Granary loaf

Granary loaf

olive magazine reader Ruth Joseph bakes this simple, healthy bread for her family - try it with a wedge of cheddar

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 2 loaves

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour 10 mins, plus standing and rising

Method

  1. Mix the molasses with 700ml of warm water, the yeast and a little of the flour. Stand in a warm place until the mixture is frothy.
  2. Mix the granary and white flour with the salt and stir in the nuts, seeds and oats.
  3. Add 50ml olive oil to the molasses mixture and combine with flour mixture. It may need a little more water, oil or flour depending how dry your flour is - the dough should be soft, but not sticky. Knead for up to 10 minutes, then leave to rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
  4. Beat back and form into 2 loaves. Put into two well-oiled 2lb loaf tins. Leave to double in size again and, when risen, glaze with beaten egg, and sprinkle seeds on top.
  5. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Bake for approx 40 mins until well risen, and golden. Turn out and check they are cooked by tapping on their bases - they should sound hollow.

Recipe from olive magazine, August 2009.

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  • 28 December 2010

    Donethat commented on this recipe

    Should be a good recipe which I am in the process of trying, just waiting the the dough to rise. Every now and then chefs slip in jargon terms that mean little or nothing to novices like me which is really annoying. What does "Beat back" mean? I'm sure I'll be told I should know, but I don't and I have asked others that cook and they don't know. I have even Googled the term and have failed to find an answer there. So could whoever edited this recipe please clarify this and please learn a lesson for any other recipes they may be editing....grrrrrrrr

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  • 29 March 2011

    Kako commented on this recipe

    I would imagine it's the same as "knock down"- i.e. knead lightly for a second time before forming into the required shape. Like you I've never heard the term but this is what I would expect to do at this point in a bread recipe. I appreciate it might be a little late for you as you were baking in December but perhaps this will help someone else! I love to hear these local terms, but I agree it's not very useful when there isn't a translation.

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  • 31 March 2011

    Lisa commented on this recipe

    I like this bread. It is simple and easy to make. It is free of additive and Trans fat. I use this recipe once a week and hubby like it very much. The trick of getting commercial taste bread is adding malt extract and soy lecithin into the dough. This extra ingredient will give good oven spring for the bread. I make the bread in covered bread tin as below. <a href=" http://www.bakingfrenzy.com/1-lb-loaf-tin-pullman-tin-p-175.html"> pullman loaf tin </a>

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  • 02 April 2011

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    5 stars

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 2 loaves

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 1 hour 10 mins, plus standing and rising

Ingredients

  • 1 dsp blackstrap molasses (available from health food shops)
  • 25.0g dried yeast
  • 700.0g granary flour
  • 225.0g strong white flour
  • 100.0g sunflower seeds , pumpkin seeds and roasted cashews
  • 25.0g caraway seeds
  • 225.0g whole oats
  • olive oil
  • sesame or sunflower seeds , for topping
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