I’m trying to eat more oats, so I’m also figuring out how to incorporate them into everything and anything. One of the good ways is using oat flour in baking. Don’t worry if you can’t find any oat flour, though. Just throw some rolled oats into a food processor and pulse to grind them down. You can also control the texture that way too, and maybe leave it on a bit chunkier side if you are so inclined.

This bread whips up in no time and is so tasty that you really have to give it a try. It also bakes in a preheated oven-safe dish, so the crust is gonna be all crispy and cracked but the inside will remain moist and juicy. For those types of things I use a heavy cast iron lidded pot, but any heavy lidded oven-safe dish will do.

INGREDIENTS:

(Yields 1 loaf / 0.97 EUR)

For the dough:

1 cup oat flour (0.17 EUR)

1 cup whole-wheat flour (0.10 EUR)

3 tbsp ground flax seeds (0.10 EUR)

4 tbsp pumpkin seeds (0.27 EUR)

4 tbsp sunflower seeds (0.27 EUR)

¼ tsp active dry yeast (0.03 EUR)

1 tbsp sugar (0.01 EUR)

1 tsp salt (0.01 EUR)

1 and ¼ cup warm water (–)

Additional:

Extra flour for dusting (0.01 EUR)

METHOD:

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all of the dry ingredients. Pour warm water over the mixture and stir with a spoon to form shabby dough. Cover the mixing bowl with cling foil and allow the dough to rise overnight in a warm room.

After the overnight fermentation, dump the dough on a well-floured counter, fold over with a dough scraper a couple of times and shape into a ball. Transfer the dough to a bowl lined with parchment paper, similar in shape and size to the dish you’re going to use for baking. Cover with clean tea towel and leave to rise for a second time for another hour.

Preheat the oven together with a heavy oven-safe lidded pot to 220°C. This is gonna take about 30 minutes, so plan the second dough proofing accordingly. Once the oven and the heavy pot are thoroughly preheated, carefully transfer the dough together with parchment paper into the hot pot and bake covered for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, uncover and bake for additional 10 minutes to get that lovely crust.

Once the bread is done, transfer it to a wire rack and allow it to cool completely before slicing into it.

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Ovih se dana trudim jesti više zobenih pahuljica, a tokđer smišljam i načine kako ih ubaciti u razna jela. Jedna super metoda je korištenje zobenog brašna pri pečenju. No, ne brinite ako nigdje ne možete pronaći zobeno brašno. Samo ubacite zobene pahuljice u multipraktik i propulsirajte ih da se smelju. Na taj način također možete kontrolirati i teksturu, pa ako ste tako raspoloženi, imate mogućnost i da dobijete krupnije mljeveno brašno.

Smutiti ovaj kruh je stvarno čas posla, a tako je fini da ga jednostavno morate isprobati. Također, peče se u zagrijanoj posudi pa da će korica biti hrskava i ispucana, a unutrašnjost sočna. Za takve stvari ja uvijek koristim teški lonac sa poklopcem od lijevanog željeza. Naravno, svaka teška posuda sa poklopcem koja smije u pećnicu ovdje funkcionira.

SASTOJCI:

(Za 1 štucu / 7,16 kn)

Za tijesto:

1 šalica zobenog brašna (1,25 kn)

1 šalica integralnog pšeničnog brašna (0,75 kn)

3 žlice mljevenih sjemenki lana (0,75 kn)

4 žlice bučinih sjemenki (2,00 kn)

4 žlice suncokretovih sjemenki (2,00 kn)

¼ žličice suhog kvasca (0,25 kn)

1 žlica šećera (0,05 kn)

1 žličica soli (0,01 kn)

1 i ¼ šalice tople vode (–)

Dodatno:

Brašno za posipanje (0,10 kn)

PRIPREMA:

U velikoj zdjeli pomiješajte sve suhe sastojke. Prelijte vodom i žlicom miješajte dok se ne formira labavo tijesto. Pokrijte zdjelu prijanjajućom folijom i pustite da se tijesto diže preko noći u toploj prostoriji.

Nakon što je tijesto isfermentiralo preko noći, iskrenite ga na dobro pobrašnjenu radnu plohu. Tijesto par puta preklopite strugalicom i oblikujte u loptu. Preselite kuglu tijesta u posudu obloženu papirom za pečenje, a koja veličinom i oblikom približno odgovara posudi u kojoj ćete kasnije peći kruh. Pokrijte posudu čistom krpom i ostavite da se tijesto drugi puta diže još sat vremena.

Zagrijte pećnicu skupa sa teškom posudom s poklopcem na 220°C. Za ovo će vam trebati oko 30 minuta, pa tako gledajte da planirate i drugo dizanje tijesta. Kada su pećnica i posuda zagrijani, pažljivo preselite tijesto skupa sa papirom za pečenje u vruću posudu i pecite poklopljeno 30 minuta. Nakon 30 minuta otklopite i pecite još 10 minuta da se napravi lijepa korica.

Kada je kruh gotov, preselite ga na rešetku i skroz ohladite prije rezanja.