Multigrain Bread
Soft, fluffy, uniquely flavorful, and easy to make! Freshly baked multigrain bread with butter is the tastiest snack. Serve it with any dish, use for sandwiches, or enjoy as-is. Seeds and grains give the crumb a loose, porous, and airy structure.
Updated : 05 August, 2025
Easy
More than 1 hour.
Ingredients
250 milliliters
Mineral water
240 grams
Wheat flour
130 grams
Rye flour
100 grams
Sunflower seeds
15 grams
Flax seeds
15 grams
Rye
15 grams
Barley
10 grams
Fresh yeast
1 tablespoon
Sour cream
1 tablespoon
Sugar
1 teaspoon
Salt
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
Use high-grade wheat flour. You can substitute carbonated mineral water with still water. Fresh yeast can be replaced with dry at a 3:1 ratio (3-4 g dry).
Step 2
Grind rye and barley grains in a coffee grinder into coarse grits (not flour). If unavailable, use instant multigrain porridge mix.
Step 3
Sift the wheat flour into a bowl. Add crumbled yeast and mix. If using dry yeast, ensure it’s suitable for direct mixing with flour - check the label.
Step 4
In another bowl, mix rye flour, ground rye and barley, 20 g of sunflower seeds, and flaxseeds.
Step 5
Pour in room-temperature carbonated mineral water. Add salt, sugar, and sour cream. Stir.
Step 6
Add half of the flour-yeast mixture. Mix until you get a sticky dough.
Step 7
Cover the bowl with a towel and let the dough rise in a warm place for about 1 hour. It should triple in size and become airy.
Step 8
Add the remaining flour and knead into a soft, uniform dough. It will stay sticky due to the rye flour. Avoid adding too much extra flour - otherwise, the bread will turn hard.
Step 9
Once the dough pulls away from the bowl’s sides, use oiled hands to divide it into 4 equal parts.
Step 10
Shape each part into a ball and roll in the remaining sunflower seeds.
Step 11
Place the dough balls close together in a rectangular parchment-lined and oiled baking pan (approx. 8.5 × 4.5 in or 22 × 11 cm).
Step 12
Cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place for 25-30 minutes. Bake in a preheated oven at 375 °F (190 °C) for about 40 minutes. Baking time may vary by oven. Enjoy!