Oat & Honey Bread
Makes 1 Loaf 1 Cup Milk 1/4 Cup Butter 3/4 TSP Salt 1/2 Cup Quick Oats 1/4 Cup Honey 1 TBP Dry Yeast 2 Cup Unbleached Bread Flour 1/4 Cup + 2 TBP Hulled Sunflower Seeds 1) In a large, heatproof bowl or saucepan, combine the milk, butter, and salt. Warm this mixture until the butter melts. Remove from the heat and stir in the rolled oats and honey. Allow this to cool until it is lukewarm; not too hot and not too cold. 2) Stir in the yeast and whole wheat flour and allow to rest for about 5 minutes, so that the yeast begins to bubble. Stir in the bread flour, 1 cup at a time. Add the sunflower seeds with the second cup of flour and stir to combine very well. You should now have a fairly stiff dough that feels just slightly sticky. 3) Cover the bowl and allow the dough to rise in a warm, undisturbed place for about 45 minutes, until it has doubled in size. Meanwhile, generously butter a deep, 6-inch round cake pan. 4) When the dough has doubl...