Breads Recipes - Sesame Seed Bread

Ingredients

• 10ml/2 tsp active dried yeast

• 300ml/1 1/4 cups lukewarm water

• 200g/1 3/4 cups plain flour

• 200g/1 1/2 cups whole meal flour

• 10ml/2 tsp salt

• 65g/5 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

• milk, to glaze

• 30ml/2 tbsp sesame seeds, for sprinkling

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Method:

1. Combine the yeast and 75ml/5 tbsp of the water and leave to dissolve. Mix the flours and salt in a large bowl. Make a central well and pour in the yeast and water. Stir from the centre to obtain a rough dough.

2. Transfer to a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic. Return to the bowl and cover with a plastic bag. Leave in a warm place until the dough has doubled in size, about  1 1/2- 2 hours.

3. Grease a 23cm/9in round cake tin. Punch down the dough and knead in the sesame seeds. Divide the dough into 16 balls and place in the tin. Cover with a plastic bag and leave in a warm place until risen above the rim.

4. Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7. Brush the loaf with milk and sprinkle with the sesame seeds. Bake for 15 minutes. Lower the heat to 190C/375F/Gas 5 and bake until the base sounds hollow when tapped, about 30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.