True 100% Whole Wheat Bread for the Bread Machine

I have been making bread from the Cuisinart recipe book for the Cuisinart Bread Machine.  This recipe is a true whole wheat bread.  I needed to add extra water to the dough because it was so dry.  I think because it is winter, the flour is very dry.  The recipe here is representative of the change.  I love this machine.  This bread is much heavier and denser than the honey wheat I have posted.  This recipe is for the 2 lb loaf.

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups water, 80 - 90 degrees F
1 1/4 tsp salt
2 TBS honey
4 cups whole wheat flour
5 1/2 tsp vital wheat gluten
2 1/2 tsp yeast, active dry, instant or bread machine

Here's how:

Place all of the ingredients, in the order listed, into the bread pan with the paddle.

Wet ingredients in

I used King Arthur Flour

This is what Vital Wheat Gluten looks like

Flour in

Vital wheat gluten in

Yeast in

 Place the bread pan into the bread machine.

This is the machine

Hit the Menu button to set it for Whole Wheat.

Select the Crust to medium.

Select the Loaf to 2 lbs.

Press Start.

Halfway through the second knead, use a spatula to make sure the ingredients are scraped off the sides and into the dough.

When the machine beeps 6 times, remove the dough ball, take out the paddle, replace the dough. (This is optional, but if you don't remove the paddle, you have to dig it out of the bottom of the baked loaf.)

Once the machine beeps to indicate done, remove the loaf and let cool completely.

Loaf is done.  You can see it has a crispy crust