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Whole Wheat Sunflower Seed Bread – Quick & Easy

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This recipe for Whole Wheat Sunflower Seed Bread you’re gonna LOVE! It’s so healthy and really easy to make. Start mixing your ingredients now and have your freshly baked loaf in less than 3 hours! 

German Whole Wheat Sunflower Seed Bread cut into slices

The days are getting colder and I am starting to dig out my favourite soup recipes again. And I don’t know about you but for me a freshly baked loaf of crusty Sunflower Seed Bread is simply quintessential to the enjoyment of soup.

To be honest – the freshly baked bread is often what we look forward to the most. We sometimes even skip the spoons completely and just dip big chunks of bread into our soup bowl.

Now, bread baking often needs to be planned ahead and can be quite time-consuming. Not with this easy Sunflower Seed Bread recipe!

Try this easy German Sunflower Seed Bread recipe:

It’s really one of those last-minute recipes – no overnight proofing, no hour-long kneading, and folding cycles. No fuss whatsoever!

This Whole Wheat German Sunflower Seed Bread recipe is so simple and quick to make, you start mixing now, and you’ll have your freshly baked loaf in 3 hours max.

Quick German Whole Wheat Sunflower Seed Bread cut into half

I bake my Whole Wheat Sunflower Seed Bread in a  Dutch Oven and even though it’s not a MUST,  I recommend you to do the same.

The sunflower seed bread rises beautifully and has this incredibly crunchy crust – you will love it ! If you don’t have a   Dutch Oven you can also bake it on a baking stone or even in a loaf tin! No worries!

sunflower seeds in a bowl

The star ingredient: Sunflower Seeds. I just love the texture they give to this German whole wheat bread – with all those nutty bits in every bite.

The nuttiness of the seeds are also a perfect compliment to the very slight honey flavor and the hint of cumin in the dough!

German Whole Wheat Sunflower Seed Bread on a cutting board

For more delicious bread recipes check out these links:

Za’atar Bread Rolls

Coconut Milk Sandwich Bread

Crusty No Knead Bread

Pumpkin, Apple and Fennel Seed Bread

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Whole Wheat Sunflower Seed Bread

This recipe for Whole Wheat Sunflower Seed Bread you’re gonna LOVE! It’s so healthy and really easy to make . Start mixing your ingredients now and have your freshly baked loaf in less than 3 hours 

Course Breakfast, brunch, side, Snack
Cuisine European, German
Keyword German bread recipe, German Sunflower Seed Bread, German whole wheat bread
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 12 Slices
Calories 100 kcal
Author Kiki Johnson

Ingredients

  • 7 g instant yeast
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 350 ml warm water
  • 300 g unbleached AP flour
  • 200 g whole wheat flour
  • 1 tsp ground cumin optional
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 100 g raw sunflower seeds

Instructions

  1. Toast the sunflower seeds in a pan without any oil and let cool.
  2. Stir yeast and honey into the water and let stand for a couple of minutes.
  3. In the bowl of your standmixer, mix the flours with salt and cumin. Add salt, oil and yeast water and knead with the hook attachment for about 3 to 4 minutes on speed 2.
  4. Add 80 g of sunflower seeds and knead for another 4 minutes.
  5. Cover the bowl with cling film and let rest in a warm place until doubled in size, for about 30 to 45 minutes.
  6. After resting, knock back the dough and shape into a loaf. Put the shaped loaf into a proofing basket or a bowl lined with a clean kitchen towel and dusted with flour and let the loaf rest for another 30 minutes.
  7. Meanwhile put your dutch oven (lid on) into the oven and preheat to 450 F.
  8. Score your loaf and sprinkle the rest of the sunflower seeds on top of your loaf, lift the lid from your dutch oven and carefully place the loaf inside.
  9. Bake for 35 minutes with the lid on. Reduce the temperature after 10 Minutes to 420 F. After the 35 minutes, remove the lid and bake for another 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown.
  10. The bread is done when it sounds hollow when knocking on the bottom of the loaf.
  11. Let the loaf cool before you slice it! I know, it's hard but the texture will be much better if you give it time to cool down completely!

Recipe Notes

Don't have a Dutch Oven? You can also bake the bread on a cookie sheet or in a square bread mold or loaf tin. Spray some water into the hot oven when you insert your loaf!

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One Comment

  1. 5 stars
    Hallo Kiki nachdem ich das Brot heute zum dritten Mal nachbacke muss ich dir auch mal sagen wie locker und saftig es ist. Ich backe kein anderes Rezept mehr seit ich das gefunden habe. Das einzige was ich verändert habe ist dass ich Walnüsse noch mit reingemacht habe auch super lecker. LG und danke für das tolle Rezept. Nicole

  2. Hallo das Rezept hat mich total angesprochen und ich backe gerade mein erstes Brot überhaupt bin gespannt wie das Ergebnis wird.

  3. 5 stars
    I found this recipe last night and baked it this morning. It was the only recipe for German sunflower seed bread that had cumin in it; the rest didn’t.
    I had reservations about using cumin (the recipe said ‘optional’), but i am so glad i did! It added so much depth to the flavor of the bread.
    The combination of roasted sunflower seeds and cumin is just perfect!!!
    The bread was crusty and the interior was soft and nutty!
    My family of 3 loved it!
    Will be making this again soon!
    Thanks so much for the recipe!!!

  4. 5 stars
    I spent a summer in Switzerland and Austria and had this as breakfast bread almost every morning while there. I have tried various recipes trying to reproduce that bread and this was the one. I am so happy to have found this recipe. I made my first batch this morning and know this will become a staple. Make sure you add the cumin, no one will ever guess that spice is in it but I guarantee it is what adds the robust flavor.

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