Prepd Skillet Recipes

Servings:
Makes one 8"-diameter loaf
3 Ratings
3.33
This energy-sustaining bread makes beautiful toast.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup millet
  • ¼ cup quinoa
  • 2 tablespoons amaranth
  • 1 cup old-fashioned oats, plus more for topping
  • 2¼ cups buttermilk, divided, plus more for brushing
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, plus more for pan
  • 3 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons flaxseed
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • ¼ cup sunflower seeds, plus more for topping
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 3 tablespoons brown rice syrup or mild-flavored (light) molasses

Instructions

  1. Mix millet, quinoa, amaranth, 1 cup oats, 1 cup buttermilk, and ½ cup water in a small bowl. Cover and let sit 8–12 hours. (Alternatively, bring ingredients to a simmer in a small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and let sit until mixture is thick like porridge, about 2 hours.)
  2. Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly oil an 8"-diameter cast-iron skillet or cake pan. Whisk whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, flaxseed, salt, baking soda, and ¼ cup sunflower seeds in a large bowl. Work in butter with your fingers until largest pieces are pea-size. Make a well in the center and add brown rice syrup, oat mixture, remaining 1¼ cups buttermilk, and remaining 1 Tbsp. oil. Mix with a wooden spoon until dough is smooth, homogenous, and still slightly sticky.
  3. Form dough into a ball and place in prepared pan. Brush with buttermilk; top with more oats and sunflower seeds. Cut a large X into the top and bake until golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of loaf registers 190°, 55–70 minutes. Let cool in pan.

    Do Ahead: Bread can be baked 2 days ahead. Store tightly wrapped at room temperature.

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Recipe by Claire Saffitz/Bon Appétit, Photos by Eva Kolenko