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Sunflower Seed Bread Recipe

Sunflower seed bread is one of the most delicious and healthy breads.This sunflower seed bread recipe will help you make the best sunflower bread in a simple and easy "no knead" method.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Proofing time 1 hour 25 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American, British, German
Servings 1 Loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 290 g Bread Flour/Plain Flour or 2 1/4 cup(loosely packed)
  • 57 g Whole wheat flour or 1/2 cup (loosely packed)(you can substitute the same with plain flour)
  • 260 ml Warm water or 1 cup + 4 tsp
  • 3 g Instant yeast 1 tsp (Active dry yeast 1 and 1/4 tsp)
  • 5.9 g Salt 1 tsp
  • 20 g Honey/Sugar or 1 tbsp or more according to your preference
  • 100 g Sunflower seeds (85g to the dough and 15g for sprinkling on top) or 3/4 cup
  • 10 g Flax seeds or 1 tbsp

Instructions
 

Prepare the dough

  • Into a bowl, add in the lukewarm water, honey/sugar, salt, yeast and stir to dissolve the ingredients in water.
    Water should be slightly warm and not hot.Preferably 95 F or warm as that pf a baby food.
    Add in the sunflower seeds, the flax seeds and whole wheat flour.
    Stir and combine.Add the plain flour into this.
    Make sure there are no dry patches left behind.

First Proofing

  • Wrap the bowl with a plastic film and let the dough stand rise in a warm environment for 30 minutes.
    This proofing time may vary according to the ambient temperature.
    If the room temperature is cold, it may take around 45 minutes.

Shape the dough

  • After 30 minutes of rising, our dough has risen slightly.
    I smeared my hand with some olive oil.
    Now degas the dough.
    I pulled the dough from sides of bowl and folded it into the center and simultaneously deflate the dough.
    Turn the dough upside down, so that the smooth side is now up.
  • Let us rest the dough for another 8-10 minutes covered.
    After 8 minutes,I placed the dough on to a lightly floured work surface.
    Sprinkle some more flour on top so that it will not stick.
  • Using a rolling pin, flatten the dough.
    Now fold and roll the dough sheet, like we roll a jelly roll.Pinch the ends and place it on to a parchment lined baking sheet.
    If you want to make a sunflower sandwich loaf, then place the dough into a greased loaf pan.
  • Now it’s ready for the next step.So cover it with a cling film or a large bowl.
    Let it sit and rise in a warm environment.

Final rising

  • Let the dough sit and rise in warm environment for 45 – 50 minutes.
  • So after 45 minutes, spray the surface with some water.
  • Sprinkle the top with some sunflower seeds.
  • Score the bread dough (almost 1 cm deep slash), with a sharp knife.

Bake the Sunflower Bread

  • (1)Using a spray bottle, spritz the sides of the oven with water a few times and close the door.Wait about 30 seconds and spritz again.Wait another 30 seconds and do it one final time and then bake.
  • Place the baking tray into the 425 F or 220 C preheated oven.
    Bake for about 25-30 minutes.
  • The presence of steam inside the oven during the initial few minutes of baking helps to create that rustic crispy crust to our seed bread.
    To create steam inside the oven,
    1)Using a spray bottle, spritz the sides of the oven with water a few times and close the door.Wait about 30 seconds and spritz again.Wait another 30 seconds and do it one final time and then bake.
    (2)When you put your bread in the oven, Add one cup of hot boiling water to a shallow baking dish and set it on the lower rack of your oven. The water will create steam which will help keep the bread crusty on the outside as it bakes.
    The result is a very delicious, crusty sunflower bloomer bread with soft and airy crumb!
  • Wait for the sunflower seed bread to cool down before slicing.It may take around 30 minutes.
    EnjoY!
  • HOW TO BAKE SUNFLOWER SEED LOAF IN A BREAD PAN/LOAF PAN
    If you are baking this bread in a loaf pan, like a sunflower seed sandwich bread, you can place the shaped dough into a loaf pan.
    And then wait for the final rise (45-50 minutes)
    Bake the seed bread at 350 F preheated oven for 34-35 minutes in the loaf pan.
    Reduce the baking temperature to 325 F and bake for another 4-5 minutes
    The top of the sunflower seed loaf will start browning at around 25 minutes of baking.It doesn’t mean our seed loaf is done.
    At this point if we take it out, the center of the sunflower seed bread will have a doughy texture and it will smell very “yeasty”
    So wait for until the seed bread is baked properly.

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