Sticking seeds to bread dough isn't as easy as just sprinkling them on the top and hoping for the best. Sure they may stick for a bit but chances are they will fall off after baking. Here are five different ways to get them to stick and stay put!

Dough Spec for five mini bloomers:

500g Strong White Bread Flour

310g Room Temperature Water

12g Fresh Yeast (7g dry)

10g Olive Oil

8 g Salt

Seeds I used:

Sesame

Poppy

Linseeds

Sunflower

Pumpkin

Method:

Dissolve yeast in water, mix all ingredients together.

8 Minutes kneading on an UNFLOURED surface

1 hour rest

Divide and preshape into five balls

15 minutes rest

SHAPE and SEED

1 hour rest/final rise

20 minutes bake at 180C Fan/356F/Gas Mark 5