This One Rise Fennel Loaf is a slightly moist and chewy oat bran bread, complemented with the unique texture of spelt flour, and flavor-enhanced with crushed fennel seeds and dried chives. This dough can also be rolled flat and cut to make pull-apart bread sticks.
Submitted by Rod (Dallas, TX)
One Rise Fennel Loaf
Ingredients:
1 cup spelt flour
1 1/2 cups bread flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups very warm water
2/3 cup med. oat bran
1 tbsp sugar
2 tsp active dry yeast
1 tbsp virgin olive oil
2 tsp crushed fennel seeds
1 1/2 tbsp dried chives (optional)
1/2 cup bread flour for kneading
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, combine spelt flour, bread flour, and salt; make a well, then cover and set aside.
In a medium sauce pan, bring water to a boil, remove from heat and stir in rinsed oat bran. Allow to cool until very warm (about 20 min.), then stir in sugar and dry yeast; cover and let rest 5 min.
Lightly oil a bread pan and set aside; pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
Vigorously stir olive oil into oat bran mixture then pour into flour mixture. With a large wooden spoon, stir mixture then knead dough 5 min.
Transfer dough to a floured surface and gently knead by hand 5 min., adding sprinkles of bread flour to keep dough from sticking to hands and surface.
Flatten dough to about 1/2″ thickness, sprinkle on crushed fennel seeds and dried chives, then tightly roll up dough and continue kneading 5 min., adding sprinkles of bread flour as necessary.
Form dough into a round oval and place in oiled bread pan. Let rise 45 min. in a warm place, then reduce oven to 350 degrees and bake 55 min. or until crust is golden brown.
Comments for One-Rise Fennel Loaf
Feb 19, 2015
“Dump Cake” confirmed
by: Rod
This test was satisfactory with water increased to 1 1/3 cups: 1. Mix dry ingredients (except oat bran) in a large bowl; combine yeast with warm water, sugar, and oat bran, then let rest 10 min. 2. Oil bread pan and pre-heat oven. 3. Stir olive oil into liquid mixture, then pour into dry mixture; stir, knead, and let rise in oiled pan. 4. Reduce oven and bake.
Feb 18, 2015
Dump Cake Bread?
by: Rod
Maximum simplification: 1. Mix dry ingredients (except oat bran) in a large bowl, combine yeast with warm water, sugar, and oat bran, then let rest 5 min. 2. Oil bread pan and pre-heat oven. 3. Pour liquid mixture into dry mixture, then stir, knead, and let rise in oiled pan. 4. Reduce oven and bake.
Feb 17, 2015
My, my!
by: RoddyF
There must be a simpler way to make this dough! Sound delicious though! sorry, just that everything is “set aside”! Just thinking you might make a porridge with water and oat bran then add your ingredients, then you fennel seed and mix in for 15 seconds or so… Seems so close to making a multigrain loaf. But it sounds to die for!
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