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Place all the nuts and seeds onto a non stick baking tray and bake at 160C/325F or gas mark 3 for 8 minutes, then leave to cool.
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Meanwhile, place both flours into a bowl with the salt and blend together with your hands.
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Add in the oats and dried yeast.
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Pour in the black treacle and half the water into the centre of the bowl and start to mix, either with your hand in the shape of a claw or in an electric mixer with the dough hook.
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Gradually add in the remaining water and bring together the ingredients until you have a ball of soft dough and the bowl is relatively clean of bread dough.
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Transfer the bread onto a lightly floured work surface and knead the bread for 10 minutes by holding the dough with one hand and stretching it away from yourself with the other.
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As the dough stretches fold the dough over its self and repeat.
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When the dough is nice and smooth, roll it into a ball and place ball into the bowl, cover with cling film and leave it to prove for 1 hour.
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When the dough has doubled in size and had a good hour to prove and develop scoop the dough out on to a lightly floured work surface.
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Stretch out the dough and scatter all the nuts and seeds over it then, fold the dough over its self and start to knead for a good 5 minutes.
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Shape the dough into a loaf shape and place in a 2 lb loaf tin.
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Leave the dough to prove for 1 hour so that it can double in size.
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Pre heat the oven to 200C/400F or gas mark 6 and place a tray in the bottom of the oven.
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Place the loaf in to the middle of the oven with plenty of space to rise and also throw a mug of water into the tray at the bottom of the oven to create steam.
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The steam will help to create a lovely crust.
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Make sure you close the door quickly after putting the water into the oven.
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Bake for 25-30 minutes, until golden and crispy, to check if the bread is cooked carefully lift the bread out of the tin and tap the bottom, it should have a hollow sound to it, if not and it is a dull thud then pop it back into the oven and turn the temp down to 150c for a further 10 minutes to ensure it is cooked through.
