Seeded Brown Bread

Name: Seeded Brown Bread
Yield: Makes Three 1kg (2Lb) Loaves
Ingredients: 75–125 g (3-4 oz) sesame seeds; 75 g (3 oz) pumpkin or sunflower seeds; 2 teaspoons caraway seeds; 500 g (1 lb) strong white flour; 2 sachets fast-action easy-blend dried yeast; 2 tablespoons crushed sea salt; 4 tablespoons bran, plus a little extra; 125 ml (4 fl oz) sunflower oil; 900 ml—1 litre (1½–1¾ pints) warm water; Soft butter or margarine; 1 kg (2 lb) strong wholemeal flour

Preparation info

Makes
Three
1 kg

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Companion

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1991

About

If you are busy during the day, make up this dough within minutes in the morning, leave it all day in a cool place to rise, then put the risen dough into the oven when you get home. Or you can mix the dough before you go to bed and have freshly baked hot bread for breakfast.

Ingredients

Soft butter or margarine
1 kg (2 lb) strong wholemeal flour
500

Breakfast
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Smear three 1 kg (2 lb) loaf tins very generously with soft butter. Combine the flours and yeast in a large bowl, then stir in the salt, 4 tablespoons bran and all the seeds, reserving some sesame an