Our Daily Bread (bread Machine)

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 45 mins

Ingredients

• 355 ml water
• 3 tablespoons light olive oil
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 200 g whole wheat flour
• 200 g rye flour
• 275 g bread flour
• 1 teaspoon bread improver
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons powdered milk (we use skim milk powder)
• 1/2 cup linseed sunflower seeds and almond mix (lsa mix - from health food stores or health food section of supermarket - optional)
• 2 teaspoons dried yeast
• 3/4 cup sunflower seeds

Recipe

• 1 place all ingredients, except for the sunflower seeds, into the mixing pan in the order recommended for your brand of breadmaker.
• 2 in our breadmaker we put wet ingredients first, then dry ingredients, then yeast.
• 3 place sunflower seeds into the fruit and nut dispenser of your breadmaker or, if you don't have a dispenser, keep them aside until later.
• 4 set breadmaker settings to wholeweat, medium (crust), and large (size)- this recipe makes a 1250g loaf.
• 5 if your breadmaker has a fruit and nut dispenser, set it to dispense the nuts eg nuts yes.
• 6 press start.
• 7 check the consistency of the dough during the kneading stage and add a little more water or flour if the dough seems too dry or too wet.
• 8 if you don't have a fruit and nut dispenser, add the sunflower seeds towards the end of the first knead.
• 9 check loaf again towards the end of the final rise and if necessary, use your hand to form it into a neater shape.
• 10 when the bake cycle is finished, remove the loaf from the pan and cool on a rack.
• 11 to give the loaf a nice shiny finish, spray with spray oil while it is still warm.