If you have ever been to the Cheesecake Factory to eat and have scarfed down basket after basket of their delicious honey wheat bread, then you will be excited to hear about my newest recipe — Copycat Cheesecake Factory Honey Wheat Bread.
This is my ALL time favorite bread on the planet and being able to make it from the comfort of my own home is perfect.
It uses just a few simple ingredients and before you know it — you will have a huge batch of this bread.
This post was originally published on May 12, 2016, and had been recently updated with new photos and recipe suggestions.
The best part? It freezes well so if you make a double batch, you can have fresh bread for weeks.
It is super easy to throw together and bake during the day so that when you serve dinner that night, you will have a very aromatic and scrumptious bread to have with dinner.
Beware though, because this bread is SUPER addicting. You will not be able to eat just one piece. You will want to eat the entire thing.
The entire thing — seriously.
Copycat Cheesecake Honey Wheat Bread
Your house will fill with the smell of molasses and fresh-baked bread. You will definitely thank me for making this recipe for you. If you really want to kick it up for dinner, make sure to make my Mongolian Ground Beef Noodles, or if you're feeling spunky, try making my Sushi with Eel Sauce.
Once it comes out of the oven though, slice you a piece off and top with a pat of real butter. Oh my goodness! Your mouth will water from the first bite!
For me, baking bread is so therapeutic. I love baking and being in the kitchen. It brings a sense of peace and calms to my soul and the best part? I get to make recipes like this, and homemade bread is my favorite.
Absolutely nothing beats the smell and taste of a warm freshly baked bread right off the oven that is covered in homemade butter. It’s heavenly and amazing!
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Copycat Cheesecake Factory Honey Wheat Bread
If you love that delicious brown bread that they serve at Cheesecake Factory, you will love this copycat version. Nothing beats a slice of warm bread with homemade butter.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for kneading
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast
- 1 1/4 cups warm water
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup honey
- rolled oats for topping
Instructions
- In your KitchenAid stand mixer, combine all the flours, cocoa powder, sugar, salt, and yeast. Set aside.
- Now, mix together the warm water, butter, molasses, and honey. You can do this in a medium-sized bowl.
- In the middle of your dry ingredients, make a hole so that you can pour the water mixture in. You can do this in the stand mixer bowl with your KitchenAid mixer. Mix until the dough comes together.
- Take the dough out of the bowl and begin to knead by hand. Do this for 5-8 minutes. If you want though, you can do it in the mixer but I like being able to knead the bread some. You may need to add some flour to your surface for kneading if the dough is too sticky.
- Take another bowl and oil it with 1 tablespoon of oil. Place the ball of dough inside and roll it around in the oil coating all sides, then cover with plastic wrap and set aside to rise for 2 hours.
- Divide the dough into 3 pieces. Roll each piece out into about a 9-inch log. Take a baking sheet and line with parchment paper and place the loaves on the baking sheet.
- Sprinkle a bit of rolled oats on top of each loaf. At this point, you can take a sharp knife and score the top of each loaf. Do not do it deep. Just a slight score is all that is needed.
- Cover with more plastic wrap and set the loaves aside to rise for 30 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Bake the loaves for 30 minutes. When done, cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 206Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 285mgCarbohydrates: 42gFiber: 3gSugar: 12gProtein: 5g
Brittany
Sunday 19th of March 2023
The bread came out dense and crumbled a bit did I do something wrong?
Jennifer Sikora
Sunday 19th of March 2023
I don't know. Not sure what steps you took. Did you change anything at all about the recipe?
Cheryl
Friday 20th of January 2023
I’m making mine now :)
I can’t wait to try a slice. I bet this bread would make some delicious turkey sandwiches ;) Also, some homemade butter, Yum!!
Jennifer Sikora
Saturday 21st of January 2023
I bet you're right!
jen
Thursday 19th of January 2023
hi there! i made this tonite, but have a question..should loaves sound hollow when you tap on them or is this a totally dif type bread? im worried its not baked all the way through..help! lol smells so good though, cant wait to try it😊
Jennifer Sikora
Saturday 21st of January 2023
It's a denser bread so it will not have a hollow sound to it.
Kim
Friday 23rd of December 2022
I have followed this recipe but yes fast acting yeast. It’s been in my oven on proofing mode for 2 hours and hasn’t risen. I just bought the yeast snd it isn’t old. I made other bread earlier today and it worked great. I feel like I should have activated the yeast with some warm water and a tsp of sugar before adding ut with the other liquid ingredients. Any tips?
Jennifer Sikora
Tuesday 27th of December 2022
If it hasn't risen, you might have killed the yeast. Keep trying! Bread can be finicky.
Kay
Monday 12th of September 2022
I used a bread machine. I did alter white sugar for light brown sugar but I used everything else as written. I added all the wet first, then the dry, made a finger well and put the instant yeast in that. Did it on Light, 1-1.5 pound and it took 3 hours and 9 minutes in my machine. Easy peasy, brown and delicious with salted butter.
Jennifer Sikora
Tuesday 13th of September 2022
That sounds perfect. Thanks for sharing your techinque.