Secret Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups multi-grain hot cereal
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
- 1 cup cold water
- 5 tablespoons honey
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 (1/4 ounce) package yeast
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/3 cup flax seed
- 1/3 cup salted sunflower seeds
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
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Directions
- In a large bowl, combine 7-grain hot cereal mix, 1 1/2 cup boiling water, 5 T. honey-4 T. butter, salt.
- Stir. Cover (I use a dinner plate).
- Let stand 1 hour.
- Remove cover.
- Add 1 cup cool water; stir to combine all ingredients.
- Add yeast; stir to dissolve yeast.
- Continue stirring to combine ingredients well; or use large mixer to mix well.
- Mix just until combined.
- Mix flours together in separate bowl.
- Attach dough hook to mixer. Start on low speed.
- Add flours to cereal mixture, one cup at a time.
- Add flax, sunflower seeds, and nuts.
- Continue mixing till dough cleans the sides of the mixing bowl (you may have to add a bit more flour).
- Remove from mixer and place on floured bread board.
- Knead 5 minutes.
- Clean mixer bowl.
- Add 2 T. vegetable oil to clean bowl, tipping so that oil covers the bottom and part-way up the sides of the bowl.
- Place dough in bowl, then flip it over so that oiled side is on top.
- Turn on your oven light (this provides the warmth to proof your dough.
- Place bowl in the oven. Close the door.
- Let rise till double (about 1 hour).
- Remove from oven (leave the light on and re-close the door).
- Place on floured bread board.
- Separate in two pieces.
- Knead each piece 5 minutes.
- Form each into a cylinder, to fit the loaf pan.
- Oil 2 loaf pans.
- Place dough in loaf pans.
- Return to oven. Close door. Leave the light on.
- Let rise 1 hour or till dough mounds above the top of the pans.
- Bake 35-40 minutes at 375°F.
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