Special Bread - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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3 cups flour
1 cup unbleached flour
1 cup wheat bran
1 cup oat bran
1/3 cup sesame seeds
1/3 cup poppy seed
1/3 cup barley
1/2 - 1 cup sunflower seeds
3 tablespoons canola oil
4 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons molasses
1 cup skim milk
2 cups water
2 teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons dry yeast
Preparation
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Spread sunflower seeds on dry surface and roll with rolling pin just enough to break them, not crush them.
Mix all liquid ingredients in a medium saucepan.
Heat until warm.
Turn off heat and add dry yeast but do not stir.
After it has sat for 5 minutes.
stir until mixed.
While waiting for the liquids (5 minutes.) mix all of your dry ingredients together.
Form a well in the middle.
Gradually add and stir with wooden spoon.
Keep an extra cup of warm water near.
Add if needed.
Dough must stay moist and sticky-not dry.
Pour mixture onto a dry floured surface and knead for 5 minutes.
Add flour as needed but dough must stay soft.
Form a large ball and divide in two pieces.
Shape into loaves and place into regular size loaf pans.
Let rise for 1-1 1/2 hrs.
Bake at 375 degrees F for 45 minutes.
or until pulling away from sides.
Do not raise the dough 2 times.
Also do not preheat oven.
This is a dense bread, but very moist.
Try it fresh from the oven with spreadable honey.
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