Help with making seeded bread please

Turkishdreamer

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

Allisons make a lovely seed and grain flour that I use regularly

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/search/searchcontainer.jsp?trailSize=1&searchString=allisons&domainName=Products&headerVersion=v1&_requestid=68519

I also use this flour, it makes a scrummy bread. You can also make a 1/2 white, 1/2 seed and grain bread. Make a cheaper loaf, but still with some bits.

LadyDee

Thanks - I'll try that. Although I've had my BM for several years I've only used it a few times - quite successfully, but it was only for plain bread, so I'll look forward to seeing the result of using this flour.

caitybabes

I bought a bag of mixed seeds from Sainsburys recently... here they are

zippychick

I;ve merged this with our seeded bread thread. Do let us know how it goes

Zip

Purplekylie22

I JUST BOUGHT MY BREADMAKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Panasonic 256 was £79, including a 3 year accidental cover policy which to me sounds Fantastic! since i do have a habit of breaking things
I bought the Orange yeast in Tesco and I got a bag of AAlisons brad flour as I cant get to Aldi until next week, plus i bought a couple of the bread mix packs to try out too.

The biggest problem that i am going to have is that my favorite bread in the whole world is Warburtons seeded batch loaf. Especially toasted with vegimite and a cup of tea :drool: mmmm im getting hungry just thinking about it! No other seeded bread i have tried is as good, I know its partly the poppy seeds because I absolutely LOVE them!

so I plan to start (when im feeling adventorous and have managed a basic white loaf first!) With a white loaf and adding Sesame Seed, Sunflower Seed, Linseed, Millet Seed and of course Poppy Seed because that is what is in the ingredients, I could modify the 5-seed recipe in the Panny instructions. But, has anyone managed to recreate the Warburton's loaf in a BM or get somewhere similar to it?

purpleivy

Purplekylie22 wrote: »

I JUST BOUGHT MY BREADMAKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Panasonic 256 was £79, including a 3 year accidental cover policy which to me sounds Fantastic! since i do have a habit of breaking things
I bought the Orange yeast in Tesco and I got a bag of AAlisons brad flour as I cant get to Aldi until next week, plus i bought a couple of the bread mix packs to try out too.

The biggest problem that i am going to have is that my favorite bread in the whole world is Warburtons seeded batch loaf. Especially toasted with vegimite and a cup of tea :drool: mmmm im getting hungry just thinking about it! No other seeded bread i have tried is as good, I know its partly the poppy seeds because I absolutely LOVE them!

so I plan to start (when im feeling adventorous and have managed a basic white loaf first!) With a white loaf and adding Sesame Seed, Sunflower Seed, Linseed, Millet Seed and of course Poppy Seed because that is what is in the ingredients, I could modify the 5-seed recipe in the Panny instructions. But, has anyone managed to recreate the Warburton's loaf in a BM or get somewhere similar to it?

I think the warburton's seeded is what I get when I don't make my own. I use sunflower, pumpkin , linseeds, sesame, sometimes poppy seeds for my bread, but I'm sure it't the flour that makes the difference. I use Bradmalt, which comes from a mill at Driffield, East Yorkshire. I either collect from my parents or they bring me a 16kg bag over. It's fab!

Claybrooke mills used to do flour blends which were nice, but not sure a) if they still do or b) if this is economic for you. Not really M/s but lovely flour.

I've never found a nice malted flour in the shops, least of all in the supermarkets.

I'm truly a bread snob!

Editing to add, the flours I favour are the malted ones that don't have hard lumps in them. Claybrooke have one called Wheatear that is malted.

Purplekylie22

Haha, I thought about buying flour directly from a mill, I live in the country side more or less so figured it would be easy, according to my boyfriend though there aren't many flour mills around Aberdeenshire, So I am going to need to do research and see what i can find, even if i find expensive flour that is 50 times better than "normal bread flour" Its still going to work out cheaper than £1.60 a loaf! so I dont mind too much. I will have a look around and see what i can find, thank you

purpleivy

Purplekylie22 wrote: »

Haha, I thought about buying flour directly from a mill, I live in the country side more or less so figured it would be easy, according to my boyfriend though there aren't many flour mills around Aberdeenshire, So I am going to need to do research and see what i can find, even if i find expensive flour that is 50 times better than "normal bread flour" Its still going to work out cheaper than £1.60 a loaf! so I dont mind too much. I will have a look around and see what i can find, thank you

Aberdeen is too far north i think (correct me if I'm wrong someone please!) to find the right kind of flour for breadmaking. I don't know if the flour from Claybrooke is UK or not, breadmaking flour is often North American, as it is ground from 'hard' wheat, which has the higher gluten required for bread. I believe that the reason the Scots diet includes oats, is because they are the local grain, rather than wheat. I would be interested if anyone knows more about this.

Swan_2

Purplekylie22 wrote: »

Haha, I thought about buying flour directly from a mill, I live in the country side more or less so figured it would be easy, according to my boyfriend though there aren't many flour mills around Aberdeenshire, So I am going to need to do research and see what i can find, even if i find expensive flour that is 50 times better than "normal bread flour" Its still going to work out cheaper than £1.60 a loaf! so I dont mind too much. I will have a look around and see what i can find, thank you

hi Purplekylie

have a look at Flourbin they have a huge selection of flours, more than I've seen on any other site, & do bulk packs of fast action yeast, I've been delighted with the specialist products I've had from them



I've got a recipe for a seeded loaf that' is the best I've ever had from a breadmaker, not sure how like the Warburtons it'll be as I've never tried that particular loaf


PoshPaws' Seeded Bread (adaptation from her hand-made recipe)

1/2 pint water
8oz malty flour of your choice*
8oz strong plain flour
1 Tablespoon oil
3 Tablespoons rolled oats
1 + 1/2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon salt
1 + 1/4 teaspoons yeast
1 Tablespoon of seeds of your choice (or more, I sometimes use 6 or 7 )

* the result will vary depending on what kind you use, Dove's farm works well as a starting point


I've tried this on a seeded setting, medium loaf size, in a Morphy richards, a Panny & a Kenwood & it's worked well in them all, thanks to PoshPaws for the original recipe :T

purpleivy

Well, Warburtons is only a last resort, as we prefer the heavier texture of home made bread. I make my own seed blend with the Bradmalt flour. What does Warburton's RRP cost? I always feel I"m a bit extravagant with my bread ingredients. I do try and get the big bags of seeds on offer.