EASY SEED & GRAIN LOAF

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Bake a nourishing seed and grain loaf in thirty minutes, perfect with soup

Provided by Mary Cadogan

Time 50m

Yield 8 thick slices

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

500g mixed grain flour
1 tbsp each sesame and poppy seeds, plus extra for topping
1 sachet fast-action yeast
1 tsp salt
300ml hand-hot water
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp clear honey

Steps:

Tip the flour, seeds, yeast and salt into a large bowl. Mix the water, oil and honey in a jug, then pour into the dry mix, stirring all the time to make a soft dough. If it feels sticky, sprinkle in a little more flour.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 mins, until the dough no longer feels sticky, sprinkling with a little more flour as you need it.
Oil a 1.2-litre loaf tin and put the dough in the tin, pressing it in evenly. Cover with a tea towel and leave to rise for 1 hr, until it springs back when you press it with your finger. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
Make eight slashes across the top of the loaf, brush with water and sprinkle alternately with poppy and sesame seeds. Bake for 30-35 mins until the loaf is risen and brown. Tip it out onto a cooling rack and leave to cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 266 calories, Fat 8 grams fat, SaturatedFat 1 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 41 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 2.5 grams sugar, Fiber 5 grams fiber, Protein 9 grams protein, Sodium 0.65 milligram of sodium