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Sourdough Whole Wheat Bread

Delicious sourdough whole wheat bread crusted with poppy seeds and sesame seeds.
Prep Time12 hours
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time12 hours 45 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: sourdough bread
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 139kcal

Ingredients

  • Leaven
  • 1 teaspoon 5g Sourdough starter
  • ¼ cup 60g cool water
  • cup 50g white whole wheat flour
  • Dough
  • 1 ½ cups 360g luke warm water
  • 3 ¼ cups 455g white whole wheat flour
  • 2 teaspoon 12g sea salt
  • Entire Leaven
  • 3 tablespoon white sesame seeds for coating
  • 2 tablespoon poppy seeds for coating

Instructions

  • In a small bowl mix everything for the leavin, and set aside for 12-14 hours at room
  • temperature.
  • In a big bowl, mix the all the ingredients for the dough including leaven and mix everything well
  • and leave it for 30 minutes.
  • Fold the dough for 10 times, and leave it aside for another 30 minutes at room temperature.
  • Repeat the process of folding for another two 30 minutes intervals.
  • Then leave the dough for about 3-4 hours until it doubles in volume until you see the sourdough
  • activity.
  • Transfer the dough to slightly floured surface and shape it into round ball,
  • Wrap with a wet towel and leave it aside for 15 minutes
  • In the mean time, in plate add about 3 tablespoon of white sesame seeds and 2 tablespoon
  • poppy seeds and mix well.
  • After 15 minutes transfer the dough into the plate with seeds and roll it well so that seeds will
  • get stuck to entire dough uniformly.
  • Transfer it into unfloured proofing basket.If you are baking the bread on the same day, leave it
  • for another 3-4 hours. Or transfer the dough to the refrigerator and do a overnight cold
  • fermentation.
  • When you are ready to bake, preheat the oven 475F, you can preheat the oven with Dutch oven
  • or pizza stone. If you are done overnight cold fermentation, then transfer the dough to
  • parchment paper.
  • Carefully remove the lid of Dutch oven and transfer the dough, if you want you can score them.
  • And close Dutch oven with lid and bake it for about 20 minutes. Then remove the lid and
  • parchment paper and bake it for another 25 minutes and if the bread is not dark brown give
  • another 5 -10 minutes.
  • Let cool the bread for 45 minutes and then slice and enjoy.

Notes

For  How to make Starter please check here 
This recipe adapted fromJosey Baker's Bread Book

Nutrition

Calories: 139kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 390mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 1g | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 1mg
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