Black Forest Bread

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Oh if only I had some stout...I had a bunch of cherries that were staring at me, and have been watching all the breads appearing with cherries in them and drooling, so I decided to make one of my favorite desserts in bread form.  Black forest bread was born.  Hopefully this is going to work. Can you tell school's out for summer? 

• 650 g AP flour
• 200 g Whole Wheat flour
• 100 g Whole Dark Rye Flour
• 50 g Milled Flax seed
• 15 g Cocoa Powder
• 700 g water

Autolyse for a while - as long as it took me to pit the cherries and weigh the other add ins:

• 60 g sunflower seeds
• 57 g pecans (all I had left)
• 150 g fresh cherries, pitted and halved
• 50 g unsweetened coconut

Mix in to autolyse:

• 30 g unsweetened greek yogurt
• 20 g salt
• 268 g levain (this ended up being a 4 stage build)

After 30 mins do Stretch and fold in the tub

Wait another 30 mins - mix in add ins and do another SF - one more SF at +30 mins

Bulk ferment until double

Divide and shape - rest overnight in fridge

In the morning I will bake in Dutch Ovens

The dough smells divine....hoping the bread will be.