Whole Wheat Sunflower Seed Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 4 cups warm water
• 4 (1/4 ounce) packages dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 cup sunflower seeds (whole)
• 1/2 cup safflower oil or 1/2 cup any good vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup honey
• 9 cups approximately whole wheat flour

Recipe

• 1 dissolve yeast in warm water using a whisk.
• 2 add the rest of the ingredients--adding flour gradually till it forms a good kneading dough.
• 3 put on floured board and knead this for about 10-15 minutes.
• 4 put into a large oiled bowl.
• 5 rise about 1-2 hours.
• 6 punch down and rise again--about 1 hour or a little more.
• 7 divide into thirds and place in three greased bread pans.
• 8 rise again till doubled.
• 9 325 degrees for about 60 minutes.
• 10 these will not be too brown on the bottom because of the lower temperature; if you want them browner, take them out of the pans and put them on a cookie sheet and bake another 8-10 minutes (i never have to do this because i like them the way they are).