No-Knead Whole Wheat Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    4 teaspoons dry yeast
    2/3 cup water, lukewarm
    2 teaspoons honey
    5 cups whole wheat flour
    3 tablespoons molasses
    2/3 cup water, lukewarm
    1 tablespoon salt
    1/3 cup wheat germ
    1 1/3 cups water, lukewarm
    1 teaspoon butter (for greasing the pan)
    1 teaspoon sesame seeds
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 250\u00b0F.
    Sprinkle yeast over 2/3 cup lukewarm water and add honey. The yeast should proof.
    Warm flour in a 250\u00b0F oven for about 20 minutes.
    Combine molasses and 2/3 cup of lukewarm water and add to the yeast mixture.
    Stir this into the flour.
    Add salt, wheat germ, and 1 1/3 cups lukewarm water. The dough will be sticky.
    Butter a 9\"x5\" loaf pan and turn the dough into the pan. No kneading is necessary. (When I next make this, I'm planning to divide it into 2 loaf pans because I think smaller, non-mushroom-shaped loaves will be easier and less crumb-y to cut. But if you do this, don't bake it for 50 minutes. That's too long. I'll edit again once I figure that time out.).
    Sprinkle sesame seeds over the top.
    Let rise to about 1/3 more. (45-60 minutes).
    Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F.
    Bake for 50 minutes until crust is brown.
    Remove pan from oven and cool on rack for 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan and cool completely on rack.

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