Healthy Easy Peasy Seed Loaf

Submitted by Mrs Beeton wannabe

"This is a REALLY easy+foolproof loaf to bake. Very healthy as well. I usually bake it in mini loaf tins and freeze it, and take it out the morning I require it - fresh for lunch. This was the first bread I baked and it came out perfect!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 3 loaves

ingredients

• 560 g bread flour
• 560 g brown bread flour
• 80 g natural bran
• 12 1⁄2 ml salt
• 125 ml sunflower oil
• 125 ml honey (or half honey+half molasses)
• 450 ml seeds, mixture (linseed, pumpkin, sesame, sunflower)
• 2 (10 g) packets instant yeast
• 1 liter lukewarm water

directions

1. Grease 3 medium loaf tins or several smaller tins well.
2. Place all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl and mix well to form a smooth, heavy batter.
3. *Note*No need to sift flour.
4. Spoon the batter into tins making them no more than half full, and sprinle some sesame seeds on top.
5. Place the tins in a protected, mildly warm spot and leave to rise until doubled.
6. Bake at 200 deg celcius for 20 mins, lower to 180 degrees celcius and bake for a further 20 mins until browned on the top.
7. Cool in tins for 5 mins then remove onto cooling racks.
8. TIPS: Once cooled, wrap in cling film, and freeze the loaves you do not require immediatly as home made yeast bread does not last long.
9. Adjust time accordingly for smaller tins as they might require less than 1/2 the time.
10. You can use a drop of choc brown colouring if you want really dark brown loaves.
11. You could also sprinkle some wheat into the tins before putting the batter in.
12. The seed mixture is 450ml of what you like.
13. Add the seeds and amounts according to your tastes (maybe try raisins next time)- it's all up to you.
14. Serve with butter/marg or a good spread.

Reviews

[Missy Wombat]

You definitely need your very biggest mixing bowl for this. But it is well worth it. A very easy recipe if you ignore the stirring. I used sunflower, flaxseed and sesame seeds in my seed mix. I have a convection oven and I found that 30 minutes at 180 deg C was more than enough. This recipe is worth the effort of buying some more loaf tins!

 

[mianbao]

This is a very good, moist and easy to make batter bread. I used currants, pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds, because that's what I had, and it turned out beautifully. I did use about 1/4 cup less bread flour than called for because stirring became too hard. This is lovely with cream cheese. Thank you very much for sharing the recipe with us.