howdy, Olivia!
i make a loaf of dave's killer whole wheat bread for my spouse every week for his sandwiches. the recipe calls for a mixer, but since we don't have one i make this bread by hand. i simply mix up the sponge for 5 minutes with a wooden spoon and then after that sits for an hour i add in the rest of the flour & knead it for 5 minutes (don't skimp out on the kneading time). ours cooks in 35 minutes & i spray the bread pan with a little olive oil cooking spray, too.
http://www.everydaydish.tv/index.php?page=recipe&recipe=122
the recipe makes for 2 loaves of bread, so i just halve it each week. it's really tasty, and after the 3rd day of sitting out (we bundle it up in old plastic bread bags) i pop it in the fridge so it doesn't go stale as fast. if you slice the loaf up once it's cool & then freeze it's great, too!
p.s. - you can find wheat gluten in the baking section at your super market. :)
THanks so much! I'm new to this whole breadmaking thing, but I think treating myself to a slice every other day or so wont kill me!