Greatest Wholesome Mushy Seedy Sandwich Bread

Generally I get on a significant bread-baking kick. Just a few weeks in the past I shared my mother’s No Knead Seeded Honey Oat Artisan Bread and it jogged my memory of my different all-time favourite bread recipes that I shared a couple of years again.

The inclination to bake my very own sandwich bread got here after visiting my Grandma a couple of years in the past and watching her crank out her do-it-yourself bread faster than Martha Stewart. Not solely was the bread SO a lot better than the store-bought model, nevertheless it was a inventive hands-on exercise that I felt I may incorporate into a day. Plus, baking do-it-yourself bread simply makes me proud, you recognize?

So right here we’re! I needed to re-share a traditional: my smooth, do-it-yourself wholesome sandwich bread recipe made with entire wheat flour, nutritious seeds, oats and naturally sweetened with only a contact of honey. I’ve been making this for years now and at all times come again to it. We use this sandwich bread recipe for sandwiches, garlic bread, french toast, avocado toast — the record goes on! And now you may make it too.

Substances for wholesome sandwich bread

This pretty, wholesome bread recipe makes use of easy components to create a nutritious, completely fluffy bread you’ll severely make many times. Right here’s the whole lot you’ll must make it:

• Milk: I’ve used each common milk and almond milk with success. You simply want to ensure the milk is heat, however not sizzling. 115 levels F is the optimum temperature for bread making, however in the event you don’t have a thermometer to make use of, the perfect gauge is your finger. Heat the milk looks like heat tub water whenever you check it together with your finger.
• Oats: this wholesome sandwich bread recipe requires entire grain rolled oats. It provides a pleasant hearty texture to the bread. The oats will soak within the milk for five minutes to assist soften them a bit.
• Honey: to assist activate the yeast, we’re utilizing a tablespoon of honey which supplies the bread a really slight sweetness. When you don’t wish to use honey, brown sugar can even work.
• Yeast: use fast rise or prompt yeast on this sandwich bread recipe to assist the bread rise sooner. You too can use energetic dry yeast, however the bread might take a barely longer time to rise.
• Butter: fats helps to provide the bread a finer crumb and higher texture, however we’re solely utilizing 3 tablespoons. Be at liberty to make use of vegan butter too!
• Bread flour: to assist hold this seedy sandwich bread smooth, fluffy and ethereal, we’re utilizing bread flour, which has the next protein stage to assist lighten the bread’s texture. The upper quantities of protein assist to supply extra gluten, which supplies bread its chewiness, texture and conventional ethereal holes.
• Complete wheat flour: I needed this sandwich bread recipe to incorporate entire grains so I opted for just a little entire wheat flour. It’s necessary that you simply use 100% entire wheat flour on this recipe.
  
• Flaxseed meal: not solely does flaxseed meal assist to soak up some liquid on this recipe, nevertheless it additionally provides a wholesome dose of fiber and protein to the bread. Flaxseed meal is vital, please don’t skip it.
• Seeds: this recipe requires sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and poppy seeds, which not solely improve the flavour of the bread but additionally give it a tasty slight crunch particularly when toasted!
• Salt: bread made with out salt tastes very plain and as well as, salt additionally helps to regulate yeast in bread recipes so don’t skip it.

Find out how to measure flour

Technically it’s best to use a scale to measure flour, however there’s actually no downside in the event you don’t have one as a result of most yeast breads will be very forgiving. Studying tips on how to measure flour correctly will guarantee success, so take a look at my tutorial right here and bear in mind to look at the video for full directions!

All about yeast: which to make use of & tips on how to activate

I get this query on a regular basis in my cinnamon roll recipe and may perceive why it might be complicated to know in case your yeast is activated. First, it’s necessary to know that there are two sorts of yeast to select from:

1. The primary is energetic dry yeast, which have to be dissolved in liquid, or additionally what’s often called being “proofed” earlier than it’s added to the remainder of the dough components.
2. The second sort of yeast is prompt yeast, also referred to as fast rise yeast (that is the model I take advantage of and love!). That’s what we’re utilizing for this seedy wholesome sandwich bread recipe. It may be added to the dough with out proofing required. Nonetheless, I nonetheless wish to dissolve it in just a little little bit of milk to assist get it began.

You need to use both sort of yeast on this recipe, simply know that in the event you use energetic dry yeast, it might take the bread longer to rise. You’ll know when the yeast is activated whenever you see a couple of small foamy wanting bubbles begin to pop up within the milk/oat/honey combination.

Ideas for baking do-it-yourself sandwich bread

• Watch the second rise. The bread shouldn’t come greater than 1 inch above the brim of the pan in the course of the second rise. The climate, how a lot you kneaded the dough and the temperature in your house can have an effect on how rapidly your dough will rise. So simply be sure to’re maintaining an in depth eye on it.
• Examine the temp. Bread is completed when the interior temperature reaches 190 levels F. This bread is at all times completely performed for me between 35-40 minutes.
• Let it sit. Wait no less than 2 hours till reducing into the bread. I do know it may be very tempting, however in the event you reduce into it sooner it’s going to most probably alter and alter the feel.
• Attempt it vegan. This bread can simply be made vegan, merely use brown sugar as a substitute of honey, almond milk for the common milk, vegan butter and skip the egg wash!

