Sunflower whole wheat loaf, riffing on the WW Sourdough

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Seeded sourdough

A few of us seem to have been intrigued by DMSnyder's seeded sourdough. Occidental just tried it, and I've baked something similar to it a few times now.

Seeded sourdough

I actually don't have a sourdough starter going right now so I've just been making it with yeasted preferment.

Preferment

50g whole wheat flour

50g water

a pinch of instant yeast

I mix that and leave it on the counter overnight.

The next day I mix it into the final dough.

Final dough

the preferment

250g all purpose flour

200g whole wheat flour

30g honey

30g olive oil

300g water

8g salt

about a teaspoon of instant yeast

150g sunflower seeds

I gave it about 2 hours of bulk fermentation with a fold part way though, then just under an hour for the final rise after shaping. Baked at 385 for 50 minutes.

It's good! And the process fits my schedule these days. 

I'm sure it'd be tasty with other seeds mixed in as well, but sunflower seeds are what I had in the pantry so sunflower seeds are what I used.