Cranberry Walnut Bread with Oats
Posted: 10/17/2012
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Chewy, crunchy, and unbelievably satisfying, this awesome cranberry walnut bread might just become your new favorite. It’s amazing toasted!
Baking with yeast sometimes makes my knees shake a little. For me, it can be hit or miss. I’m working on it. I WILL NOT LET YEAST BREADS DEFEAT ME. I won’t! It’s totally doable, and if you’re in the same boat as me (nervous Nelly), have confidence! We can do this!
Regardless of my ongoing battle with the stuff, when Red Star Yeast contacted me about their new product, Red Star Yeast Platinum Superior Baking Yeast–a yeast they call “forgiving” and “simple to use” I was all about it. They promised it would give me “professional results EVERY time.” And let me tell you–this oat bread with cranberries and walnuts tastes like something out of one of your favorite bakeries.
Red Star adds dough improvers to make your bread turn out even more perfectly. They recommend it especially for whole grain dough which is fantastic because I prefer to make whole-grain breads any time possible.
There is also helpful information on their website about how to use the yeast and lots of great recipes to get you started!
Let’s just say I’m sold.
Oh…and that goodness that is spread on the oat bread? It’s a phenomenal cranberry butter that complements this bread perfectly. It has cinnamon and honey and it’s just incredible.
Wanting to try your hand at yeast breads?
Here’s a few that I’ve made and if I can do it, so can you!
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Chewy, crunchy, and unbelievably satisfying, this awesome oat bread might just become your new favorite. It’s amazing toasted!
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 teaspoons [Red Star Yeast Platinum Superior Baking Yeast]
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup dried cranberries
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine Platinum yeast, one cup flour, oats, cinnamon and salt.
- In a large measuring cup (or small bowl), combine water, oil and syrup. Heat to 120-130° F (I did this in the microwave!).
- Add liquid ingredients to the dry mixture in the mixing bowl. Using paddle attachment, beat on medium speed for 4 minutes.
- Gradually add in the remaining flour and knead with dough hook 5-7 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Add in the walnuts and cranberries and knead gently by hand until combined.
- Place dough in a lightly oiled bowl, turned to grease the entire dough ball. Cover and let rise until dough tests ripe. (Read here to learn what that means if you don’t know.)
- Place dough on lightly floured surface and punch down to remove air bubbles. Form into a (approximately) 14 x 7-inch rectangle. Starting with the short side, roll up tightly to form a roll. Pinch edges and ends to seal. Place in a greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Cover with a clean towel and let rise until indentation remains after touching.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375°F. Unless your dough is rising in the oven. Then wait.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool before slicing.
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1slice, Calories: 293kcal, Carbohydrates: 49g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g, Sodium: 180mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 16g
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Red Star Yeast but all opinions, as always, are 100% my own.
Tracy says
Really delicious and easy! I have added grated orange peel in mine and it is fantastic! Makes incredible French toast too!
Rachel Gurk says
Orange peel is a great addition! Now I need to remake this so I can make french toast….YUM!
Kris says
I don’t have a standing mixer. What steps should I take for mixing?
Rachel Gurk says
After stirring the ingredients together, I would turn it out onto a floured countertop and knead it with your hands.
Marie Cecchini Sternquist says
Big question: How can you tag a wheat bread as paleo? Might be a great recipe for wheat lovers but is definitely not paleo or immune sensitive. just, please, don’t use tags that draw us who cannot have grains to your site (I caution my clients to search under paleo because it is grain, dairy, and sugar free). How do you tag this to be Paleo? I is certainly not.
Rachel Gurk says
Where did you see this tagged as Paleo? I just looked at the recipe, because we’re human and mistakes do happen, but it isn’t tagged as paleo (or any other special diet except vegetarian). Did you see it tagged as Paleo somewhere besides on this site?
Chani gilbert says
This bread came out delicious!!! Great recipe!
Rachel Gurk says
I’m so glad you liked it, thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
Jan Saur says
I’ve just tried your recipe for the first time. I think I’ve messed this up. I followed your directions with adding 1 cup flour first then I added the remaining 2 cups later. The resulting consistency was not at all like yeast bread so I figured you meant to have 4 cups total flour. I added an additional cup but now am second guessing my decision. So, is the recipe calling for 3 or 4 cups of flour total?
Rachel Gurk says
3 cups total :)
Jeanette Schutz says
Can dried blueberries be used in place of cranberries? Do you think I’d have to soak them first?
Rachel Gurk says
I think that would work. You could probably get away without soaking them, but it would probably be better if you did soak them, they have a tendency to be kind of hard.
Ellen Ho says
Hi, wondering can I use bread machine to bake this loaf? Thank you
Rachel Gurk says
I haven’t tested it that way, but I’m assuming if you used the instructions for a similar loaf, it would work out okay. :)