Multi-grain Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

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

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine 7-grain hot cereal mix, 1 1/2 cup boiling water, 5 t. honey-4 t. butter, salt.
• 2 stir. cover (i use a dinner plate).
• 3 let stand 1 hour.
• 4 remove cover.
• 5 add 1 cup cool water; stir to combine all ingredients.
• 6 add yeast; stir to dissolve yeast.
• 7 continue stirring to combine ingredients well; or use large mixer to mix well.
• 8 mix just until combined.
• 9 mix flours together in separate bowl.
• 10 attach dough hook to mixer. start on low speed.
• 11 add flours to cereal mixture, one cup at a time.
• 12 add flax, sunflower seeds, and nuts.
• 13 continue mixing till dough cleans the sides of the mixing bowl (you may have to add a bit more flour).
• 14 remove from mixer and place on floured bread board.
• 15 knead 5 minutes.
• 16 clean mixer bowl.
• 17 add 2 t. vegetable oil to clean bowl, tipping so that oil covers the bottom and part-way up the sides of the bowl.
• 18 place dough in bowl, then flip it over so that oiled side is on top.
• 19 turn on your oven light (this provides the warmth to proof your dough.
• 20 place bowl in the oven. close the door.
• 21 let rise till double (about 1 hour).
• 22 remove from oven (leave the light on and re-close the door).
• 23 place on floured bread board.
• 24 separate in two pieces.
• 25 knead each piece 5 minutes.
• 26 form each into a cylinder, to fit the loaf pan.
• 27 oil 2 loaf pans.
• 28 place dough in loaf pans.
• 29 return to oven. close door. leave the light on.
• 30 let rise 1 hour or till dough mounds above the top of the pans.
• 31 bake 35-40 minutes at 375°f.