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Homemade Seed-Oil Free Bread Dough

This soft and fluffy seed-oil-free bread dough will make you forget store bought bread! You’ll love it because this recipe makes the softest and most delicious dough—the extra effort is totally worth it.   
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 4-5 cups flour If freshly milled, mill ~3 cups of hard red, or hard wheat berries
  • 1½ cups hot water
  • ⅓ cup healthy oil I use extra virgin olive oil
  • ⅓ cup honey
  • 2 tsps salt
  • 1 tbsp instant yeast
  • 2 tbsps sunflower lecithin optional
  • 1 egg

Instructions
 

  • Combine hot water, egg, salt, honey, oil, and lecithin in mixer.
    1½ cups hot water, ⅓ cup healthy oil, ⅓ cup honey, 2 tsps salt, 2 tbsps sunflower lecithin, 1 egg
  • Mix in 2 cups of flour until fully incorporated.
    4-5 cups flour
  • Mix in yeast until fully incorporated.
    1 tbsp instant yeast
  • Add in 2 additional cups of flour, and begin checking your dough and gradually adding more flour until your dough is the appropriate texture (see instructions above for more details).
    4-5 cups flour
  • (Optional) If using freshly milled flour, at this point you can let the dough rest for 15 minutes before kneading.
  • Knead the dough on a low to medium speed for 5-15 minutes—until it passes the "window pane" test (see instructions above for more details).
  • Place your kneaded dough ball in a lightly oiled bowl, and cover with a damp towel to prove until doubled in size, about an hour and a half.
  • Once your dough has doubled, pour it onto a lightly floured surface, and shape the dough for your preferred bread product. See instructions above for more details.
  • Place each piece of dough onto a baking sheet, or into a bread pan (if your baking sheet isn't non-stick, line with parchment paper first).
  • Let the dough rise until puffy, and about 1½ times bigger (about an hour).
  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • (Optional) Make an egg wash with 1 egg white, and 1 tablespoon of water whisked together. Lightly spread over the tops of the dough. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
  • Bake until the internal temperature of the buns is about 190° (about 15 minutes for 3 oz dough, about 35 minutes for a bread loaf).