What You Need:
- 1/4 cup honey (I used local - sold where I work from a beekeeper in town)
- 1/4 cup butter, softened (I used soy margarine, a vegan option)
- 2 eggs, beaten (free range, vegetarian fed)
- 1 cup whole wheat flour (I chose organic)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbs baking powder
- 1-1/4 cup ground/shelled sunflower seeds (I used raw/organic)
- 1 cup milk (local & organic)
- 1/2 cup whole/shelled sunflower seeds (raw/organic)
- 3 tbs flax seeds
- Beat honey and butter together; add eggs and beat well.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and ground seeds. Add the honey, butter and egg mixture. Add the milk, and mix well. *At this point, I realize my batter was not as thick and is should be, and added a few tablespoons more flour*
- Fold the whole sunflower seeds and flax seeds into the dough, and pour the dough into a greased loaf pan. Sprinkle a few extra flax and sunflower seeds on top of the dough.
- Bake for ~60 minutes at 325 degrees, covering the top of the loaf with foil if necessary for the last 15 minutes.
- Cool on a rack for ~15 minutes, then removed loaf from pan.
6 comments:
Hey I want to make this over the weekend...but in your ingredient list you have sunflower seeds twice, one is probably supposed to be flax right? Which one is that? :o)
No, the recipe is correct. The flax seeds are listed at the bottom (3 tablespoons). Sunflower seeds are listed twice because you need part of them ground (the 1-1/4 cup) and part are supposed to be whole (1/2 cup). After I made it, I would suggest reducing the whole sunflower seeds to maybe 1/4 cup. The bread also didn't keep for very long so I'd use it within the week. It's also not a bread you could really use for sandwiches because it is very thick.
oooooooops. JK. I should have read the whole thing eh?
mayyyybe ;)
Thank you so much for the recipe. I am going to try and see if I can make a gluten free version. Does this bread hold up well as a sandwich type bread?
I was hoping to use this bread for sandwiches, but it was a little too heavy. It was also difficult to slice thin enough with the sunflower seeds in it. Good luck with the gluten free version! Hope it comes out well.
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