Use this King Arthur Flour recipe for Whole Wheat Bread.
Weigh the flour (14.875 ounces) instead of using a measuring cup. 1 cup of flour weighs 4.25 ounces.
Substitute 1 to 1 ½ cups bread flour for an equal amount of whole wheat flour. Even with the vital wheat gluten I find the bread is too dense if I use only whole wheat flour.
Use maple syrup.
Use ½ cup oatmeal and ⅓ cup sunflower seeds.
Use the dough cycle on your bread machine and then follow the recipe from Step 5. I prefer to bake the bread in my oven rather than in my bread machine.
I’ve used King Arthur 100% Whole Wheat flour, King Arthur Sprouted Wheat flour and Janie’s Mill Whole Kernel Bread flour. They all work well in the recipe.