Easy Yummy Bread

This great bread recipe is care of Robyn Irons :-)

Makes a lovely loaf, with a slightly yeasty taste.

Ingredients: 

640ml warm water
3/4 tspn sugar
3 tspn active yeast (If using Surebake yeast double the amount.)
4 ½ cups plain or wholemeal flour
1 ½ tspn salt
3/4 cup mixed grains/seeds (Rye, millet, rolled oats, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etc.)
1 egg

Method:

1.  Sprinkle the yeast and sugar into the warm water and leave to dissolve, stirring once or twice.
2.  Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl, make a well in the centre.
3.  Add the egg (beaten) and the yeast mixture and stir until it has the consistency of thick, cold porridge.
4.  Pour into a greased bread tin and put into a COLD oven.
5.  Turn on to 200C and cook for 50 to 60 minutes.

Keeps well or freezes well. Makes a big loaf in a tin, or two free-form loaves on a greased oven tray.

Robyn’s Variations:

Flour:
2 cups white flour
2 cups wholemeal flour
½ cup rolled oats