Milled Flax Seed Bread Food

BASIC FLAXSEED BREAD (FLAX SEED BREAD)

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients. Stir in the warm water, honey and olive oil until it forms soft dough. Turn out dough onto a floured surface, add more flour if dough is too sticky and knead dough for 5 minutes until smooth and elastic. Cover and let rise for 20 minutes in a warm place.
• On a floured surface cut dough in half. Roll dough to form a French bread like loaf. Place on a baking sheet lined with nonstick liner. Lightly flour the bottom of loaf and place on liner. Cover again with clean towel and let rise for about 30 minutes. I found this took much longer for me.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Bake loaves for 30 minutes or until sounds hollow when tapped on bottom.

FLAX SEED BREAD (BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Place ingredients in your bread machine as directed by your manufacturer.
• Set to dough cycle. Check the consistency after about 10 minutes - if it looks dry, add a little more water.
• After initial rise, remove, shape in a large round loaf (or whatever you like), let rise again on a cornmeal dusted baking pan.
• Preheat oven to 400 deg. If desired, brush loaf with an egg wash (one egg beaten with 1 tbl. cold water). Slash loaf with sharp knife. Place in oven. After 15 min., reduce temperature to 350 deg.
• Bake for an additional 25 minutes or until loaf is done - an instant thermometer should read 205 deg.
• Turn onto cooling rack and let cool.
• Note: If using flax seed, 2/3 cups seed will grind into 1 cup flax meal.
• Note2: If using egg wash, you may also sprinkle loaf with whole flax or poppy seeds.

FLAXSEED BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 360°F/180°C.
• Grind the flaxseeds into very fine flour. Ideally, sift the flaxseed flour to make sure there are no actual "seeds".
• In a large mixing bowl, mix together the flaxseed meal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the apple cider vinegar and water, and stir until the flaxseed meal becomes sticky and holds together in a lump, for about 30 seconds. Then use your hands to roughly form the dough into a loaf shape. (Don't over-knead the dough. Handle it as little as possible). The loaf should have a nice smooth surface.
• Place the loaf into a greased (or parchment paper-lined) loaf pan. The bread fits perfectly into a 1-pound loaf pan (8.5" x 4.5"). However, if you only have 1.5-pound loaf pan (10" x 5") - like I do - it will work just fine. (If you're working with the larger size loaf pan, form the loaf, place it into the loaf pan, but don't press it into the corners). You can also use a baking sheet lined with a piece of parchment paper. The bread holds its shape during baking really well, so the loaf pan is not necessary.
• Mist with water and sprinkle some seeds on top (I use a mix of flaxseeds, sesame seeds, and sunflower seeds). Gently press down on the seeds with your palm to make them stick better.
• Note: if you watched the video that goes with this recipe, I said that I let the bread rest, covered, for a few minutes. Well, if you're using the baking soda, you want to do the opposite. When you mix baking soda (base) with apple cider vinegar (acid), you get a chemical reaction. A product of this reaction is carbon dioxide, producing a lift in your baked goods. The reaction starts as soon as the base and the acid are mixed. So, get the bread in the oven immediately after you mix the two, before the reaction tapers off.
• Bake the bread for 60 minutes. The crust should be golden brown (if using golden flaxseeds).
• Remove the bread from the oven and let it cool inside the loaf pan for 10 minutes. Transfer the bread on a cooling rack, and let it cool completely before slicing.
• Store the flaxseed bread in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 7 days. For longer term storage, freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months. I like to slice the bread prior to freezing, but you can freeze the whole loaf as well.

FLAX SEED BREAD

Steps:

• Place ingredients in bread machine pan in the order given.
• If you use all whole wheat flour the bread will have a slightly denser texture, but it is still very nice.

MILLED FLAX SEED BREAD

Steps:

• Add ingredients in the order listed to the pan for your bread machine, making sure the yeast doesn't touch the liquid.
• Select wheat if possible.
• Select desired crust color.
• start bread machine and in a couple of hours you will have a wonderful loaf for the family to enjoy.

BREAD MACHINE GOLDEN FLAX BREAD

Steps:

• Note: 6 more tablespoons of milled flax seed and 2 more tablespoons of water may be substituted for the butter.
• Add all ingredients into the machine's baking pan as directed by the manufacturer.
• Select basic cycle with light or medium crust.

HONEY AND FLAXSEED BREAD

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
• Select Wheat Cycle, and Start.

FLAXSEED MEAL SOURDOUGH BREAD

Steps:

• Mixing and Gluten Development
• Holding some of the water back, thoroughly mix the ingredients in a bowl. Add the held back water slowly and only if it's needed to incorporate the dry ingredients. Cover and let the dough rest 30 minutes.
• Coil fold the dough several times until it tightens, then let it rest about 30 minutes. Repeat the coil folding and resting 1-2 more times.
• This dough will take longer than most to ferment (12 or so hours at 65F) because of the oil in the flaxseed meal. I stopped the bulk fermentation after the dough had doubled.
• Pre-Shape, Bench Rest and Shape
• Scrape the dough out onto a lightly flour countertop and shape it into a ball, seam down. Cover and let it rest for 20-30 minutes.
• Flour the top of the rested dough ball and flip it over. Shape the dough into a boule or batard, place it into the proofing basket seam-side up, and cover.
• Final Proof
• Let the dough proof 1-3 hours at room temperature or 10-14 hours in the refrigerator (or a combination of room and refrigerator proofing).
• Scoring and Baking
• Preheat your baking vessel 30 minutes at 500F.
• When the oven and dough are ready, flip the dough onto parchment paper, brush it with flour and score it.
• If you want to do a complicated score, trace lines with cooking string across the dough to create sections. Make cuts in the center of the dough and then work your way around section by section. See the photo gallery for more details.
• Load the dough into the baking vessel, cover and bake:
• 20 minutes at 500F
• 10 minutes at 450F
• Remove the lid and bake for 5-10 more minutes.
• The internal temperature of the bread should be 205F or higher. Let it cool at least an hour before cutting.