This 10-grain bread is full of all kinds of goodness. To add to the nutritiousness, I topped the loaf with a mixture of flax, sesame, sunflower, caraway, poppy, and anise seeds.
I used Bob's Red Mill 10-grain cereal in this bread. It has wheat, corn, rye, triticale (a wheat and rye hybrid), oats, soy beans, millet, barley, brown rice, oat bran, and flaxseed. I've also used their 5-grain and 7-grain cereals in bread with great results. You can also mix your own multi-grain cereal for this bread (you may have to adjust the water).
The dough for this bread is mixed by hand, and then allowed to rise. Once the dough has risen, you can refrigerate it for up to 10 days before shaping and baking. I made enough dough for two small loaves, baking the first one the next day, and the second one seven days later. How convenient is that?!
The bread is fairly dense, similar to rye bread. It has a ton of delicious whole grain flavor, and is wonderful thinly sliced and spread with cheeses and smoked salmon, trout, or mackerel. It's also excellent served with soup.... perfect for winter lunches and dinners!
Many thanks to Pavani of Cook's Hideout for choosing this month's Bread Baker's theme, "healthy" bread. After the recipe, be sure to check out the links for a huge and amazing list of over 20 nutrient rich bread recipes for you to try.
Ten Grain No Knead Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup ten-grain hot cereal (Bob's Red Mill)
- 1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour
- 1 3/4 tsp instant yeast
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons vital wheat gluten
- 1 3/4 cups lukewarm water
- 1 tablespoon of a seed mixture of your choice
Instructions
- In a large bowl or dough rising bucket, whisk together the cereal, flours, yeast, salt, and vital wheat gluten.
- Add the water and mix with your wet hand to fully incorporate the flour.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise for about 2 hours. Refrigerate the dough for one to ten days in a covered (but not completely airtight) container.
- When ready to bake a loaf, remove half of the dough from the container and shape it into an elongated loaf. Cover the dough with oiled plastic wrap and let rise on a piece of parchment paper for about 90 minutes to two hours, until slightly risen.
- If you have a baking stone, place it on the middle rack of your oven, and place a broiler pan below the stone. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. (If you don't have a baking stone, you can bake the loaf on a baking sheet).
- When you are just about ready to bake the loaf, bring one cup of water to a boil. Brush the top of the loaf with water, and sprinkle it with a seed mixture of your choice. With a serrated knife, slash the loaf lengthwise with a 1/2 inch deep cut.
- Using a pizza peel or the back of a baking sheet, transfer the loaf, parchment and all, to the baking stone. Cover the oven window with a dish towel and pour the boiling water into the broiler pan, remove the dish towel, and immediately close the oven door.
- Bake the loaf for 30 minutes. Remove the loaf from the oven and cool on a wire rack before slicing.
Recipe adapted from Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day.
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Wow Karen I love everything about this bread. The crust looks crunchy and the crumb looks soft and moist!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Julie!
DeleteWhat convenience, Karen! I need a bread dough recipe like this in my life. We do get Bob's Red Mill but I've never seen the 10-grain cereal. I'll ask my local store that carries it if they can make a special order!
ReplyDeleteIt's one of their most popular cereals so I'm sure you'll be able to find it!
DeleteI love Bob's Red Mill 10-grain cereal as a baking ingredient. That's a really pretty loaf with a great looking crust.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Eileen! I love it too. So convenient.
DeleteThe seed topping reminds me of a bread that I buy all the time at Whole Foods-- I'd love to make it at home instead and look forward to trying your recipe.
ReplyDeleteThanks Holly!
DeleteGreat recipe and great topping. I am going to have to get some of that cereal.
ReplyDeleteThanks Debra! It's pretty awesome!
DeleteI love all the grains in here!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cindy.
DeleteSo healthy and nutritious bread, love this ten grain bread.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sneha
DeleteLooks great as usual, Karen...
ReplyDeleteI might bake some bread this weekend, it will be horrible weather, icy, snowy, that kind that makes a Brazilian want to hibernate.
wake me up when Spring comes... (sigh)
It's a little chilly here. 65 degrees. Evil grin.
DeleteThe bread looks delicious with a perfect crumb. I would love a slice with just some warm butter slathered on it. Awesome pick for the theme!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Smruti! That's just the way I like it too.
Delete10 seeds, amazing! This bread looks so good and you can spot the seeds in the crumb :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Pam.
DeleteKaren....I am always in awe of your most beautiful breads. This one is no exception. I love multigrain breads and really prefer denser breads over fluffy breads. Love that it's no knead, too. And your photos are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!! You made my day/week/month!
DeleteHello Karen, This surely is a healthy bread. 10 cereals and so many seeds.Your bread looks stunning!
ReplyDeleteAwwww. Thank you!
DeleteThat's a beautiful and rustic looking bread. Love all those grains in there.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
DeleteYes please!! I have a multigrain blend ready to go here and can't wait
ReplyDeletePerfect and delicious healthy bread.
ReplyDeleteThank you Rocio.
DeleteI love this...it is absolutely going on my to make list Karen!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Wendy!
DeleteLove the seeds on the bread. Wonderful looking loaf Karen.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Deletewow - all those grains and seeds a great bread indeed
ReplyDeleteThanks Mireille!
DeleteWow - this is inspiring. I just posted a no-rise challah bread. Now you've got the no-knead covered. I am going to try this. Sounds simple and flexible. My favorite adjectives for baking!
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