Carrot-sesame seed bread

Name: Carrot-sesame seed bread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 package Active Yeast (1 packet active dry yeast, 7 gm); 3 ½ cup All-Purpose Flour (2.5 cups all purpose flour + 1 cup spelt or whole wheat flour ( I used spelt flour)); 1 ½ cup Carrot (1.5 cups shredded carrots, about 3 whole carrots); 1 ½ tbsp Olive Oil (1.5 tbsp olive oil); 8 tbsp Orange Juice (8 tbsp orange juice); 1 ½ tsp Table Salt (1.5 tsp salt); ⅓ cup Sesame Seeds (1/3 cup sesame seeds plus more for garnishing); 10 tbsp Water (10 tbsp warm water)

70 minAsian

Servings8

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Steps

1In a bowl, add carrots, orange juice, warm water and yeast and let it sit for 5 minutes. To it add olive oil, both flours and salt. Knead it into a tight dough. Cover and let it sit for 10 mins.Put oil on the working surface and knead dough lightly for about 10 secs.
2Let it sit covered for an hour. Clean oil from working surface and sprinkle some flour. Knead the dough for few seconds.
3Roll it tightly and tuck both the ends at the bottom and lay it in a parchment paper lined loaf pan with sides tucked on the bottom.Cover and let it sit for another hour.Preheat oven to 400F.
4Bake uncovered for 50 mins.Take it out of the pan once cooled and let it cool further. Store covered for upto 3-4 days.