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Mama's Whole Wheat Italian Bread takes 120 minutes to prepare.

Mama's Whole Wheat Italian Bread takes 30 minutes to cook.

Mama's Whole Wheat Italian Bread makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Mama's Whole Wheat Italian Bread are:

2 cups (16 oz)-warm water (105-110 degrees f)
2 1/4 oz packages of rapid rise yeast
1/4 tsp salt
1 tablespoon honey
2 1/2 cups Whole wheat flour
2 1/2 cups bread flour
1 tsp olive oil
1 tablespoon ground flax seed meal

Here is how you make Mama's Whole Wheat Italian Bread:

Pour warm water in large bowl. Add salt and honey. Stir to blend. Open yeast packages and sprinkle on the surface of the water in bowl. Let sit for 5-8 minutes until bubbly.Add all wheat flour and stir with wooden spoon. Sprinkle some of the bread flour onto a clean counter top or large bread board. Dump contents of bowl to the slightly floured surface and kneed in remaining flour. When not sticky, place round ball of dough into a olive oil wiped bowl. cover with a towel. place in a warm place for about an hour or until doubled in bulk.Punch down ball and cut in half. Lightly kneed on remaining flour.Shape each piece in a oblong loaf and place on a jelly roll pan sprayed with a small amount of canola oil spray. Allow to rise until almost double in size. With a sharp knife cut 3 lines across the loaves a a diagonal. Sprinkle tops with a small amount of wheat flour mixed with ground flax meal.Place in a 350 degree preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes or done.Serve immediately.Serving Size: Makes 2 loafs with 8 servings per loafNumber of Servings: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JILLIEWILLIE1.

The nutritional information for Mama's Whole Wheat Italian Bread is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 139.7

• Total Fat: 0.4 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 37.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 28.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
• Protein: 5.1 g