Potted Five Grain Bread

Ingredients

24 gr dry yeast
80 ml lukewarm water
2 gr sugar
240 ml water
65 gr cracked wheat
60 gr butter
30 ml honey
2 malt
120 ml milk
60 gr rice
1/2 fine oatmeal
65 gr rye flour
130 gr wholemeal flour
500 gr flour
30 ml milk

Instructions

Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water with sugar, allow to stand in warm place until frothy. Place extra water and cracked wheat in small saucepan, cook over medium heat until water has been absorbed and mixture is thick. Remove from heat, stir in butter, honey, malt, milk and rice, allow mixture to cool. Combine flours and oatmeal in large bowl, stir in wheat and yeast mixture, mix to form a dough. Knead mixture on floured surface for about 10 minutes, or until dough springs back when lightly touched with fingers. Cut dough into 3 pieces for large pots, -20ºC or medium pots or -10ºC or small pots. Knead pieces into rounds, place into clean terra cotta flower pots. Stand in a warm place for 15 minutes or until doubled in bulk. Glaze with extra milk, bake in moderate oven 35 minutes for large pots, 20 minutes for medium pots or 15 minutes for small pots or until cooked when tested.