Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread

I have always been fascinated by bread and its history. Mixing these simple ingredients together is a bit like magic, and like any proper spell, it took some time to get it right.
Bread is as old as man, with evidence of grains ground into flour putting the first bread man made at a ripe old age of about 30.000 years. Bread has helped man evolve and has kept us company all through this long process. So I have decided to make this first post about bread.
I have been searching for a good bread for sandwiches, one that is not too dense, but can be thinly sliced and I have finally found it on dinnerwiththebickfords.blogspot.com.
One other thing that surprises me is that people don't realize how much healthier and cheaper making your own bread can be, so I'll try to show that, as well. Home made bread is healthier because you know exactly what you put in it, no extra leavening agents, no additives or preservatives.
I have a bread machine and this recipe worked great with my 2 lbs loaf, Basic cycle. I selected light crust.

Recipe: 

1 1/3 cups warm water
2 Tablespoons and 2 teaspoons white sugar
3 teaspoons yeast
1/3 cup olive oil (I used extra virgin olive oil)
2.5 cups white flour
1.5 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons salt

My bread machine requires that the wet ingredients go in before the dry, so I put the water, the oil, the salt, then added flour and sugar. I made a well in the flour and added the yeast. Set the bread machine on basic cycle and wait for a delicious bread.

Cost analysis

My favourite place to shop is Wegmans, so I'll use those prices to determine the cost of one loaf of bread.

• Wegmans All Purpose Flour, 5 lbs- $1.99. 20 cups in one bag, so that puts 2.5 cups at 0.25 c

• Wegmans Whole Wheat Flour, 5lbs-$2.99. 1.5 cups cost 0.23 c

• Wegmans White Sugar, 5lbs- $2.99. 2 Tbs and 2 tsp are 0.044 c

• Fleischmann's RapisRise Yeast, 4 oz- $4.69. 36 tsp per jar, 0.39 c.

• Wegmans Iodised Salt 26 oz- 59c, 0.0025 c

• Wegmans Extra Virgin Olive Oil 101 fl oz- $19.99. 0.52 c

Cost of one home made 2 lbs loaf of healthy, emulsifier and preservative-free bread: $1.44  (compared to Wegmans Whole Wheat Bread $1.99 per 20 oz)

So if you don't have time to make bread the old way, invest in a bread machine, it will pay for itself in no time.