Multigrain Bread

​I have been craving this multigrain bread for a couple of weeks now and I just didn't take the time to make it until last weekend.  It is really good and totally worth the effort that goes into baking it.

Multigrain Bread
1 ¼ cups 10 grain cereal                           4 Tablespoons honey
2 ½ cups boiling water                              4 Tablespoons butter
3 cups bread flour                                      2 ½ teaspoons yeast
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour                     1 Tablespoon salt

​Place cereal in mixer bowl and pour boiling water over it.

​Cool for an hour – stirring occasionally.  

​Add honey, melted butter and yeast.

Combine flours.

​Add ½ cup of flour at a time while mixing on low.  Knead until dough forms a ball. 

​Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rest for 20 minutes.

​Add salt and knead for 10 minutes.  Transfer dough to a greased bowl, cover and let rise for 45 minutes to 1 hour. 

​Spray two loaf pans and divide dough in half.  Shape each into a loaf and put in loaf pan.  Cover with plastic wrap and let rise 30-40 minutes.

​Spray the top with pam and sprinkle the top with oatmeal.

​Bake 25-30 minutes at 375.

​The smell of this brad baking in the oven was incredible.   Luckily for me, I was pretty tired so I resisted the urge to slice into the piping hot loaf.   I put the loaves on wire racks to cool and went to bed instead. 

​I think I had dreams about the delicious bread cooling in the kitchen.  Of course I sliced a big piece for my breakfast.

​It was so good that I cut another slice and toasted it.  (I shared with my family too.)

​I put the second loaf of bread in the freezer to save for later.  I wrapped it in plastic wrap and then in foil.

It will take some time to put this bread together but it is so worth it.  It's really good - this one's going under my favorites category.

​Ciao!

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