Place cereal mix in bowl of stand mixer fitted with dough hook, and pour boiling water over it; let stand, stirring occasionally, until mixture cools to 100-105 degrees (F), about 1 hour.
1 ¼ cups eight-grain hot cereal mix, 2 ½ cups boiling water
Meanwhile, whisk flours and salt together in separate bowl; set aside.
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour, ½ tablespoon salt
Once grain mixture has reached 100-105 F, add honey, butter, and yeast and stir until combined.
⅓ cup honey, ¼ cup butter, 2 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
Let mixture sit for 5-10 minutes.
Add flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time, and knead until dough starts to come together.
Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap, and let dough rest for 20 minutes.
Knead on medium-low speed until dough clears sides of bowl, 3-4 minutes. If it does not clear sides, keep adding 2 tablespoons additional all-purpose flour and knead until it does.
Once it comes together, continue to knead dough for 5 additional minutes.
Add seeds, and knead until seeds are evenly dispersed throughout the dough and dough forms smooth, round ball.
½ cup unsalted sunflower seeds, 1 tablespoon chia seeds
Place dough in large, lightly greased bowl; cover tightly with plastic, and let rise at room temperature until nearly doubled in size, 45-60 minutes.
Grease two 9×5 inch loaf pans.
Transfer dough to lightly floured counter and divide in half.
Stretch first piece of dough into 9×6 inch rectangle.
Roll dough into a cylinder, and place dough seam-side down in prepared loaf pan.
Repeat with second piece of dough.
Spray loaves lightly with water or vegetable oil spray.
Sprinkle both loaves in oats.
½ cup old-fashioned rolled oats or quick oats
Cover loaves loosely with greased plastic, and let rise at room temperature until nearly doubled in size 30-40 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Bake until loaves register 200 degrees, 30-40 minutes.
Transfer pans to wire rack, and let loaves cool in pan for 5 minutes.
Remove loaves from pans, and let them cool to room temperature on wire cooling rack.
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Notes
A similar hot cereal mix, such as a 7 grain, will work. Also, if you have leftover hot cereal mix, you can use it to make multigrain pancakes.