I have been working on a few bread recipes and have been pretty happy with an augmented Multi-Grain recipe from King Arthur Flour's website. The bread is pretty hearty and includes a sunflowers, milled flax seed, cornmeal, sesame seeds, and whole oats. The recipe is low salt and contains no butter. A slice of this with honey is unstoppable.
Recipe
- 9 oz. white unbleached bread flour
- 3 oz. whole wheat flour
- 1 cup of sourdough starter
- 1.75 oz. whole oats
- 1 oz. cornmeal
- 1 oz. milled flax seed
- 0.25 oz. sesame seeds
- 0.5 tsp. kosher salt
- 1.875 oz. brown sugar
- 1.75 oz. buttermilk powder
- 1.25 cups of 105° F cup of water
- Recipe augmented from http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/multi-grain-loaf-recipe
Preparation
- Add 4 oz. bread flour, 1.25 cups of water, and starter to your mixing bowl and mix
- Add wheat flour, oats, cornmeal, flax seed, sesame seeds, salt, brown sugar, and buttermilk powder
- Mix thoroughly
- Continue to add flour at about 2 oz. at a time until the dough starts to become elastic and pull away from the bowl
- Continue to knead the dough and once the dough appears to be elastic, test it using the window pane test
- When the dough is ready, put the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap
- Let the dough rise until at least double its size. At room temperature, this can take 2 or more hours
- Punch the dough down and knead into a log
- Place the dough into a bread pan
- Let the dough rise again until roughly double in volume
- Place in preheated oven at 350° F
- Bake the bread until it is medium brown and is 200° F inside
- Let the bread cool on a rack for at least 30 minutes
Outcome
I made this using my new Chicago Metallic Bread Pan and it came out with ease and cooked evenly. A slice of this bread lightly toasted and with honey or peanut butter is excellent. My wife loves it for sandwiches but I have not yet had the a chance to try it.

