Buttermilk Bread

I actually screwed up this recipe but somehow was able to correct it in the end. I did not read the recipe completely - bad me! I measured everything precisely using the digital scale. I used 20 grams of dry yeast because I was taught to use 1/2 of the weight of cake yeast when using dry yeast. That worked out fine, but the dough was quite wet and I had to add more flour to make it workable. This is where I did not read completely and if I read completely I would have realized that dough should not be wet bur normal type of bread dough. My dough was still wet even with the additional flour but I proceeded. I did add 1 1/2 tsp raw honey to the dough to up the taste of seeds a bit. The dough expanded normally, but since it was still wet when I try to form into a round dough, it just spread out too much and I decided to make it into a long rectangular bread using a bread pan instead to contain the dough from spreading out too much. The bread is more dense than normally found in the US, but worked great for sandwiches. Loved the taste and I think the addition of honey is good in this. Thank you for posting this wonderful and different recipe using buttermilk and seeds.

Wonderful. The aroma seeped through the whole house while the bread cooked and my barbecue guests were ready waiting with their plates.The entire batch of two loaves (I doubled the batch) hadn't entirely cooled before they were totally consumed. Fresh yeast cakes are hard to find here, unlike Germany, so had to resort to dried yeast, but the end result was the same. I also added 1/2 cup of chopped sun dried tomatoes to the mix at the second rise, when I made it again a few days later for open sandwiches. A light dusting of grated Parmesan cheese over the glaze had finished off a very successful alteration to your recipe. Thank you

Excellent, excellent bread. I used 2 1/2 tsp of active dry yeast, which I proofed in a little water and flour and added to the buttermilk. I mixed all up in the bread machine, substituting 100 g rye flour and 100 g whole wheat for part of the bread flour. I also used ground flaxseed, because I could not find the whole seeds. All of this resulted in a nutty brown bread. I baked as two baguettes. I could not resist the aroma and cut into one while still warm. This made terrific sandwiches with ham and cheese. I later made this for a friend, who made croutons of the left-over bread that really wowed her dinner guests.