Copycat Dave’s Killer Bread

Copycat Dave’s Killer Bread 21 Whole Grains!  Make your own super healthy, nutrition packed bread at home!

If ever there was a recipe that had me skipping around my kitchen in excitement, this is the one!   A Copycat of Dave’s Killer Bread!!  Eeee! We’ve made a lot of bread in this house.  Our Vietnamese Baguette is one of my go-to’s for sandwiches and appetizers and Dan’s Como Bread has been one of our standard daily favorites.  But ever since I became pregnant, I’ve been hyper aware of what I’ve been eating.  I’ve taken the “eating for two” to mean eating enough proper nutrients for me and my little one, without eating too many calories.   That means, whatever I eat, I need to make sure I’m getting more bang for my buck, so to speak.  Like eggs that are organic and omega 3 enriched vs. normal eggs.  And as much as we love our Homemade Sourdough bread, there isn’t a ton of nutritional ‘bang’ to it.  So I’ve switched to Dave’s Killer Bread for my daily toast and eggs and sandwiches.  Even though it’s delicious bread, it’s still a little bit sad to me, not only because it’s not made From Scratch by us, but also that it’s $5 a loaf.  But oh… oh now, I’ve finally figured out an alternative!  Hence the skipping.Even better, the recipe was a lot easier than I thought it’d be!  First, it was just a mix of yeast, water, coconut oil, molasses, and honey (Wessels is my favorite local honey).Then it’s adding all the healthy deliciousness.  I actually didn’t end up adding the quinoa.  Why not?  Preggo brain, that’s why.  Totally forgot it.  In true Dave’s Killer Bread fashion, this bread is hearty and dense.  That’s mainly because of the whole wheat flour.  But again, with the ‘more bang for the buck’ mentality, I added a bunch of other flours too.  Kamut flour and spelt flour are ancient grain flours that add great flavor and even more healthy grain goodness! A yeasty bowl of grains and nut goodness and a bowl of mixed healthy grain flours.  Aw yea.Mixed together into a dense dough of healthy grainy-nutty-goodness.3 rises and 2 punch downs……then into a couple of greased bread pans. Baked for 30 minutes at 425 degrees and we had a couple of beautiful loaves!Sliced thin and It. Is. Amazing.  Seriously, do you see all the seeded whole grain goodness in there?! And it toasts up beautifully.  Like I said, it’s dense, but it makes the perfect toast base for Perfect Soft Scrambled eggs, or any other way you like your eggs.

 Then, thanks to Calorie Count I can see exactly how nutritional my copy cat is!  Sliced nice and thin (I got about 15 thin slices from a loaf), and no, it’s not as nutritious Dave’s 21 Whole Grains and Seeds, but it’s getting there.  Stay tuned, I’m going to play around with this recipe some more to get it as close as I can!  😀 

I’ve gotten a lot of feedback about this dough not rising or baking right – I’m working on tweaking it for you!  Come back soon – or sign up to get email updates!

Copycat Dave's Killer Bread

2016-02-08 05:37:56

A copycat of Dave's Killer hearty whole grain bread made at home!

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Prep Time

2 hr 30 min

Cook Time

30 min

Total Time

3 hr

Prep Time

2 hr 30 min

Cook Time

30 min

Total Time

3 hr

Ingredients

1. 5 cups whole wheat flour
2. 1/3 cup spelt flour
3. 1/3 cup rye flour
4. 1/3 cup kamut flour
5. 2 tablespoons yeast
6. 2 1/4 cups of warm water
7. 1/2 tablespoon salt
8. 2 tablespoons coconut oil
9. 3 tablespoons honey
10. 1 tablespoon molasses
11. 1/4 cup flax seed
12. 1/4 cup unsalted pumpkin seeds
13. 1/4 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
14. 1/4 cup rolled oats
15. 1/4 cup raw unhulled sesame seeds
16. 1/8 cup chia seeds
17. Olive oil for coating

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, add water and sprinkle yeast on top and let sit for 3-5 minutes (this can all be done in a Kitchen Aid too). Whisk in molasses, honey, and coconut oil.
2. Add the flax seed, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, oats, sesame seeds, and chia seeds and mix.
3. In a separate bowl mix together the whole wheat flour, rye flour, spelt flour, kamut flour, and salt.
4. Slowly add the the flour to the wet mixture and mix well either by hand or in your mixer until all the flour is incorporated.
5. On a generously floured surface, knead dough for about 3-5 minutes. The dough will be slightly sticky.
6. In another large bowl (or the same bowl washed), oil the bowl lightly with olive oil and then add dough. Cover with a cotton kitchen towel or napkin. Let dough rise, about an hour.
7. Once dough has almost doubled, punch it down and let it rise again, approximately another hour.
8. When it has doubled again, lightly oil two bread pans and pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.
9. Remove dough from bowl and separate in half. Shape and add to dough pans and cover lightly with towel or napkin and let rise for another 30 minutes.
10. Remove covers and bake for 30 minutes.
11. Remove from oven and cool on wire racks.

Notes

1. Loaves are done when you tap the bottom and it sounds hollow

Adapted from Kitchen Wench

Adapted from Kitchen Wench

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