Seeded Whole Grain Soda Bread
 
 
Delicious quick bread! Adapted from Bon Appetit
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Ingredients
  • ¼ cup millet
  • ¼ cup quinoa
  • 2 tablespoons amaranth (if amaranth is not available substitute 1 tablespoon each millet and quinoa)
  • 1 cup old-fashioned oats, plus more for topping
  • 2¼ cups buttermilk, divided, plus more for brushing (I used lactose free whole milk with 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice)
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil, plus more for pan
  • 3 cups white whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons flaxseed
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • ¼ cup unsalted sunflower seeds, plus more for topping
  • 4 tablespoons Earth Balance Buttery Sticks, cut into pieces (or equivalent butter)
  • 3 tablespoons mild flavored (light) molasses
Preparation
  1. Mix millet, quinoa, amaranth, 1 cup oats, 1 cup buttermilk, and ½ cup water in a small bowl. Cover and let sit 8 hours. (Per the original recipe, you may alternatively bring ingredients to a simmer in a small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and let sit until mixture is thick like porridge, about 2 hours).
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil an 8" round cake pan.
  3. Whisk whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, flaxseed, salt, baking soda, and ¼ cup sunflower seeds in a large bowl. Work in Buttery Sticks with your fingers until pieces are pea-size. Make a well in the center and add molasses, oat mixture, remaining 1¼ cups buttermilk, and remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Mix with a wooden spoon until dough is smooth, homogenous, and still slightly sticky.
  4. The original recipe tells you to form dough into a ball and place in pan. My dough has always been very wet. I dust my hands with flour and quickly place the dough in the prepared pan. Continue with brushing the top with reserved buttermilk, oats and sunflower seeds. Cut a large X in the top and bake until nicely browned and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of loaf registers 190 degrees, about 70 minutes.
  5. Let cool in pan for about 30 minutes and transfer to a rack to cool completely. Cut bread into slices and refrigerate for up to two days or freeze for up to a month.
  6. This bread is fantastic served with butter and jelly or honey, or avocado, egg salad, smoked salmon, tuna salad… endless possibilities!
Recipe by My Lilikoi Kitchen at https://www.mylilikoikitchen.com/2016/02/18/seeded-whole-grain-soda-bread/