I think I am starting to sound like a stuck record. It is still winter in the Western Cape. It is not nearly warm enough in my kitchen to prove bread, and even if I could sit the dough outside, it is raining. We have had snow before in October but for some reason this year’s winter seems to have lasted longer than previous years. I am going to start calling myself the queen of the bread maker. This is another trusty recipe you can make in the machine. The bread maker has been quite a blessing. I absolutely love fresh bread on the weekends and given the damp conditions here, I would have missed out since April. This loaf contains chopped almonds and whole sunflower seeds to make it a nut and seed bread. But, if you want, you can swap out the nuts for any you prefer. Just remember to chop them up before adding them. As I made this bread on Saturday evening I did not toast the sunflower seeds beforehand, but it would be worth doing if you have time. If I use pumpkin seeds then I definitely toast them first.
Do you use a bread maker?
Nut And Seed Bread
Ingredients
- 295 mls water
- 30 mls olive oil
- 5 mls salt
- 20 mls fructose
- 300 g wholemeal plain flour
- 110 g bread flour
- 2.5 mls citric acid
- 30 mls milk powder
- 7.5 mls dry yeast
- 60 mls almonds, chopped
- 60 mls sunflower seeds
Method
- Add all the ingredients, in the order listed, except for the nuts and seeds to the bread maker
- Select the wholewheat option - with nuts
- Add the nuts and seeds at the beep or into the automatic dispenser if your bread maker has one
Nutrition
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I am submitting this recipe to Fresh From The Oven which is being hosted this month by Dear Love Blog and to Twelve Loaves which is hosted by Jaime, Lora and Barb.
What I blogged:
- one year ago – something sweet challenge using buttermilk or soured cream
- two years ago – crayfish with cheese and mushroom sauce
I am also starting to get serious annoyed with this non-summer weather Tandy – seems global warming is having a big party.
Lovely loaf.
🙂 Mandy
The wind is howling here which means the start of summer – it had just better not do this every day or I will cry!
My breadmaker packed up yesterday. Since I had all the ingredients mixed already I kneaded with my hand and proved the dough in the bedroom wrapped under 2 blankets.
that is such a clever idea!
I can image that the smell of this bread baking in your bread maker helps to offset the chill of winter. This post makes we want to buy a bread maker — especially after the recent excitement of making my first loaf of bread!
With kids, a bread maker can be the most useful kitchen accessory! I splurged and got the top of the range one and it has been a pleasure 🙂
You can never have too much bread, especially if it looks as tasty as yours 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
I so agree Uru 🙂
I LOVE our breadmaker. While I do miss making bread by hand, it has come in so handy the past few weeks, since we’ve been so busy. (And busy= eating more sandwiches, so needing more bread! What a cycle!) Good call on using it when your kitchen isn’t warm enough to proof. We’re headed into that season right now, and I can see myself using my machine a lot this winter.
And I am so looking forward to baking bread from scratch 🙂
I have become a little in a rut with my breadmaker: every day the same loaf, half plain, half wholemeal. I think it’s time to ring the changes. Thanks for the inspiration, Tandy 🙂
I find that sometimes just adding something different helps with the filling inspiration 🙂
Hope you get some decent weather soon, Tandy. I don’t have a breadmaker. It would be too tempting. 🙂
I am too disciplined for my own good so we don’t bake bread during the week 🙂
Tandy, that looks lovely! Our largest bakery chain here sells a seed loaf called the Cape Seed loaf – made me smile as I read your post! 🙂
I wonder which seeds are from my home town?
I bet the sunflowers and almonds are lovely together…what a great, sturdy loaf! =)
The bread maker tends to make sturdy ones 🙂
Love the idea of toasting the seeds. My rolls for this challenge suffered the other way. Over-proving …just so hot in my house!
I suppose you have to get the aircon at the right temperature!
Your bread looks so good, so tempting too!
I never use a breadmaker because I love to make very dark & healthy bread & those machines can’t stand it at all.
I also love to work the dough with my hands: it is kind of theraputic too! 😉 xxx
I also love dark loaves, and I am going to find a way for my bread maker to do them 🙂
Well here in Johannesburg we are having a nice warm day today and i shall post some of this weather to you. Nice recipe
thank you Usha, the nice weather arrived for a bit, but this afternoon it will be back with you 🙂
I don’t have a bread maker, and is a shame because we love fresh bread, especially during the weekend. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Giovanna, I would get all the children to help knead the dough – it will keep them busy for a bit 🙂
Beautiful loaf! I love the crunch that the nuts and seeds add.
me too, and it is so good for you 🙂
It looks delicious, Tandy!
thank you Zirkie 🙂
So interesting to hear what you say about using your bread maker, unless our heating is on I can’t really make bread, so I may have to investigate a bit more. Thanks for the tip and the recipe Tandy !
This has been one of the most amazing appliances I have bought, and I use it often 🙂
I’ve never made bread before. This one sounds really good!
I love making bread and find it most satisfactory to take a loaf to people when we eat out as it is always welcome 🙂
Beautiful loaf Tandy!! Looks very healthy and hearty too!! Yeah, it’s never warm enough around here to proof my bread either! I always turn on the oven for 2 minutes, shut it off and leave it in there. haha..
I am too scared to do that! But, I shall give it a try as I have nothing to lose 🙂
I am sorry to hear it’s so cold there, Tandy! We have a beautiful day and then alternate with snow and cold rain! I definitely use a bread machine and this looks like the perfect loaf to make in it!
We are having the same type of days – one hot, and then a week of rain! I am ready for summer 🙂
Fabulous bread – and I love my bread maker as it helps when it´s too hot as well as too cold!
I only recently learnt that too hot weather is not good for bread either 🙂
Breadmakers are really lovely. So nice to put it all together and let the machine do the work on busy days:)Love this sunflower and almond bread for Twelve Loaves. Thanks for baking along with us, Tandy:)
Thank you so much for the visit Lora, I am hoping to bake every month with you 🙂
Thank you for taking part in this months change, it sounds delicious. I understand the problem with proving in cold kitchens, I had to take a panettone I was making last christmas to the pub with me because our kitchen was so icy it was making no progress.
I shall use that as an excuse next time the bread does not want to prove 😉
These look amazing! I can’t wait to give them a try!
Thanks for the comment Supriya 🙂