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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 40 Minutes Servings: 40 |
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This is a bread I develolped since I couldn't find real whole grain, low sugar, no additive, good tasting bread in the stores. South Beach Diet legal. Ingredients:
1-1/2 cup low fat or non-fat milk (i use low fat buttermilk) |
3 eggs (or 2 eggs and 2 egg whites) |
2-1/4 tsp salt |
1-1/2 tbsp sugar (do not use splenda or other artificial sweetener) |
1/4 cup plus 1 teaspoon olive oil |
2-1/2 cups whole wheat flour |
2/3 cup bob’s red mill 10 grain flour |
2/3 cup rye flour |
1/3 cup wheat germ |
1/3 cup wheat bran |
(or use any mixture of whole grain flours, total 4-1/2 cups) |
1/3 cup ground flax seed (optional) |
4 tblsp. vital wheat gluten |
1 tblsp. yeast |
1/2 cup dry roasted sunflower seeds (optional) |
Directions:
1. 1. Place milk, eggs, salt, sugar and oil in bread machine pan.
2. 2. Whisk flours and gluten together in medium bowl, add to bread machine pan.
3. 3. Add yeast to bread machine
4. 4. Select dough cycle.
5. 5. Check dough ball after 5-10 minutes. IIf too dry add 1 Tbsp water at a time. If too moist add 1 Tbsp whole wheat flour at a time.
6. 7. At end of cycle, remove from machine and knead down. Divide in half.
7. 8. Lightly flour two bread pans (or spray with non-stick spray. Sprinkle in sunflower seeds to barely cover bottom
8. 9. Knead the remaining sunflower seeds into the dough.
9. 10. Shape dough on counter to form two loaves to fit your pans. Put loaves in pans.
10. 11 Cover pans loosely with towel, and set in warm place
11. (i.e. top of refrigerator, top of water heater, in oven with pilot
12. light) or on counter
13. 9. When loaves have risen (usually 2 hours) to desire height, bake at 375 degree F oven for 30-40 minutes or until browned and hollow sounding when tapped with a finger.
14. 10. Remove to rachs and allow to completely cool.
15. 11. Slice thinly. Place in freezer bag. Will keep for several weeks.
16. 12. Remove slice/s as desired. Defrosts in 10 minutes or toast
17. directly from freezer
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