Jiaogulan Bread (Herb of Immortality)

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 500 g spelt flour
• 1 bag(s) of dry yeast
• 4 tbsp pumpkin seeds
• 4 tbsp sunflower seeds
• 4 tbsp sesame seeds
• 4 tbsp flaxseed, crushed
• 2 tsp, leveled salt
• 1 tsp, leveled bread spice mix
• 1 tsp honey (flower honey), liquid
• 3 tsp tea (Jiaogulan tea)
• 150 ml water, hot
• 200 ml water
• n. B. bran (wheat bran) for sprinkling

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour 20 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

without long kneading, resting or sourdough or pre-dough

Mix all the dry ingredients, except for the wheat bran, thoroughly. Now add the water, tea, and honey to the dry mix. Jiaogulan tea is made as follows: steep 3 teaspoons of the dried herb in 150 ml of approximately 90°C hot water for 5-10 minutes. I never throw away the scalded herb; I add it to the dough! Add the tea and herb to the remaining ingredients and knead well with a dough hook. The dough is then baked in a bread pan lined with baking paper at 200°C for 80 minutes. I sprinkle the dough in the pan with wheat bran and spray it generously with water. This makes the crust particularly beautiful! I also place a bowl of water in the oven. I only use top/bottom heat to bake bread, and after about 50-60 minutes, I have to cover the bread with aluminum foil to ensure it’s browned just right. The dry mix is ​​great to make in advance, so you have your own baking mix and then just need to quickly add honey, water and tea!