This is the recipe I use all the time in my bread machine, but you can make it without one also. It makes one loaf. I think the oatmeal makes it more moist and soft. Bread flour contains more gluten than regular flour, so it makes better yeast doughs, but does not work well for pies, cakes, and cookies.
1 c. warm water
1 1/2 tbs. butter
1/2 cup old fashioned oatmeal
2 1/2 tbs. sugar or honey
2 tbs. dry milk powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tbs. wheat bran (optional)
1 tbs. cracked wheat (optional)
1 tbs. wheat germ
2 tbs. wheat gluten
1/2 cup wheat flour
1 1/2 cups bread flour (Use any combination of wheat and bread flour that equals about 2 cups, if often does not take the whole two cups for the dough to be the right consistency.)
2 tsp. yeast
Put all ingredients in the bread machine in the order listed. Bake on wheat bread cycle, 1 1/2 lb. loaf size, light crust setting.
HINTS: Keep out about 1/4 cup of the bread flour and check during the kneading cycle to see if it needs more. Dough should be moist by not sticky. Do not over bake! For my machine, I take the loaf out 10 minutes before the end of the baking cycle.