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Spelt Buckwheat Sunflower Seed Bread

Published: Jun 30, 2015 Updated: Jan 23, 2019 · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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Spelt Buckwheat Sunflower Seed Bread

This vegan Spelt Buckwheat Sunflower Seed Bread is easy to make and tastes great! Start making your own bread now! It’s cheaper, better and you know exactly what’s in there!

Spelt Buckwheat Sunflower Seed Bread

I always enjoy experimenting with different flours. I had a rather short gluten-free phase where I was convinced that I needed ALL the gluten-free flours there were like corn flour, rice flour, buckwheat flour,… I didn’t like the taste of buckwheat flour too much so I added a bit of it in the bread and it’s a really great addition to the spelt flour. If you don’t have the buckwheat flour you can leave it out of course and just add more spelt flour or other flours you have laying around!

This Spelt Buckwheat Sunflower Seed Bread has – as the title may indicate – sunflower seeds in it, but additionally I added fennel seeds. Those are great for the taste! So I wouldn’t ditch them.

Spelt Buckwheat Sunflower Seed Bread

Baking my own bread has been something that I really enjoy. It’s good to know what exactly is in there, because even if a store-bought bread is vegan it often contains ingredients that I can’t even pronounce, needless to say I don’t have the slightest clue what it is.

If you’re having a bread baking machine or a kitchen machine – it’s even easier! I don’t like the form of my bread baking machine so I only let it do the “bread kneading and rising” program, then take it out, form my own loaf and bake it in the oven – easy as that. My program only takes 1 1/2 hour (including three rising phases), so it is rather quick to have my own bread!

Spelt Buckwheat Sunflower Seed Bread

It’s possible of course to knead it by hand, just keep the dough covered when rising – otherwise it will dry out. The photo above shows the bread in the unbaked status. I’ve carved it vertical & horizontal – if you don’t carve the bread it will pop up like it wants to and it doesn’t look that pretty!

Spelt Buckwheat Sunflower Seed Bread

Serve it with…

  • spreads (basic hummus, spinach hummus, potato cheese spread)
  • creamy soups (carrot ginger soup, broccoli soup)
  • stews (goulash, chili con carne)

Spelt Buckwheat Sunflower Seed Bread

Spelt Buckwheat Sunflower Seed Bread

Elephantastic Vegan
Recipe for a vegan Spelt Buckwheat Sunflower Seed Bread. Easy to make and delicious! The recipe yields 2 loaves.
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 25 mins
Resting Time 2 hrs
Total Time 40 mins
Course Bread
Cuisine Austrian, German, Vegan
Servings 2 loaves
Calories 1248 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 3 1/3 cups spelt flour
  • 3/4 cup buckwheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon instant yeast
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
  • 2 tablespoons fennel seeds
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 1/4 cups lukewarm water

Instructions
 

  • Mix all the ingredients (first dry then add in the wet ones) and knead by hand until a soft dough forms or put all the ingredients in a bread baking machine or kitchen machine and let the machine knead the dough for you. Let it sit covered until it doubles in size (about 1-2 hours).
  • Preheat the oven to 500°F/250°C.
  • Cut the dough in two equal pieces and form the loaves.
  • Carve the surface of the dough lightly with a knife. I made a long vertical cut and many horizontal ones.
  • Let it rise again for about 20 minutes.
  • Then put the bread in the oven and take it out when it looks done. (I've had mine in the oven for 25 minutes!) You can knock on the bottom of the bread and when it sounds hollow it's done!

Notes

How long the bread needs to be in the oven depends on the form you're making. Loaves need about 20-30 minutes, rolls 15-20 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1loafCalories: 1248kcalCarbohydrates: 190gProtein: 42gFat: 33gSaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 1193mgPotassium: 634mgFiber: 38gSugar: 2gVitamin C: 1.7mgCalcium: 116mgIron: 14.4mg
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biancaHi, I’m Bianca! When I went vegan in 2012, I fell in love with food all over again.

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Comments

  1. The Vegan 8

    June 30, 2015 at 8:34 pm

    This looks awesome Bianca! So much healthier than storebought! I love homemade fresh bread. How long did you bake it?

    Reply
    • bianca

      June 30, 2015 at 8:41 pm

      Thank you so much Brandi! I’m so addicted to homemade bread, too! And I love how lovely the apartment smells when baking it. Woops, I totally forgot to mention how long I baked the bread in the instructions… Thank you! I’ll add it to the post too. I’ve baked the bread for 25 minutes. :)

      Reply
  2. nadia

    July 8, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    This looks amazing! I love making my own bread but still can’t say I’ve mastered it yet :P Need to give this recipe a try :)

    Reply
    • bianca

      July 8, 2015 at 5:05 pm

      Hi Nadia! Thank you so much! I love that the whole apartment smells amazing when making homemade bread, doesn’t it? :)

      Reply
  3. Alisa @ Go Dairy Free

    July 11, 2015 at 2:43 am

    This bread looks positively stunning and I love the idea to use spelt and buckwheat – my two favorite flours!

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    • bianca

      July 12, 2015 at 10:56 am

      Thanks Alisa! The combination of spelt and buckwheat turned out great. You’ve got some nice favorite flours that go well together :)

      Reply
  4. Chelsea

    July 23, 2015 at 2:53 pm

    Did you add any sugar to this to feed the yeast? Also, I don’t have fennel. Is there anything else you would recommend? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Bianca

      July 23, 2015 at 3:15 pm

      Hi Chelsea! I haven’t used additional sugar in this recipe – to my knowledge the yeast uses the sugar in the flour to work! I think there are two believes – one that does claim that yeast needs additional sugar and the other that it doesn’t. But the yeast worked great without sugar in this recipe! You could use caraway seeds if you like those. I’ve used caraways seeds quite a few times in breads and the breads turned out delicious too.

      Reply
  5. Sylvie

    November 10, 2017 at 1:34 pm

    Il would like to only one loafnof bread, would you know the quantities as i do not think it is halfed. Also, whst kind of spelt flour, white, ground, etc.

    Reply
    • Bianca

      November 16, 2017 at 8:36 pm

      You can half the ingredients for one loaf. If the dough is too dry and crumbly, you can always add a bit more water. I’ve used white spelt flour for this recipe.

      Reply
  6. Eva

    July 8, 2018 at 2:15 pm

    Does it freeze well? If I make two loafs I’m not sure I’ll be able to eat it before it goes off. Thanks 😊

    Reply
    • Bianca

      July 10, 2018 at 10:30 am

      It does freeze well. You can also half the recipe to make only one loaf. :)

      Reply
  7. Oliver

    August 17, 2019 at 5:00 pm

    similar recipes use honey instead of sugar … typically either 1 Tablespoon sugar or the combination of 1-2 tablespoons of oil with 2-3 Tablespoons of honey

    Reply
  8. Sheena

    February 9, 2020 at 5:14 am

    Hi! I’m just wondering what is a good substitute for the spelt so I can make it gluten free? Would arrowroot flour be a good one? Thank you! Very excited to try a gluten free version of this!

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