Find out how to retailer do-it-yourself bread

• To retailer: it’s greatest to retailer do-it-yourself sandwich bread on the counter. As soon as the bread is totally cool, wrap it in plastic and retailer at room temperature. If the climate is sizzling or humid, it’s greatest to retailer the bread within the fridge.
• To freeze the bread: wrap it in plastic wrap, then seal it in a ziplock plastic bag, ensuring to get all of the air out of the bag. You too can wrap the bread in plastic after which wrap it tightly in foil. Bread ought to final 3 months within the freezer. As soon as able to serve, unwrap the bread and thaw at room temperature.

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The Greatest Wholesome Mushy Seedy Sandwich Bread

Prep Time 2 hours 30 minutes

Complete Time 3 hours 5 minutes

This do-it-yourself wholesome sandwich bread recipe is smooth and made with wholesome components like entire wheat flour, sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, oats, flaxseed and only a contact of honey. You’ll love making this for wholesome sandwiches, avocado toast, french toast and a lot extra!

Substances

• For the bread:
• 1 ¼
  cup
  milk (be at liberty to make use of unsweetened almond milk)
• 1/3
  cup
  old style rolled oats
• 1
  tablespoon
  honey
• 2 1/4
  teaspoons
  fast rise yeast
• 3
  tablespoons
  butter, melted
• 2
  cups
  bread flour
• 3/4
  cup
  entire wheat flour, plus extra if obligatory
• 2
  tablespoons
  flaxseed meal
• 1
  teaspoon
  salt
• 2
  tablespoons
  sunflower seeds
• 1
  tablespoon
  sesame seeds
• 1
  tablespoon
  poppyseeds
• Oil, for coating
• For the egg wash:
• 1
  egg, overwhelmed
• For topping:
• 2
  tablespoon
  old style rolled oats
• 1
  tablespoon
  sunflower seeds
• Elective: further poppyseeds and sesame seeds

Directions

1. Warmth milk in a small saucepan over low warmth till milk is heat (about 115 levels F). It needs to be heat to the contact like heat bathwater however not sizzling. Take away from warmth and pour into a big bowl and stir in oats, yeast and honey. Let the combination sit for five minutes.

2. Subsequent, stir in melted butter into the bowl with the oats/yeast/honey. Instantly add in bread flour, entire wheat flour, flaxseed meal and salt combine with a picket spoon till a dough begins to kind. 

3. Add in sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and poppyseeds and gently combine into the dough. At this level I wish to get the dough to come back along with clear arms. Place dough onto a well-floured floor and knead the dough together with your arms for 10 minutes. An alternative choice is to make use of the dough hook in your electrical mixer to knead the dough (I favor this methodology as a result of it is simpler).

4. As soon as performed kneading, kind dough right into a ball and place in a big bowl coated with about 1 tablespoon oil, turning the dough over to coat with oil. Cowl with plastic wrap and a heat towel and permit the dough to rise for about 90 minutes, or till doubled in measurement. This may occasionally take extra of much less time relying on the climate or temperature in your house.

5. Subsequent, grease a 8×4 inch loaf pan. After dough has risen, knead it only a few extra instances on a clear floor coated with entire wheat flour for about 1 min then form dough into an 8-inch lengthy log and place in ready pan, tucking the ends beneath.

6. Cowl the loaf with plastic wrap and a heat towel and permit it to rise once more for 60-90 minutes or till the loaf has risen an inch above the brim of the pan as demonstrated within the video. This may occasionally take roughly time relying on how heat it’s in your house. Watch fastidiously as a result of you don’t need the dough to rise an excessive amount of.

7. As soon as dough has risen the second time, preheat oven to 350 levels F. Beat egg in small bowl and brush excessive of the dough. (Please be aware that you simply will not want to make use of all the egg wash, however solely a small quantity.) Sprinkle a couple of extra oats, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and poppyseeds on prime of the dough. 

8. Bake for 35-40 minutes or till loaf is barely golden brown on prime and the loaf sounds hole when tapped. Switch pan to wire rack to chill for 10 minutes, then take away bread from pan and place on wire rack to complete cooling for no less than 2 hours. Don’t reduce the bread earlier than it’s utterly cooled or the feel will change. 

9. Bread needs to be wrapped tightly and retailer at room temperature. If it is humid/sizzling, retailer bread within the fridge. Minimize into slices with a serrated knife. Makes 15 slices.

Recipe Notes

Bread is great toasted with butter, peanut butter, garlic butter or mashed avocado. It’s nice for grilling or for sandwiches too!

To make this bread vegan: use brown sugar as a substitute of honey, almond milk for the common milk, vegan butter and easily skip the egg wash!

See the complete put up for suggestions, tips and methods to customise your bread!

Diet

Servings: 15 slices

Serving measurement: 1 slice (based mostly on 15)

Energy: 149kcal

Fats: 4.8g

Saturated fats: 1.8g

Carbohydrates: 22.4g

Fiber: 2g

Sugar: 2.3g

Protein: 5.1g

Recipe by: Monique Volz // Formidable Kitchen | Pictures by: Eat Love Eats

This put up was initially revealed on April seventh, 2019, and republished on February twentieth, 2023.