3 Seeded Oatmeal bread

I always love the smell of freshly bake bread. It's like an instant perk  wake me up theraphy. What excites me about baking bread is, definitely the proofing process. Everytime, the rising process happening i'm excited how the dough double in volume and the miracle of yeast. I prefer to use instant yeast as it's easy and hassle free. The temperature of warm milk is very important to activate the yeast. Too hot liqiud will kill the yeast and too cold liquid will never activate them. The right tempetature is 105'celcious or just above body tempetature.

This healthy loaf packed with wholesome goodness of oats and assorted seeds 1which makes it wonderful for breakfast. The loaf studded with pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and nigella seeds. I added 3 seeds which burst with flavors. Halve the bread and slab generously with fruit jam or honey.

Ingredients 

 2 1/3 cups whole grain flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
2 1/4 tsp active instant yeast
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
2 tbsp nigella seeds
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp olive oil
1 cup warm water
1/4 tsp salt


For Garnishing

1 egg white,beaten
1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
1 tbsp sunflower seeds
1/4 tsp nigella seeds

Methods

Grease a 9' inch loaf pan or a round funnel baking pan and set aside.

In a pan, lightly toast the sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds in a medium fire for 2-3 minutes. Keep aside

In a large bowl, add yeast,warm water and honey. Stir and keep aside until foamy.

In another large bowl, combine flour,rolled oats,salt, toasted sunflower seeds,pumpkin seeds,nigella seeds and oil. Mix well. Knead about 10-15 minutes to form a elastic dough.

Place the dough in a greased large bowl, cover with damp kitchen towel and let the dough rise for about 1 to 1 1/2 hour in a warm place

Dust a clean working surface with flour, and punch down the dough and knead for 1 minute and shape into a loaf or equal sized balls.

Place in a prepared baking pan, cover with kitchen towel and let the dough rise in a warm place for 30 minutes

Heat oven to 370' F or 180' Cel, place the baking rack in the middle of the oven. Brush the top of dough with beaten egg white and sprinkle with sunflower seeds,pumpkin seeds and nigella seeds.

Bake for 35-40 minutes. Cool on pan for 5-7 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack to cool completely

Slice and serve with honey or fruit jam.