Healthy Easy Peasy Seed Loaf Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Grease 3 medium loaf tins or several smaller tins well.
• Place all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl and mix well to form a smooth, heavy batter.
• *Note*No need to sift flour.
• Spoon the batter into tins making them no more than half full, and sprinle some sesame seeds on top.
• Place the tins in a protected, mildly warm spot and leave to rise until doubled.
• Bake at 200 deg celcius for 20 mins, lower to 180 degrees celcius and bake for a further 20 mins until browned on the top.
• Cool in tins for 5 mins then remove onto cooling racks.
• TIPS: Once cooled, wrap in cling film, and freeze the loaves you do not require immediatly as home made yeast bread does not last long.
• Adjust time accordingly for smaller tins as they might require less than 1/2 the time.
• You can use a drop of choc brown colouring if you want really dark brown loaves.
• You could also sprinkle some wheat into the tins before putting the batter in.
• The seed mixture is 450ml of what you like.
• Add the seeds and amounts according to your tastes (maybe try raisins next time)- it's all up to you.
• Serve with butter/marg or a good spread.

Steps:

• Combine both flours in a large bowl with the yeast and 1 tsp fine salt. Mix the treacle with 250ml warm water until well combined. Stir into the flour to make a slightly sticky dough. If you need to add more water, splash it in 1 tbsp at a time.
• Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface for 10 mins (or in a tabletop mixer for 5-7 mins). Your dough should be smooth and elastic when it's ready. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, flip the dough over to coat it in oil, then cover with a sheet of oiled cling film. Leave in a warm place until doubled in size - this will take about 1 hr (see note, below). Lightly oil a 900g loaf tin.
• Once doubled in size, knead the dough again for 3-5 mins to knock out the air bubbles - add most of the seeds and work these into the dough as you knead. Shape the dough into an oval roughly the same length as your tin. Place in the tin and leave to prove, covered with oiled cling film, for 30-45 mins until it has nearly doubled in size again. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
• Gently press a finger into the loaf to check if it has had enough proving time (see tip). When it's ready, glaze the top of the loaf with the egg yolk and sprinkle over the remaining seeds. Bake in the oven for 40-45 mins until golden brown - if you tip the loaf out of the tin and tap the bottom, it should sound hollow. Leave to cool on a wire rack for at least 30 mins before slicing.

Steps:

• Place first six ingredients in bread machine according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Set on basic cycle for 1 1/2lb loaf and medium crust.
• Add seeds five minutes before the end of final kneading.