Fanuna's Kitchen

An easy recipe for homemade wholemeal spelt bread.

Working time: 10 minutes

Baking: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 500 g wholemeal spelt flour
  • 500 ml tepid water
  • 1 packet dry yeast or 35 g fresh yeast
  • 3/4 tsp Sugar
  • 10 g salt
  • 2 ts vinegar
  • 100 g roasted sunflower seeds
  • 100 g roasted pumpkin seeds
  • 40 g linseeds
  • 30 g chia seeds
  • some butter for tin

Equipment:

mixing bowls, 30 cm loaf tin, food precessor with dough attachement if available, wooden spoon

Method:

  1. Pre-heat the ofen to 220 °C (fan: 200 °C).
  2. Add a fireproof pan with water into the buttom of the ofen.
  3. Butter well a loaf pan ( length 30 cm)
  4. Blend all the seeds together and set some aside for the pan.
  5. Put some of the seeds into the pan and spread them in every corners. Leave some for topping the dough before baking.
  6. Mix the yeast, sugar and water and let it rest for 10 minutes. The yeast should be foamy after 10 minutes
  7. Mix the flour, salt, vinegar and the rest of the seeds.
  8. Add the yeast/water mixture to the flour and start kneading for at least 5 minutes by the dough attachement of a food processor.
  9. If you knead by hand, you should first mix half of the flour and 2/3 of the liquid with a wooden spoon. Then add the remaining flour and liquid stepwise, kneading between each addition, until a smooth, non-sticky dough is formed. Kneading for at least 6-8 min after all is mixed.
  10. If the dough is ready, place into the loaf pan. Sprinkle the remaining seeds on the dough and place the pan into the ofen.
  11. Bake the bread for about 45 minutes. The bread should sound hollow when tapped.
  12. After 15 minutes, reduce to 200 °C (fan: 180 °C) and remove the water pan. Caution the steam, when opening the ofen.
  13. When finished, remove from the pan and let it cool on a rack before cutting.

Note: Usually, I bake three loaves at once and refrigerate them in portions after they have cooled completely. Because it is time and energy efficient. I don’t duplicate the quantity of ingredients, but prepare one dough at a time and then put them all in the oven at once.

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