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- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 4-5 cloves garlic
- Mother Recipe (for 4 lbs of dough, I halved this recipe by eff Hertzberg and Zoë François)
- 5 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp (2 packets) granulated yeast
- 1 tbsp kosher salt (or to taste)
- 1/4 cup vital wheat gluten
- 4 cups lukewarm water (Note: You can add a teaspoon of dried herbs to the water for herb-flavored breads.)
- Cornmeal or parchment paper
- 1 to 2 tbsp whole seed mixture for sprinkling on top of the crust: sesame, flaxseed, caraway, raw sunflower, poppy and/or anise (optional)
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