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Soaked Whole Grain Bread

A delicious whole grain bread recipe made from real food ingredients.
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Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings: 2 loaves
Course: Side Dish
Ingredients Method

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

Method
 

  1. Combine the whole wheat flour, honey, and seeds in a large bowl.
  2. Add the coconut oil, egg, and raw milk and stir it all up.
  3. 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).
  4. In the morning, sprinkle salt and yeast over the dough.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.