Okay. . . this recipe is for anyone who has never baked bread. Yes, the rest of you can make it too, but it's guaranteed to be so easy that no one has an excuse. Well, after you have all the ingredients in the house, there is no excuse. You can have this bread on the table in 1 1/2 hours,so let's get going...
Ingredients:
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup 7 or 9 grain cereal
1 1/2 cups white flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 Tbsp instant yeast
3 Tbsp sunflower and or pumpkin seeds
3 Tbsp flax seed (ground)
1 Tbsp poppy seed (optional)
3 Tbsp oat bran
2 Tbsp sugar
Mix dry ingredients and add:
2 Tbsp oil
2 Tbsp molasses
2 1/2 cups hot water
Stir until mixed. Sprinkle with flour
and shape with hands into a ball.
I don't want to use the word (knead)
but if you feel comfortable with that,
knead a little.
Without rising, dividethe ball into 2 or 3
parts, depending on size
of bread pans. Mine are
small (4'' x 7 1/2'')
so I do three.
Cover with a clean tea towel and plastic bag. Let rise
about 20 min. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375F,
then bake loaves about 30 minutes.
Time saving idea: mix several batches of the dry mix
and put in zip-lock bags. Freeze. When you want to
make bread, just take one out and add liquids.