Whole Wheat Bread with Raisins and Walnuts

Name: Whole Wheat Bread with Raisins and Walnuts
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 591 milliliters (about) bread flour; 2 Tbsps honey; 237 milliliters warm whole milk (105°F to 115°F); 118 milliliters oat bran; 118 milliliters raisins; 118 milliliters rye flour; 1 Tbsp salt; 59 milliliters (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly; 1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder; 118 milliliters chopped walnuts; 296 milliliters lukewarm water (85°F to 95°F); 355 milliliters whole wheat flour; 1 Tbsp active dry yeast (for do-ahead version) or quick-rising dry yeast (for same-day version)

Whole Wheat Bread with Raisins and Walnuts is a vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. One serving contains 421 calories, 12g of protein, and 14g of fat. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. If you have cocoa powder, honey, rye flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Stir 1 1/4 cups water and yeast in large bowl to blend. Stir in warm milk, honey, and salt, then melted butter.

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Butter

Honey

Water

Yeast

Milk

Salt

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Bowl

Add 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour and stir vigorously with wood spoon until well incorporated.

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Whole Wheat Flour

Add 1/2 cup rye flour, oat bran and cocoa powder and stir until well blended.

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Cocoa Powder

Rye Flour

Oat Bran

Add enough bread flour, 1/2 cup at a time, to form moist and sticky dough, stirring vigorously with wood spoon until well incorporated.

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Bread Flour

Dough

Let dough rise in warm draft-free area until doubled in volume, about 1 hour (do not punch down dough).

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Punch

Spray 9x5x3-inch metal loaf pan with nonstick spray.

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Transfer dough to prepared pan, being careful not to deflate dough. Cover loaf pan loosely with plastic wrap.

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Wrap

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Let rise in warm draft-free area until dough is puffed and almost reaches top of pan, about 45 minutes for refrigerated dough and 20 minutes for room-temperature dough.

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Meanwhile, position rack in center of oven and preheat to 500°F. Generously spray inside of oven with water (about 8 sprays); immediately place bread in oven. Lower oven temperature to 400°F and bake bread until top is deep brown and crusty and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes. Turn bread out onto rack and cool completely.

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Bread