This rich, chewy bread is strong in fiber and has an excellent blend of grains and oats. It tastes fantastic toasted for breakfast in the morning.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 30 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 2 (1-pound) loaves |
Ingredients
- 1 ⅔ cups warm water
- 4 teaspoons molasses
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 2 ⅔ cups whole wheat flour
- ¾ cup ground flax seed
- ⅔ cup bread flour
- ½ cup oat bran
- ⅓ cup rolled oats
- ⅓ cup amaranth seeds
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place water, molasses, yeast, wheat flour, ground flax seed, bread flour, oat bran, rolled oats, amaranth seeds, and salt in the pan of a bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press start and allow machine to run complete dough cycle.
- Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Form dough into 2 loaves and place on a baking stone. Cover loaves with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Slide loaf onto a work surface and gently tap bottom of loaf. If it sounds hollow, the bread is done.
Reviews
Nice recipe, easy to follow instruction, but so blant, no kick for the taste buds, I will make it again, but add spices of my choice
Just great. I scored it but it is not necessary. Tastes awesome, I love the texture too. Super easy to make for first time bakers
I am not a bread maker but this recipe using a bread machine made it super easy!! I substituted quinoa for amaranth seeds. I really like it but it’s not as fiber-rich as I was expecting. I might add finely chopped pecans next time. My husband was not as keen on it because the crust was hard and it wasn’t sweet. He had different expectations. After wrapping it in plastic wrap it was not as hard and he wanted some with his soup. I might add honey and cinnamon to the next batch and make rolls instead of loaves, to eat for breakfast. I was looking for a bread with high fiber to help lower cholesterol. I will definitely do this again!
This bread was delicious! My husband who eats whole wheat, but prefers white ate two small loaves in one sitting. ( I made one large loaf and 4 small ones.) I was out of amaranth and substituted chia seeds and ground up some oat bran cereal to replace oat bran. Both substitutes worked fine. I will make again!
I was constantly making a bread with flax and sunflower seeds until I made this one!It is chock full of great ingredients and the molasses gives it amazing color…it is my new”normal” bread..I do it all in my bread machine on the whole wheat setting.( I use millet instead of amaranth)
We love it! I substituted quinoa for the amaranth only because I did not have any amaranth on hand. Otherwise, I followed the recipe exactly as written. It is dense but is delicious. And we are very pleased with the healthy ingredients. A great bread.