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MULTI-GRAIN BREAD WITH SESAME, FLAX & POPPY SEEDS

  • 1/2 cup unsweetened, multi-grain cereal (such as 7-grain)
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 1 envelope dry yeast
  • 4 1/3 cups (about) bread flour
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 Tablespoon dark brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
  • 2 teaspoons flax seeds*
  • 2 teaspoons poppy seeds
  • 2 cups water
  • *Available at natural foods stores.
Place cereal in a sizeable bowl. Pour boiling water over. Let stand until mixture cools to between 105°F and 115°F, about 20 minutes (be patient, you rascal).

Sprinkle yeast over cereal. Add 1 cup bread flour, oil, sugar and salt and stir until smooth. Gradually mix in enough of the remaining bread flour to form dough. Cover dough; let rest 15 minutes (be patient, you rascal).

Turn out dough onto a flour-covered surface. Knead until smooth and stretchy, adding more flour if sticky, about 10 minutes (be patient, you rascal). Oil a sizeable bowl. Put dough in the bowl; turn to coat. Cover the bowl with a clean kitchen towel. Let dough rise in a warm area until doubled, about 1 hour.

Mix all seeds in a bowl. Punch down dough. Turn out onto a delicately oiled surface. Knead briefly. Shape into a 12x4-inch loaf. Sprinkle baking sheet with 2 teaspoons of the seeds. Place loaf atop seeds. Cover with a towel. Let rise in a warm area until almost doubled, about 30 minutes (be patient, you rascal).

Position 1 oven rack in the center and 1 just below the center of the oven. Place the baking pan on the lower rack and preheat oven to 425°F. Brush loaf with water. Sprinkle with remaining seed mixture. Using a sharp knife, cut 3 diagonal slashes in the surface of the loaf. Place baking sheet with the loaf in the oven. Immediately pour 2 cups of water into a hot pan on the lower rack of the oven (water will steam).

Bake loaf until golden and crusty and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes (be patient, you rascal). Transfer to rack and cool.

This can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap in plastic; store at room temperature.

======Tim and Sheila Culey ======


Submitted by Tess M Nov 26, 2009
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