Multigrain Bread

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This is simply a home-cook-friendly mentation of the richly seeded, low-sugar loaves that Lyon Bakery sells successful the Washington area. There's nary existent kneading, but you bash person to disturbance a large magnitude of dough for a bully 10 minutes.

It makes terrific toast.

A room standard volition beryllium helpful; you'll request an instant-read thermometer and 2 ample (10 by 5 by 3 inches), sturdy metallic loaf pans.

SAF marque yeast works champion here; it is disposable astatine immoderate room stores, astatine immoderate Whole Foods Markets and online done assorted gourmet purveyors, including Amazon.com.

The soaked-grain substance needs to remainder astatine country somesthesia for 2 hours oregon successful the refrigerator for up to 24 hours. The dough needs to impervious for astir 2 hours. It's champion to store this breadstuff successful the refrigerator, for up to 1 week. Wrapped well, the breadstuff tin beryllium frozen for up to 3 months.

CORRECTION: An earlier mentation of this look misstated the magnitude of h2o needed for the dough itself. It is simply a scant 3 cups, not 4 cups. From Alan Hakimi, maestro baker and co-owner of Lyon Bakery, which has a retail outlet successful Northeast Washington astatine Union Market and is based successful Hyattsville, Md.

Ingredients

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Servings: 20-24 (makes 2 ample loaves)

1/3 cupful (about 1 ounce) old-fashioned rolled oats (do not usage quick-cooking oregon instant)
1/4 cupful (about 1 1/2 ounces) flaxseed
1/4 cupful (a scant 1 1/2 ounces) semolina flour
1/4 cupful positive 2 teaspoons (scant 1 1/2 ounces) achromatic sesame seeds
1/3 cupful (about 1 1/2 ounces) raw, hulled sunflower seeds, positive much for optional rolling
1/4 cupful (about 1 ounce) dried millet
1 cupful 95-degree water
4 1/2 cups positive 2/3 cupful King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour (scant 1 1/2 pounds), positive much for the enactment surface
1 cupful positive 6 1/2 tablespoons (about 6 ounces) whole-wheat flour
1/2 cupful positive 7 tablespoons (about 3.3 ounces) rye flour
Scant 1/2 cupful positive 4 teaspoons (scant 2 ounces) spelt flour
Generous 1/4 cupful honey
1 tablespoonful positive 1/8 spoon SAF marque instant dried yeast (see headnote)
Scant tablespoonful (17 grams) good oversea salt
Scant 3 cups 72-degree water

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 24)

Calories
200
Fat
3 g
Carbohydrates
39 g
Sodium
240 mg
Protein
6 g
Fiber
4 g
Sugar
3 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published July 20, 2016

Updated March 15, 2026