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Harvest Grains Ciabatta


Coarse-textured and full-flavored, this lusty bread features our Harvest Grains Blend, which lends it extra chew and nice crunch.

Read our blog about this bread, with additional photos, at Bakers' Banter.

Ingredients

Overnight starter

Dough

Directions

1) Combine the starter ingredients and stir till cohesive. Cover and let rest at room temperature overnight, or for up to about 15 hours. The mixture will be bubbly.

2) Combine the starter with all of the dough ingredients except the Harvest Grains Blend, and mix and knead to make a very smooth, soft, very sticky dough. Using a stand mixer equipped with the flat beater paddle, knead for 7 minutes; the dough may or may not clear the sides of the bowl. Or prepare dough in the bread machine set on the dough cycle.

3) Once the dough is kneaded, add the Harvest Grains Blend, mixing just till it's well distributed. If you're using a bread machine, add the grains blend at the beep. If you're kneading in a stand mixer, add and knead for about 30 seconds, just to combine.

4) Place the dough in a lightly greased rising container (or leave it in your bread machine), and allow it to rise for 90 minutes, till it's doubled in size. If it's in the bread machine, remove the dough at the end of the dough cycle.

5) Gently deflate the dough, and divide it in half.

6) Shape each half into a 10" log.

7) Place the logs on a large, lightly greased (or parchment-lined) baking sheet, leaving about 5" between them.

8) Cover and let rise for 60 to 90 minutes, till very puffy. Towards the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 425°F.

9) Spray the loaves with lukewarm water, and place them in the oven. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until they're golden brown.

10) Remove from the oven, and cool on a rack.

Recipe summary

Hands-on time:
20 mins. to 30 mins.
Baking time:
20 mins. to 25 mins.
Total time:
15 hrs 10 mins. to 18 hrs 55 mins.
Yield:
two 11" loaves
*Overnight
Rate recipe
****+
Recipe comments (3) »

Tips from our bakers

  • This very sticky dough is virtually impossible to knead by hand. Please use a stand mixer, hand mixer, or bread machine set on the dough cycle.
  • Be sure to add the Harvest Grains Blend after you've kneaded the dough. Adding it first, along with the other ingredients, makes a REALLY sticky dough. Trust us; you don't want to go there.
  • Want to bake this bread right in the bread machine? Go for it. We've baked it in our Zojirushi here in the test kitchen, and it works just fine.

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*****

01/24/2009

Tami from France

I omitted the dry milk and replaced oil with 2 tbsp of cornmeal. I also reduce the yeast amount to 1/2 tsp and just let the dough take its time rising. Since I didn't have KA grain mix, I had to add my own grain mix of pumpkin seed, sunflower seed, linseed and wheat germ. We love this hearty and healthy bread. This is my favorite recipe to use for bread baking.

*****

01/19/2009

Terri from Mineral Wells, WV

This is a great bread recipe. I have made it exactly as written, but also changed the flours to make it even more 'whole grain'. I used all purpose for the starter, 1 cup of whole wheat and 1 cup of white whole wheat for the bread. The harvest grain blend gives a great nutty taste and really good texture.

*****

11/10/2008

Deb from NY

When I first started out making this, I questioned the consistency of the starter. It was very stiff; not what I expected. However, I followed through and completed the recipe using my stand mixer. It was easy to make. It looks like the bread in the picture! Nice grainy texture as you would expect. I would definitely make it again!

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