Walnut bread

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 200 g wheat flour, 550
• 200 g spelt flour, 630
• 100 g walnuts, or hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, or mixed
• 2 tsp dry yeast
• 220 ml water, lukewarm
• 1 tsp salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 40 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 10 minutes

Mix together the flour, salt, dried yeast, and nuts/seeds. The nuts can be finely chopped, if desired. Add the lukewarm water and mix everything with a dough hook until the dough forms a lump. Now knead the dough vigorously with your hands on a work surface for 10 minutes. Carefully add a little more flour or water if necessary; the consistency should be such that it feels moist but is not sticky. Cover and let rise in a bowl in a warm place for 45 minutes. Form a long loaf of bread and let rise for another 30 minutes on the baking tray, covering with cling film. Preheat the oven to 200°C and bake the bread for about 35 minutes, until it sounds hollow when tapped. It can also be baked in an unheated oven; in this case, the second rising time is shortened by 5 minutes and the baking time is extended by about 10 minutes. The ratio of the two flours can be varied, but should always result in 400 g and contain at least 100 g of each. You can also make double the amount of dough and then bake two loaves of bread from it.