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    Sunflower Seed Bread

    Mar 29, 2023 · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    Learn how to make sunflower seed bread from scratch with this easy recipe. It’s perfect for breakfast, a mid-morning, or afternoon snack.

    sliced Sunflower Seed Bread on a cutting board
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    • 🛒 Ingredients
    • 👩‍🍳 Visual Step-by-Step Instructions
    • 🫙 Storage & Freezing Instructions
    • 🍞 More Bread Recipes
    • 📖 Recipe
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    If you love sunflower seeds, then this recipe is perfect for you. Sunflower seed bread is soft, aromatic, and healthy! It’s a simple recipe, similar to this pumpkin seed bread recipe, that is suitable for baking beginners.

    The moist spelt dough is enriched with raw sunflower seeds and baked in a loaf pan. This makes the bread very aromatic, moist, airy, flavorful, and slightly moist inside, with a crispy crust!

    Sunflower Seed Bread on a cutting board

    It is perfect for breakfast, snacks, sandwiches, salads, and soups. Also, you can conveniently freeze it in slices and defrost them individually in a toaster to always have fresh, homemade bread on hand.

    The main ingredients are spelt flour and sunflower seeds. Thus, this bread is a bit more nutritious than ordinary white bread. Sunflower seeds are very healthy and provide a good portion of proteins, fiber, minerals, healthy fats (omega-6 and omega-3), vitamins B and E.

    In addition, sunflower seeds give this bread a nutty flavor and crunchy bite.

    Baking this sunflower seed bread recipe is easy, yet it takes some time. Good news: Most of the time is taken by the dough rising, the active time in the kitchen is manageable. So, let’s get started and bake this delicious bread together! 😉

    🛒 Ingredients

    See recipe card for quantities.

    slices of homemade Sunflower Seed Bread spread with cream cheese
    • Spelt Flour → Works too with all-purpose flour or whole grain flour.
    • Sunflower Seeds → Give the bread valuable nutrients and a nutty flavor.
    • Instant Yeast → To make the dough rise nicely! Also works with active dry yeast if you activate it: Mix lukewarm water, sugar, and active dry yeast in a bowl and let it sit for 5 minutes until foaming.
    • Water → For best results, use slightly warm but not hot water.
    • Salt → An aromatic bread needs a good pinch of salt.
    • Sugar → Helps the dough to rise. You can also use maple syrup, honey, or it can be omitted if you are on a sugar-free diet.

    Fresh Yeast: If you prefer to bake the bread with fresh yeast, use half a cube (21g fresh yeast). Activate it briefly with the sugar in lukewarm water before mixing it with the flour.

    👩‍🍳 Visual Step-by-Step Instructions

    This visual step-by-step instruction will help you along the way – definitely recommended if you’re a baking beginner! 😉

    • Mix the flour, instant yeast, salt and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Pour in the warm water and knead for 5-10 minutes on medium speed until you have a smooth yet wet dough. Set aside a handful of sunflower seeds for later, and fold the remaining sunflower seeds into the dough.
    • Cover with a damp tea towel (or plastic wrap), and let it rise at room temperature for one hour. 
    Sunflower Seed Bread Recipe Step 1-4
    • Grease a 12 inch loaf pan with a little olive oil or butter.
    • Knead the soft dough again briefly, and transfer into the prepared loaf pan.
    • Sprinkle with the remaining sunflower seeds.
    • Cover with a damp tea towel, and let it rise for another 30-60 minutes at room temperature, until the dough has gained plenty of volume.
    Sunflower Seed Bread Recipe Step 5-6
    • Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).
    • Bake the bread for 45 minutes and reduce oven temperature to 390°F (200°C) after 15 minutes.
    • Remove the bread from the oven, let it cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan, and let it cool completely on a rack before slicing
    slices of homemade Sunflower Seed Bread spread with cream cheese

    🫙 Storage & Freezing Instructions

    Wrap the bread in a clean tea towel and store it at room temperature for 2-3 days. If the bread starts to turn hard, toast single slices before serving.

    You can easily freeze this bread. The best way is to freeze it in slices in a freezer bag for up to 3 months. Individual slices can be defrosted briefly in the toaster or at room temperature and makes for fresh homemade bread whenever you are longing for it.

    🍞 More Bread Recipes

    • Pumpkin Seed Bread
    • Healthy Nut & Seed Bread
    • Fruit Bread
    • No Knead Focaccia

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    📖 Recipe

    sliced Sunflower Seed Bread on a cutting board

    Sunflower Seed Bread

    Aline Cueni
    Learn how to make sunflower seed bread from scratch with this easy recipe. It’s perfect for breakfast, a mid-morning, or afternoon snack.
    5 from 2 votes

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    Prep Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 45 minutes mins
    Dough Rising Time 2 hours hrs
    Total Time 3 hours hrs 5 minutes mins
    Course Bread
    Cuisine Vegan
    Servings 1 Bread
    Calories 250 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 4 ¼ cup (500 g) spelt flour or 4 ½ cups whole wheat flour, or 4 cups all-purpose flour
    • 2 tsp instant yeast
    • 1 ½ tsp salt
    • 1 tsp sugar
    • 1 ⅔ cup (400 g) water
    • 1 cup (125 g) sunflower seeds

    Instructions
     

    • Mix the flour, instant yeast, salt and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Pour in the lukewarm water and knead for 5-10 minutes on medium speed until you have a smooth yet wet dough. Set aside a handful of sunflower seeds for later, and fold the remaining sunflower seeds into the dough.
    • Cover with a damp tea towel (or plastic wrap), and let it rise at room temperature for one hour. 
    • Grease a 12 inch loaf pan with a little oil or butter.
    • Knead the dough again briefly, and transfer into the prepared loaf pan.
    • Sprinkle with the remaining sunflower seeds.
    • Cover with a damp tea towel, and let it rise for another 30-60 minutes at room temperature, until the dough has gained plenty of volume.
    • Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).
    • Bake the bread for 45 minutes and reduce oven temperature to 390°F (200°C) after 15 minutes.
    • Remove the bread from the oven, let it cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan, and let it cool completely on a rack before slicing

    Notes

    Keeps fresh for 2-3 days if packed in a tea towel.
    Or freeze the bread right after baking for up to 3 months. → You can slice the bread before freezing and thaw single slices in the toaster.
    Active Dry Yeast: If you only have active dry yeast at hand, dissolve it together with the sugar in the lukewarm water before adding it to the flour.

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    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Sunflower Seed Bread
    Amount Per Serving (1 Slice)
    Calories 250 Calories from Fat 117
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 13g20%
    Saturated Fat 3g19%
    Polyunsaturated Fat 6g
    Monounsaturated Fat 3g
    Sodium 51mg2%
    Potassium 152mg4%
    Carbohydrates 30g10%
    Fiber 4g17%
    Sugar 0.2g0%
    Protein 6g12%
    Vitamin A 4IU0%
    Calcium 15mg2%
    Iron 2mg11%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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