Brother Juniper's Roasted Three-Seed Bread
- 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, shelled
- 1/2 cup sunflower seeds, shelled
- 1 tablespoon flax seeds
- 8 cups high-gluten bread flour or unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup wheat bran
- 2 tablespoons instant yeast
- 2 tablespoons sea salt
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 3/4 cups water
- Roast all the seeds in a frying pan until they start crackling.
- Place in a bowl and when cool add the flour, bran, yeast and salt.
- Add all the liquid ingredients, reserving i cup of water.
- Turn the dough onto a floured counter and knead for 10 to 12 minutes, adding up to a 1/4 cup of water if necessary.
- The dough should be elastic but not sticky.
- Return to a clean bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
- Let rise in a warm place for 1 hour or more, depending on the temperature.
- Divide into two cylinders and place in 4-by-8-inch or 5-by-10-inch loaf pans.
- Allow to rise until dough has doubled in size, 45 minutes or more.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes, until tapping the bottom of a loaf produces a hollow sound.
pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, flour, bran, yeast, salt, honey, buttermilk, water
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1113 (may not work)