Seeded Whole Wheat Buttermilk Bread (Bread Machine)

Maito's Note:

This is an adaptation of a recipe I made from Betty Crocker's Bread Machine Cookbook. Feel free to experiment with different seeds that meet your liking (example: dill, coriander, poppy, or fennel seeds). Intended for a 2 pound loaf (zmail me if you need the recipe for the 1.5 pound loaf - it is not a direct down conversion).

• Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 1.0 loaf

• 1 cup buttermilk
• 6 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (or other oil)
• 1 ¾ teaspoons salt
• 2 cups bread flour
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons celery seeds
• ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 ½ teaspoons sesame seeds
• 1 ½ teaspoons caraway seeds
• 2 teaspoons bread machine yeast or 2 teaspoons quick active dry yeast

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients in bread machine pan in order, or to the recommendation of your bread machine manufacturer. Make sure you make a well for the yeast on top.
2. Select the Basic/White cycle (I like this better than the Whole Wheat cycle). Select Medium or Light crust color, according to your preferences (I use Light).
3. Once baked, carefully slide bread out of bread machine pan, making sure to remove the dough blade. Cool on a wire rack.

Reviews

[Harley Quinn]

Awesome! Wonderful! Um, did I mention I liked this? Great bread, even better toasted for breakfast. I made this to go with U'nega'gei. I liked the bread a lot better! Made for ZWT4 Thank you, Maito!

[Ecossaise]

I love this bread. I had to make a couple of adjustments due to what I had on hand. I used a buttermilk substitute (1 tbsp white vinegar with milk to make 1 cup, leave sit for 5 minutes). I also found that if I let the yeast foam with the water & sugar for 10 minutes before adding the other ingredients, it rose better. I have tried caraway, celery & sesame seeds, and am going to try flax today.

[Mom2Rose]

ZWT4: Excellent! We used our 2 hr Insta-bread cycle and it turned out perfect! I made the bread using these exact measurements and ingredients for our 2lb bread loaf!!