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Easy Sunflower No Knead Bread

Reggie Dwork <reggie@jeff-and-reggie.com>
Sun, 04 Dec 2022 19:16:09 -0800
v122.n034.12
* Exported from MasterCook *

                       Bread, Easy Sunflower No Knead

Recipe By     :Ursula & David
Serving Size  : 18    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Bread                           Bread-Bakers Mailing List
                 Ethnic                          Hand Made
                 Low Fat                         Posted

   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   510               ml  lukewarm water -- (2 1/8C)
   18                 g  molasses -- (1 Tbsp), you can substitute with honey
   18                 g  honey -- (1 Tbsp)
   7                  g  active dry yeast -- (2 1/4 t)
   180                g  white bread flour -- (about 1 1/4C)
   220                g  whole wheat flour -- (about 1 3/4C)*
   180                g  rye flour -- (about 1 1/2C)*
   140                g  unsalted toasted sunflower seeds -- (1C) +
   35                 g  unsalted toasted sunflower seeds -- (1/C) see note
   18                 g  fine salt -- (3 t) *
                         Oil -- for greasing the pan

This homemade sunflower seed bread is just like the ones you would 
get in an Austrian bakery. It's light, moist, grainy and makes a 
perfect sandwich, breakfast or brunch. This is a no-knead recipe made 
with yeast.

Yield: One 5 x 9" loaf (2 2/3 lbs or 1.2 kg)

Dissolve molasses and honey in lukewarm water in a large bowl and 
sprinkle yeast over the top. Let yeast activate until it forms a 
creamy layer on top of the water, about 5 to 10 minutes.

Add bread flour and whole wheat flour and vigorously stir using a 
cooking spoon until the batter is smooth and resembles pancake batter.

Stir in salt and 1 cup toasted sunflower seeds. Mix well.

Add rye flour in two or three batches, get rid of the hand whisk and 
stir well with a cooking spoon (that's good workout). Make sure you 
mixed in the flour thoroughly and that there is no flour sticking to 
the bottom of the bowl. The dough is quite sticky and impossible to 
knead. Refrain from adding more flour or the bread will get firm.

Grease a 9 x 5" loaf pan and pour in the dough. Distribute as well as 
possible with the cooking spoon, then wet your hands and pat the 
surface smooth.

Sprinkle 1/4 cup of sunflower seeds on top (toasted or raw are fine), 
and slightly pat them into the dough.

Let the bread rise covered for 3/4 to 1 hour or until the dough has 
filled the whole loaf pan (or even a little higher). I always place 
the whole loaf pan in a small plastic bag (like the ones you get for 
produce at supermarkets), trap enough air and close tightly. The bag 
shouldn't touch the dough, so make sure to trap enough air. I prefer 
this method to using a lid or cling wrap because even if the bread is 
rising and you overlook time, it won't get messy.

After rising, the surface of the dough is usually not that tightly 
packed with sunflower seeds as it used to be, and there will be some 
blanks spots. You can sprinkle some additional sunflower seeds and 
carefully! pat them so they won't fall off immediately.

Bake the bread in the middle rack of the preheated oven until the 
loaf is dark golden brown. Bake 10 minutes at 450F, reduce heat to 
400F and bake for 30 more minutes.

Remove the bread from the oven, let it cool slightly (5 or 10 
minutes), then remove it from the pan when still very hot and let 
cool on a wire rack. Let the bread cool completely before cutting or 
it will still be a bit gummy inside.

In my opinion, this bread tastes best on the second or third day 
after baking. It is also easier and thinner to cut after a few days. 
I store it in a bread box or if you don't owe one, tightly wrapped in 
wax paper (don't use cling wrap).

Notes: If you only have raw sunflower seeds on hand, you can toast 
them in a pan without oil for about 5 minutes over medium heat until 
fragrant (don't let them brown). You will need 1 cup toasted seeds 
that go into the dough. The seeds you will sprinkle on top can either 
be raw or toasted.

Review: Hi, I wanted to thank you for the wonderful sunflower seed 
bread recipe. I made it today and we all love it :-). And you were 
right, the bread is even better the next day.

Review: Absolutely delicious. Just like the bread I had in Austria. I 
highly recommend making it!

S(Internet address):
   http://www.lilvienna.com/easy-sunflower-bread/
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 180 Calories; 6g Fat (29.3% 
calories from fat); 6g Protein; 28g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 
0mg Cholesterol; 390mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 
Lean Meat; 1 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : 2019 - 0420