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Soaked Whole Grain Bread

A delicious whole grain bread recipe made from real food ingredients.
Cook Time45 mins
Course: Side Dish
Servings: 2 loaves

Ingredients

  • 3 cups freshly ground whole wheat flour
  • 3 tbsp. raw honey
  • 2 tbsp. caraway seeds optional
  • 1/4 cup sunflower seeds optional
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil or butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/4 cups raw milk or cultured milk buttermilk or equal parts yogurt and water
  • 2 tsp. sea salt
  • 3 tsp. yeast

Instructions

  • Combine the whole wheat flour, honey, and seeds in a large bowl.
  • Add the coconut oil, egg, and raw milk and stir it all up.
  • Cover with a towel and set it in a warm location overnight or for about 12 hours (a bit longer is fine, too, but it will taste increasingly sour).
  • In the morning, sprinkle salt and yeast over the dough.
  • Knead this in for several minutes until you can't see any more flecks of yeast and the dough is smooth and elastic.  Let it rise for about 2 hours in a warm place, then punch it down and shape it into loaves.
  • Allow the bread to rise in the pans for another 1 - 2 hours until it has crested the pans.  Preheat the oven to 350ºF, and bake the bread for about 45 minutes, until golden brown and hollow sounding when tapped.