10 Grain Orange Bread

10-Grain Orange Bread

2 cups (16 ounces) water
2 cups (8 ounces) 10-Grain Cereal
1 tablespoon (1 package) active dry yeast or 2 teaspoons instant yeast
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounces) oil
2 large eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon grated orange rind (or up to 1/2 teaspoon orange oil)
1/2 cup (6 ounces) honey or brown sugar
6 cups (25 1/2 ounces) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

This is another bread that is going to Indiana. This recipe is from the King Arthur Flour site - I substituted Sprout's 10-grain cereal for King Arthur Flour 10-grain mix. Need to do some more work on this recipe . . . I probably should have soaked the grains for longer and used more water. I did add about 50% more than the recipe actually called for, but . . . there can be BIG differences between two 10-grain cereals.

I have plans for how I'm going to change the recipe for next time, because it looks like it would be a good everyday recipe. Might give some to Catherine next time although since the recipe has eggs in it . . . probaby more for the lift than anything else. It is a pretty heavy bread . . . could substitute soy flour for the eggs though.

This is the bread for the health nuts there for the wedding - like Roberta.