Bran Bread With Garlic

Ingredients

• 100 g crushed wheat bran
• 450 g whole wheat flour
• 3 tablespoons refined flour
• 2 teaspoons yeast
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon garlic flakes
• egg yolk
• to glaze

Instructions

1. Soak the crushed wheat overnight in water.
2. Sift whole wheat flour and refined flour together in a bowl and make a well in the center.
3. Cream yeast and sugar with 1/4 cup of warm water.
4. Pour this in the well.
5. Sprinkle some flour and leave it in a warm place until frothy.
6. Mix in the soaked, crushed wheat and all the remaining ingredients, except garlic flakes and egg yolk.
7. Knead into a smooth dough.
8. Keep in a warm place until the mixture doubles in size.
9. Knead well to punch out the air and divide into half and shape into loaves.
10. Place the loaves in a greased baking pan/tin.
11. Leave them to rise for 40 minutes.
12. Pre-heat oven to 200C.
13. Brush the loaves with egg yolk, sprinkle garlic flakes and bake in a preheated oven at 200C for 40 minutes.
14. Allow the bread to cool completely.
15. Slice and serve.