Healthy Multi-Grain Bread
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Similar to that baked by
4 teaspoons yeast
3 Tablespoons
vital wheat gluten
5 cups unbleached enriched
white flour
1/4 cup brown rice flour
2 3/4 cups water
1/4 cup honey
2 Tablespoons
brown sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon vinegar
1/4 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup wheat bran
1/4 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup oat bran
black
and white sesame seeds
poppy
seeds
soy
flour (wash)
Place first 4 ingredients into dough maker
or mixing bowl.
Mix next 5 ingredients in a large Pyrex
measuring cup. Stir in the last 4
ingredients and heat in microwave until the grains are softened and the mixture
is warm to the touch (about 105 deg F).
Slowly pour warm liquid into flour/yeast
and mix well. Kneed
for about 10 minutes. Cover and
allow to rise until doubled (about 25 minutes).
Deflate dough and knead for 15 minutes.
Cover and allow to rise
for another 20 minutes or so.
Deflate,
knead briefly, shape and place in two loaf pans which have been sprayed with
releasing spray. Cover each pan with
plastic wrap sprayed with releasing spray and allow to rise
for about 15 minutes until the dough expands to the corners of the pans.
Make a wash by combining approximately 2
teaspoons of soy flour with some cold water.
Gently brush onto shaped loaves.
Sprinkle with poppy and sesame seeds.
Gently press seeds into the surface of the loaves so that they will
adhere to the wash.
Re-cover each pan with the plastic wrap
and allow to rise until about 1-inch over top of pans
(about 1 hour).
Place in pre-heated 400 degree oven. After 10 minutes, reduce oven temperature to
375 degrees and continue baking for another 25 minutes until done.
Remove from pans and cool. Makes two large loaves.