Multi-Grain Bread With Sesame, Flax And Poppy Seeds

Serves: 2

Keyon Hand

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

50

Spice

44

Sweetness

51

Sourness

43

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 cups

Water

4.333333 cups

Bread Flour (about)

1 tbsp

Olive Oil

1.5 tsps

Salt

2 tsps

Sesame Seed

2 tsps

Flax Seed (*)

2 tsps

Poppy Seed

Directions:

1

Place cereal in large bowl

2

Pour 2 cups boiling water over

3

Let stand until mixture cools to between 105°F

4

And 115°F

5

, about 20 minutes

6

Sprinkle yeast over cereal

7

Add 1 cup bread flour, oil, sugar and salt and stir until smooth

8

Gradually mix in enough remaining bread flour to form dough

9

Cover dough; let rest 15 minutes

10

Turn out dough onto floured surface

11

Knead until smooth and elastic, adding more flour if sticky, about 10 minutes

12

Oil large bowl

13

Add dough to bowl; turn to coat

14

Cover bowl with clean kitchen towel

15

Let dough rise in warm area until doubled, about 1 hour

16

Mix all seeds in bowl

17

Punch down dough

18

Turn out onto lightly oiled surface

19

Knead briefly

20

Shape into 12x4-inch loaf

21

Sprinkle baking sheet with 2 teaspoons seeds

22

Place loaf atop seeds

23

Cover with towel

24

Let rise in warm area until almost doubled, about 30 minutes

25

Position 1 oven rack in center and 1 just below center in oven

26

Place baking pan on lower rack and preheat oven to 425°F

27

Brush loaf with water

28

Sprinkle with remaining seed mixture

29

Using sharp knife, cut 3 diagonal slashes in surface of loaf

30

Place baking sheet with loaf in oven

31

Immediately pour 2 cups water into hot pan on lower rack in oven (water will steam)

32

Bake loaf until golden and crusty and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes

33

Transfer to rack and cool

34

(Can be made 1 day ahead

35

Wrap in plastic; store at room temperature

36

) *Available at natural foods stores

37

Place cereal in large bowl

38

Pour 2 cups boiling water over

39

Let stand until mixture cools to between 105°F

40

And 115°F

41

, about 20 minutes

42

Sprinkle yeast over cereal

43

Add 1 cup bread flour, oil, sugar and salt and stir until smooth

44

Gradually mix in enough remaining bread flour to form dough

45

Cover dough; let rest 15 minutes

46

Turn out dough onto floured surface

47

Knead until smooth and elastic, adding more flour if sticky, about 10 minutes

48

Oil large bowl

49

Add dough to bowl; turn to coat

50

Cover bowl with clean kitchen towel

51

Let dough rise in warm area until doubled, about 1 hour

52

Mix all seeds in bowl

53

Punch down dough

54

Turn out onto lightly oiled surface

55

Knead briefly

56

Shape into 12x4-inch loaf

57

Sprinkle baking sheet with 2 teaspoons seeds

58

Place loaf atop seeds

59

Cover with towel

60

Let rise in warm area until almost doubled, about 30 minutes

61

Position 1 oven rack in center and 1 just below center in oven

62

Place baking pan on lower rack and preheat oven to 425°F

63

Brush loaf with water

64

Sprinkle with remaining seed mixture

65

Using sharp knife, cut 3 diagonal slashes in surface of loaf

66

Place baking sheet with loaf in oven

67

Immediately pour 2 cups water into hot pan on lower rack in oven (water will steam)

68

Bake loaf until golden and crusty and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes

69

Transfer to rack and cool

70

(Can be made 1 day ahead

71

Wrap in plastic; store at room temperature

72

) *Available at natural foods stores