Easy seed & grain loaf

Ingredients

• 500 g grain flour mixed
• 1 tbsp sesame and poppy seeds for topping
• 1  sachet fast-action yeast 
• 1 tsp salt 
• 300 ml hand-hot water 
• 2 tbsp olive oil 
• 1 tbsp clear honey 

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• wire rack
• kitchen towels

Directions

1. Tip the flour, seeds, yeast and salt into a large bowl.
2. Mix the water, oil and honey in a jug, then pour into the dry mix, stirring all the time to make a soft dough. If it feels sticky, sprinkle in a little more flour.
3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 mins, until the dough no longer feels sticky, sprinkling with a little more flour as you need it.
4. Oil a 1.2-litre loaf tin and put the dough in the tin, pressing it in evenly. Cover with a tea towel and leave to rise for 1 hr, until it springs back when you press it with your finger.
5. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas
6. Make eight slashes across the top of the loaf, brush with water and sprinkle alternately with poppy and sesame seeds.
7. Bake for 30-35 mins until the loaf is risen and brown. Tip it out onto a cooling rack and leave to cool.