Serves: 6
Discover 'Dirty Hippie Bread,' a truly healthy and delicious homemade whole wheat multigrain loaf. Packed with nutritious ingredients like flax seed, oats, sunflower seeds, honey, and molasses, this wholesome bread is perfect toasted with butter for a satisfying breakfast or snack.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Stir together the 1/2 cup water and applesauce in a small bowl. Dissolve the yeast in the mixture, let stand until creamy, about 5 minutes.
Pour the yeast mixture into a large bowl containing the warm water, honey, molasses, vegetable oil, lemon juice, and eggs; stir together to combine well.
In a separate bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, flax seed, oats, sunflower seeds, cracked wheat, and salt. Stir the flour mixture into the yeast mixture until a smooth dough forms. The original recipe suggested that kneading is necessary here, but I doubt that’s possible with how gooey the dough is. Just work it in the bowl for a few minutes, and then let it rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
Lightly grease three 9x5 inch loaf pans. Punch down dough, shape into loaves, and place in the pans. Allow to rise in pans until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
Bake 40 to 50 minutes, or until the loaves sound hollow when removed from the pan and tapped on the bottom.