Garlic Multi-Seed Soda Bread

Adapted from Heidi Swanson, 101 Cookbooks

Ingredients

4 Tbs of each: sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, & sesame seeds

1 3/4 cup spelt flour

2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp sea salt

1 tsp garlic powder

1 3/4 cup buttermilk (another 2 Tbs for top)

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Place a rack in the center of the oven.

2. In a small bowl combine all the seeds and set aside.

3. Mix the flours, baking soda, garlic powder and salt into a large mixing bowl.

4. Stir in all but 2 Tbs of the seeds.

5. Make a well in the flour, pour in the buttermilk, and stir until the dough just comes together. If you need to add an extra splash of buttermilk because the dough is too dry, you can.

6. Tip the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead lightly for about a minute, just long enough to pull it together into a loose ball but no longer

7. Place the dough on a lightly floured baking sheet and mark it with a deep cross across the top, cutting two-thirds of the way through the loaf with a serrated knife.

8. Brush with buttermilk and sprinkle with the remaining seeds, making sure plenty of seeds make it down into the cracks.

9. Bake for 35 - 40 minutes, or until the bread is golden crusted on top and bottom.

I was so excited to finally fine a bread recipe that was quick, easy, and actually tasted great! This is a recipe that I will be making regularly. I always wanted to make my own bread, but I hated the recipes that took several hours because you had to plan your day around it. I also love the variety of seeds in the recipe, especially since they were inside and outside. I found the original recipe from an amazing website that I found: 101 cookbooks. I highly recommend checking it out! I tweaked a few things on the recipe for what I had available and I substituted garlic powder for the fennel seed. I am more of a garlic lover. I hope that you try it out because it is worth it! Next time I think I am going to try making it with vanilla coconut milk and just add a little apple cider vinegar to make it like buttermilk.