Instead of eating tough, dry bread from the store, try the old-fashioned bread with delicious sunflower seeds that you can bake yourself at home. Baking homemade bread takes longer than choosing bread at the store, but the pros outweigh the time taken. Homemade bread is tastier and cheaper than store-bought bread, besides, it does not contain preservatives or chemical additives, so it is healthier.
In order to bake homemade bread with seeds, you will need:
- 800 g flour;
- 2 and ¼ teaspoons of dry yeast;
- 100 ml milk
- 3 tablespoons of sugar;
- 2 tablespoons of butter;
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg;
- 1 tablespoon orange peel
- 100 ml orange juice;
- 100 g of peeled sunflower seeds;
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted.
- Pour flour and dry yeast into a large bowl and stir. Add milk, sugar, butter, and salt to a small saucepan. Heat it over low heat until warm.
- Pour the liquid mixture into a bowl with flour and yeast. Add egg and orange juice. Beat at low speed with a mixer until the mixture is mixed, then switch to high speed and beat for another three minutes. Add orange zest and sunflower seeds and stir with a wooden spoon or hands.
- Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead with your hands until smooth. Form the dough into a ball and place in a greased cup. Cover and let rise for 1 to 2 hours.
- Press down on the dough, cover again and let sit for another 10 minutes. Grease a bread pan with vegetable oil or fat and flour.
- Remove the dough from the bowl, mold it into a brick (or loaf, depending on the shape) and place in a baking dish. Leave it to rise for 30-45 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 190 ° C. Grease the dough with melted butter on top and place in the oven for 30-45 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and let the bread cool on the wire shelf before serving.
