Recipe: Orange-Sunflower Seed Bread (yeast bread)

ORANGE-SUNFLOWER SEED BREAD

4 cups unbleached white flour, divided use
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/2 cup whole milk
3 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. butter
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 egg
1 tbsp. grated orange peel
1/2 cup orange juice
2/3 cup shelled sunflower seeds

In large bowl combine 1 1/2 cups flour and yeast.

Heat milk, sugar, butter and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt until warm. Stir constantly to melt butter. Add to flour and yeast mixture.

Add egg, orange peel, and orange juice. Beat at low speed with electric mixer for 1 minute. Beat 3 minutes at high speed.

Stir in sunflower seeds by hand. Stir in more flour to make a stiff dough. Knead until texture is nice. Place in greased bowl; cover and let rise for 2 hours.

Dough should double. Punch down; cover and let rest 10 minutes.

Shape into loaf. Put in greased loaf pan; cover and let rise for 1 hour.

Brush top with melted butter.

Bake at 375 degrees F for 40 minutes.

Makes 1 loaf