbsp wheat gluten
2 tsp yeast

Put on dough cycle. This will make a 2 pound loaf (just in case you're going to finish it in the machine). After the mixing is done, remove and dump into a lightly greased bowl (no stick spray works well) and cover (wax paper and a towel). Leave in warm spot to rise for about an hour.

Sprinkle work surface with 2 tbsp of flour and punch down dough. Divide into 2 loaves and place in appropriate baking pans. Cover and let rise again for 30-40 mins. Bake in 350F (maybe 375 better, but not sure yet) for 35-40 mins until ready. If you haven't made bread before, you lift one loaf out, slide it out of the pan and thump it lightly on the bottom. It should sound slightly hollow. Oh, and obviously, if you bake it at the higher temp it will need less time. :)

Two loaves were just about 2 pounds. I counted them at 30 ounces so I'm over-estimating the calories slightly (but I'm good with that).

1 loaf:
1000 calories (37g protein, 182g carbs, 22g fiber, 16g fat)

I weigh my slices though, by the ounce. They end up somewhere around an ounce, depending on how well I slice it.

1 ounce:
67 calories (2g protein, 12g carbs, 1g fiber, 1g fat)