Flax Seed Bread

Today was bread-making day. A perfect day for it too, since it's overcast and a bit cool for this time of year. I started making bread again about 5 months ago, after we were unable to find a nice, hearty, healthy loaf at the grocery store. They were mostly too "bunny bread-like", or on the rare occasion that we found something we liked, it was very expensive. So, out came the bread pans, and after a hiatus of probably 25-30 years, I'm back at making bread!

Above are the loaves getting ready to go into the oven. You'll see that I am using glass and ceramic loaf pans, which give you far superior results. To the right, are the loaves just out of the oven. And below, well the photos speak for themselves.

I like making bread by hand, no bread machine for me. A bread machine is nice if you don't have time, but I have lots of time. I enjoy the process of mixing the ingredients, kneading the bread, watching it rise. I enjoy the yeasty smell that permeates the room as the dough starts to rise. And then there is the baking. The aroma is to die for, and that first warm slice, drenched in butter.....you can't get any better that that. Well, maybe a bit of salted caramel is better, but not by much.

This bread is Whole Wheat, Flax and Sesame Seed Bread, derived from a recipe on Allrecipes.com. It's the perfect blend of hearty, but not too dense. And I can say from tasting the first slice, is quite yummy!