Crunchy Cracked Wheat Bread

Into the bread machine:

1½ tsp active dry yeast
1½ cup whole wheat flour
2 cups unbleached multipurpose flour (or bread flour)
1 tsp salt
¾ cup cracked wheat*
2 whole eggs, large
4 TBSP honey
3 TBSP olive oil
1 cup water*

* combine the cracked wheat and the water about an hour before starting the bread for a softer bread.

(Yeast goes in first, flour second. After that, the sequence is not important. The goal is to keep the yeast dry until everything starts mixing.)