Seven Grain Bread

dicentra's Note:

This is from TOH magazine.I am typing it up for safe keeping and ZWT2. Makes 1 2-pound loaf. The bread is nice and soft, but somehow still chewy at the same time. Wonderful for sandwiches! I used Bob's Red Mill 10 grain cereal and 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour and it worked beautifully!

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 loaf

• 1 2/3 cups water
• 2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk powder
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup five-grain cereal
• 1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast

Directions:

1. In a bread machine pan, place all ingredients in order suggest by the manufacturer.
2. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available.
3. Bake according to bread machine directions.

Reviews

[Annacia]

This recipe makes a delicious, hearty and rustic bread. I used 2 cups of whole wheat and 1 1/2 cups of unbleached flour. It seems that I can never use a whole loaf before it starts growing cultures so I always make buns that I can freeze and use as I like. I got 8 big buns and I likely should have made 10 with the amount of dough this makes. I found the amounts of everything to be right on the mark and (aside from the flour amounts) wouldn't change anything. This is an A recipe that I'll be making many times over!

[L.A. Stewart - way upstate N.Y.]

Alright, NOW we're talking! This makes a pheNOMINAL loaf of bread! I did find it a bit dry, and added a splash of milk instead of the dry milk powder. My new staple in the house. A "keeper" for sure! Thank you so much for sharing! xo LA :-)