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Healthy seed bread

Marea Moulton

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Healthy seed bread
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A healthy loaf packed with highly nutritious seeds.

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Ingredients

  • 4 cups unbleached flour

  • 2 cups wholemeal flour

  • 5 tbsp instant dried yeast

  • 4 tbsp wheatgerm

  • 4 tbsp linseeds, or a combination of small seeds

  • 4 tbsp pumpkin seeds

  • 4 tbsp sunflower seeds

  • 1 cup chopped almonds, peanuts or walnuts

  • Salt

  • 1 cup molasses

  • 3 tsp treacle or golden syrup 

  • 1 1/2 litres warm water

  • Olive oil

  • Cream, for glazing

  • 1 tsp sesame seeds or cracked pepper

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 220C. Mix flours, yeast, wheatgerm, seeds, nuts and salt together in a large bowl. Mix molasses, treacle and warm water together in a jug, add to dry mixture and work together with a spoon or spatula until it forms a dough mound. Knead for five minutes, pat with olive oil, then cover and leave in a warm place, covered, for one hour. Sprinkle a little flour in two bread tins and separate risen dough into two equal parts. Knead each piece of dough for five minutes, then shape and place in tins before allowing it to prove again for about half an hour in a warm place. Glaze with cream and sprinkle with seeds or cracked pepper. Bake for five minutes, reduce heat to 200C and bake for another five minutes. Reduce heat again to 190C and bake a further 20 minutes or until brown on top. Turn loaves out onto wire racks to cool.

    NOTE: This recipe calls for 1 1/2 litres of warm water but the molasses, treacle and water mixture should be added gradually to the dry mixture until a pliable dough is achieved - The full quantity of liquid may not be necessary.

    Makes two loaves

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