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Country Grain Bread

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

A lightly malted flavour with the addition of seeds, perfect to serve with cheese, salads and soups.

650 grams	Country Grain Bread Flour (Allinson)
1 tsp	Salt
1 tsp	Light Muscovado Sugar (Billington's)
2 tbsp	Poppy Seeds
2 tbsp	Sunflower Seeds
2 tbsp	Pumpkin Seeds
2 tbsp	Linseeds
25 grams	Butter Chopped
7 grams	Easy Bake Yeast (Allinson)
450 ml	Water Warmed

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Put the flour into a large bowl. Add the salt, Muscovado sugar, 1 tbsp each of poppy, sunflower, pumpkin and linseeds. Add the butter and rub into the flour to combine.
Sprinkle over the Easy Bake yeast. Pour in the warm water.
Mix together with your hands until the mixture combines to make a rough dough ball.
Tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and stretch and knead the dough for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
Shape into a round and sprinkle over the reserved 1tbsp of the poppy, sunflower, pumpkin and linseeds. Put on to a greased baking tray. Use a sharp knife to score a cross in the centre of the loaf. Cover loosely with cling film. Leave in a warm place until doubled in size. (This will take about 30-40 minutes.)
Preheat the oven to 220°C/fan 200°C/gas 7. Remove cling film from bread and reduce the oven temperature to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6. Bake the bread for 35 minutes until golden. To test to see if the loaf is ready, upturn and tap the base - it should sound hollow.
BREADMAKER METHOD Adjust the above ingredients in the following way: Use 500g (1lb 2oz) Allinson Country Grain Bread Flour 1tsp Allinson Easy Bake Yeast 350ml (12floz) warm water
1. Put all the ingredients into the bread maker bucket following the order and method specified in the manual.
2. Fit the bucket into the bread maker and set to the basic programme with a light crust. Press start.