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Have you ever had Dave’s Killer Bread before? It’s kind of my favorite, and today I’m making copycat Dave’s Killer Bread! I love the mix of whole wheat flour, sunflower seeds, quinoa, oats, cracked wheat, and flaxseed. This seedy bread is super delicious!
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Copycat Dave’s Killer Bread
Seedy and a bit chewy… mmmm. The price though. Not so much.
I’ll randomly pick a loaf up here and there.
We go through a lot of bread in our house, so I like to look for something that’s more affordable but is still good for me.
Lately I’ve been purchasing the whole wheat bakery loaf from Chuck’s Produce (my favorite store around here), which has about 5 ingredients in it.
The same ingredients I’d use for homemade bread, except theirs seems to turn out better texture wise than my sandwich bread I’ve made.
Anyways, back to this Daves Killer Bread recipe…
Researching a Dave’s Killer Bread Recipe
I came across a couple copycat recipes, so I decided to try one of them out.
Was it a good copycat of DKB?
No… I didn’t think I was eating DKB, but it sure was delicious!
If you want a yummy whole grain sandwich bread with some extra special stuff in it (quinoa, flax seed, rolled oats, cracked wheat, sunflower seeds), then give this bread a go!
Also, make sure you have half a day available for it.
There is lots of rising and waiting.
If you’re going to be home anyways, or at least home every few hours to kneed and replace in a bowl, then I highly recommend this recipe.
If you give it a try, please do leave a comment and share your feedback!
What you need for this copycat Dave’s Killer Bread recipe
- warm water
- active dry yeast
- coconut oil, melted
- honey
- molasses
- sea salt
- flax seed
- cracked wheat
- extra thick rolled oats
- sunflower seeds
- quinoa
- whole wheat flour
How to make it
- In your standing mixer, add your warm water. Sprinkle the yeast on top and let sit for a few minutes. Add your coconut oil, honey, molasses, sea salt, and give it a quick mix.
- Add the rest of your dry ingredients, minus the flour and mix again, just to wet the ingredients.
- Slowly add the flour. Just until the dough pulls away from your bowl.
- Place the dough on a floured counter and knead it. Knead it until the dough stops absorbing the flour.
- Wash the dough bowl out. Dry it off and coat it with some oil. Place your dough in the bowl, cover with a warm damp towel and let rise until double in size.
- Once it has doubled in size, punch it down, knead it out again, placing it back in bowl. Let the dough rise and double in size, punch it down again, knead it out and cut the dough in half.
- Take out two loaf pans, and spray them with oil.
- Knead the two dough balls into an oval shape, and place them in pans. Cover the tops with a light oil ( I used olive oil). Cover with a damp warm towel and let rise until you have nice round rise on both.
- Heat your oven to 425 degrees F.
- Remove the towel, and place the loaves in the oven and cook for about 30 minutes.
- To make sure your bread is cooked thoroughly, flip your loaf out onto a hot pad and flick the bottom. If it sounds hollow, your bread is done!
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Copycat Dave’s Killer Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 2.25 cups warm water
- 2 tbsp active dry yeast
- 2 tbsp coconut oil, melted
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp molasses
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- 1/4 cup flax seed
- 1/4 cup cracked wheat
- 1/4 cup extra thick rolled oats
- 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup quinoa
- 4 cups whole wheat flour, (approx)
Instructions
- In your standing mixer, add your warm water. Sprinkle the yeast on top and let sit for a few minutes. Add your coconut oil, honey, molasses, sea salt, and give it a quick mix.
- Add the rest of your dry ingredients, minus the flour, and mix again, just to the wet the ingredients.
- Slowly add the flour. Just until the dough pulls away from your bowl.
- Place the dough on a floured counter and knead it. Knead it until the dough stops absorbing the flour.
- Wash the dough bowl out. Dry it off and coat it with some oil. Place your dough in the bowl, cover with a warm damp towel and let rise until double in size.
- Once it has doubled in size, punch it down, knead it out again, placing it back in the bowl. Let the dough rise and double in size, punch it down again, knead it out and cut the dough in half.
- Take out two loaf pans, and spray them with oil.
- Knead the two dough balls into an oval shape, and place them in pans. Cover the tops with a light oil ( I used olive oil). Cover with a damp warm towel and let rise until you have a nice round rise on both.
- Heat your oven to 425 degrees F.
- Remove the towel, place the loaves in the oven and cook for about 30 minutes.
- To make sure your bread is cooked thoroughly, flip your loaf out onto a hot pad and flick the bottom. If it sounds hollow, your bread is done!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
If you try this copycat daves killer bread recipe, I’d love it if you left a star rating and comment below letting me know how it turned out!
XO
Heather
Is it possible to use entirely white all purpose for this recipe? I already started and didn’t have the whole wheat. Living during the pandemic means I cannot waste any ingredients ?
Hi Amber! I haven’t tried that so I can’t report back on it, but if you do please let us know how it goes!
I am in the same boat. Out of whole wheat flour and need to make an edible bread DKB. Not looking for perfection just ok bread with nuts and seeds. Please do share how it turned out with all purpose flour 🙂
Amber, I don’t know what the actual copycat should taste like, but I used white all purpose and my family likes the bread. I also used cooked quinoa. I used a tablespoon of sugar to help activate my yeast. Lastly, I also found that I needed to add at least another cup of flour otherwise it was too sticky. Everything else I did as per instructions.
Dave’s bread was delicious, A lot of the time If I don’t like a particular ingredient I will substitute it with something else so instead of quinoa I added a little bit more oats and instead of cracked wheat I used bulgur wheat. I also used one less cup of whole wheat flour. It was really delicious. The next time I make, it I’ll add an extra tablespoon of black strap molasses. I loved bread as a child. I think it was the first thing I learned to say.
I LOVE Daves Killer Bread and am sad he sold the company, but S___t happens. I still buy it, and yes the price makes me not buy it as often as I would like. After reading the recipe and all the remarks later I now realize why this bread costs so much and how labor intensive it is to make it! Those of you that do this need to tell those that receive it to give you hugs and kisses and presents galore!! 🙂
Addendum: In making the 1# of starter, use the product 85.
Jim–I read # as one pound. Is that correct? That’s a lot of starter!