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Sunflower Honey & Oat Bread

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups warm water
  • 1/3 cup Organic Sunflower Oil
  • 1/2 cup local honey
  • 5 to 6 ½ cups organic unbleached bread flour
  • 1 cup whole organic rolled oats
  • 2 Tbsp. Dry active yeast
  • 1 cup raw organic unsalted sunflower seeds
  • 2 eggs room temperature

Instructions

  • Makes 2 Loaves of Bread
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  • Place first 3 ingredients in a small warm bowl. You can easily warm your bowls by running hot water over them.  Set this aside.
  • Next, in your mixing bowl put in 5 cups of organic unbleached bread flour, 1 cup whole organic rolled oats, 2 Tbsp. dry active yeast and 1 tsp. sea salt and 1 cup of raw organic sunflower seeds. Whisk with wire whisk, then replace whisk with dough hook. Slowly add your warm liquid with mixer on low speed for a few minutes. Don't be put off by making bread if you do not have a mixer with a dough hook. Bread can easily be done completely by hand and sometimes preferred just for the shear delight and relaxation of kneading dough by hand.
  • Add two eggs (farm fresh) and mix for another couple of minutes. You may need to add an additional 1 cup to 1 1/2 cups of flour little by little.  The dough will begin to pull away from the bowl when its ready. It's important not to get the dough to stiff. It should still be somewhat sticky but not stick to your fingers. You may want to turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface to finish kneading it into a nice soft ball.
  • Place the dough ball in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a towel in a warm place to rise double in bulk. This takes about an hour. When it's ready punch it down and turn on to a lightly floured surface and divide the dough in half. Roll out, roll up and place both rolls in bread pans. Brush the dough with milk and gently press on some oats. Cover in a warm place for another hour or until double in bulk.
  • Bake in oven for about 20 minutes on 400 degrees.
  • You can always test your bread to see if it is done by turning it upside down out of the pan and tapping on the bottom. If it sounds hollow it is done. Cool your loaves on a wire rack. It is important to remove your bread from the pans immediately. Leaving them in the pans to long will cause the bottom of the bread to become soggy.
  • Enjoy the smell and flavor of fresh baked bread from the oven filled with healthy ingredients.