Whole Wheat Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 qt. warm water
    1/4 c. dry yeast
    1 Tbsp. honey
    4 c. 100% whole-wheat flour
    3 c. 100% whole-wheat flour
    1 Tbsp. lemon
    2 Tbsp. lecithin or 1/4 c. oil
    4 to 4 1/2 c. more whole-wheat or unbleached flour
Preparation
    Into a bowl, put warm water, yeast, honey and 4 cups whole-wheat flour.
    Mix together and let rise twice, stirring down sponge each time (15 minutes; stir and let set 15 or more minutes). Add in the order given:
    3 cups whole-wheat flour, lemon, lecithin or oil and 4 to 4 1/2 cups more whole-wheat or unbleached flour. Don't add too much flour, just enough to make a soft dough.
    Knead a little.
    Shape into loaves.
    Let rise until double.
    Bake at 350\u00b0 for 45 minutes.

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