Create Healthy Bread At Home: Multigrain Recipe
Hearty and healthy bread is the ideal way of getting your family – young and old – to get the nutrients their body’s need.
This multigrain bread recipe is made with seven-grain cereal, wheat bran, steel-cut oats, and oat bran, barley flour, spelt flour, whole-wheat flour and all-purpose flour.
With a range of health benefits available to you and your family, try this delicious recipe below at home.
Preparation
Before you begin, you need to collect you ingredients. You will need the following to make two loaves:
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1 cup water |
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1/2 cup butter or margarine |
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1 cup buttermilk |
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1/2 cup steel-cut oats |
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1 cup seven-grain cereal |
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1/3 cup wheat bran |
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1/3 cup oat bran |
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3 to 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
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1/4 cup barley flour |
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1/4 cup spelt flour |
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1 cup whole wheat flour |
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1/2 cup brown sugar |
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2 envelopes rapid rise Yeast |
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2 tsp. gluten |
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2 tsp. Sesame or Black Seeds |
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2 tsp. salt |
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1 egg |
Method
Begin by heating the water and butter until boiling then stir in buttermilk. Now add the oats, seven-grain cereal, wheat bran and oat bran. Cool the mix until warm (approximately 48°C)
Combine just 1-cup of the all-purpose flour, barley, spelt and whole wheat flours, sugar, undissolved yeast, gluten, sesame seeds and salt in a bowl.
Stir in the warm cereal mixture and beat for at least 2 minutes, scraping the bowl occasionally. Add the egg and another cup of all-purpose flour and beat for an additional 2 minutes.
Now, you want to make soft dough. To do this, add enough additional flour, 1/2 cup at a time. Knead until smooth and elastic in consistency – this should take about 8 to 10 minutes by hand, or 4 to 6 minutes if using an electric mixer with dough hook.
Cover the dough and leave to rest for 10 minutes.
Next, divide the dough in half; roll each into 12 x 6-inch rectangles. Roll up tightly beginning from short ends. Pinch seams and ends to seal.
Place each loaf seam side down in greased 8 x 4-inch loaf pans. Brush the tops with melted butter, covering again and leave to rise in a warm, draft-free space until it doubles in size. This should take around an hour.
It is now time to bake; with the oven at 190ºC, leave for 40 minutes or until done. Remove from the pan, brushing again with melted butter, and leave to cool on a wire rack before slicing.
About the Author: Emily Amelia Inglis is a fan of healthy bread.
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