Raisin Walnut Bread
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Raisin Walnut Bread
3 cups lukewarm water
1 tablespoon instant or active dry yeast
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 cup whole wheat flour
5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (if you use King Arthur or other high protein flours, you may need to add up to a 1/4 cup more water)
1 cup raisins
1 cup walnuts
2 teaspoons cinnamon
In a 6-Quart Round Storage Container add the water, yeast, salt, flours
raisins
walnuts and cinnamon.
Mix with a Danish Dough Whisk, a wooden spoon or a stand mixer.
Let the dough rise for 2 hours and then you can use it right away or it can be stored for about 7 days.
Pull out a 2-pound piece of dough, about half the dough in the bucket.
Quickly shape it into a smooth oval.
Generously grease and flour the base of the bread baker.
Place the dough into Bread Loaf Baker.
Cover and let rest for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. This will depend on what else you have going on and how chilly your kitchen is.
Preheat the oven to 450°F.
Uncover the loaf and use a Pastry Brush to paint with water.
Because this baker has a lid it traps the internal moisture of the dough, almost like a Dutch Oven, to create a shiny, crisp crust. Since it has the small holes, the crust will also color nicely during the baking without having to remove the cover.
Bake for about 45 minutes. If you open the lid and it is not yet golden brown, let it bake another 5 minutes.
Let the bread cool in the baker for 5 minutes
Turn the loaf out of the pan after 5 minutes and then let cool completely.
After you’ve enjoyed some of your bread you can slip it back into the baker to store it on the counter.
Since the cover has holes the loaf won’t get soggy, but it is protected enough to keep the bread from staling as quickly. It also happens to keep nosey puppies from the counter.
Here is the loaf baked in a regular loaf pan. You can see that the crust is pale and dull looking in comparison. It was still as tasty, but without the trapped steam the loaf just wasn’t as appealing. You’d have to add steam to the oven if you were to bake it in this style pan.
Lesaffre Yeast Corp. (Red Star) provided samples of yeast for recipe testing, and sponsors BreadIn5’s website and other promotional activities. Emile Henry provided bakeware and sponsorship.
What an inspiration to bake! The recipe used for the bread, looks amazing, as does the book. Thanks for this great prize package!
I can smell the cranberry orange bread already. Love that the pan make toaster size loaves…I pray I’m favored to win!
Blessings to all…
This bread looks absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing – it will be appearing on our table this holiday season.
Oh yummmm-!! And to heck with the diet! You only go around once and you never know what’s coming! So enjoy when we can!
The Raisin Walnut Bread looks so delicious. I am going to make the New Artisan Bread for the first time. Hopefully to give as Christmas hostess gifts.
Thanks so much for the chance to win this lovely prize! I love reading your blog and baking bread with you! This recipe looks delicious!!
A beautiful loaf, looks so full of flavor. A great bread pan, too!
I went ahead and made the bread, and it came out really good! I made enough dough for one loaf and made it in a regular loaf pan. I added one egg (for part of the liquid), and I also added 1/4 cup of sugar. It makes great toast!
Bread is gorgeous, as ever! <3
This looks great, can’t wait to try the recipe AND the pan!
I have loved every recipe I have made from both the Artisan Breads in 5 and the Healthy Bread in 5 cookbooks. I haven’t yet tried this recipe but it’s definitely on my radar. Would love a pan that would make it even easier to bake the bread (no steam required–love it!).
wow, looks great! the bread pan is also quite beautiful!
All of your recipes are amazing! Would be fun to bake a loaf in that beautiful pan.
My friend ordered one of these, can’t wait to try it out! Emile Henry products are well made, functional and beautiful.
I bake three loaves a bread a week. It looks like this loaf will need to be one of them.
This bread looks amazing. So does the holiday baking package 🙂
Thank you for offering this giveaway! The bread looks amazing, and the loaf pan is on my wish list now.
My wife has fallen in love with your book and bread baking! She would love to try this recipe.
Looking forward to making this bread!
Swoon! You really make the tastiest bread and desserts. I’m imagining having this bread for breakfast.
The bread sounds and looks delicious. Happy holidays
I have never made anything like this before, but am going to give it a try this year!!! Looks delicious!
That bread looks great, I’m definitely going to save the recipe.
That bread pan! Genius! I wonder why it took so long to invent it.
that loaf of bread baked in the Emile Henry pan set me to drooling.
I really appreciate the extensive photos to illustrate the recipe!
Wow, nice looking bread and I need to find out where to get that bread pan. I’d love to see a round pan like this too.
I have just bought two of your books and the whisk and bucket. So excited to try this! I am in a wheelchair so getting out in a timely manner to purchase bread can be irksome. Especially in the winter. I would love to have a covered baker.. Is there a spot to purchase it if I am not so lucky as to win?
That’s such a pretty bread pan!
That looks fantastic!!
I can’t wait to make this! I think I will put the bread baker on my Christmas wish list.
That looks wonderful – and love the new loaf baker!
Can’t wait to bake this!
everything you offer in this recipe is appealing to me. I have this dough stirrer and need to put it work trying it out. I’d love to have this EH baker!
A co-worker of mine just turned me on to this book, and the blog makes it even better!!!! Seriously changed my life. <3
I love the look of the bread baker, and have yet to try the yeast. What a wonderful prize set for some lucky winner!
We started making Healthy Bread in Five minutes a Day, three weeks ago, and have only had home baked bread since. Today we are making Rye. Just the dough mix aroma is enough to make your mind swim, can’t wait to cut the first slice. 🙂
The bread turned out so great! The bread pan sounds awesome.
Love your book. I just need that pan !
I’m going to bake that this week. Thanks for showing the two different results.
I feel the need to ry this with dried cherries for Christmas morning: it would be my dads favorite (especially if I added dark chocolate… too much? I doubt it!)
My kids would love this. They could finally have “normal” shaped bread.
My mom would love this pan. Red is her favorite.
I love the elegant design and festive holiday red color of the Emile Henry bread baker and how it pulls double duty by keeping the loaf fresh after baking…going on the gift list now!
Looks yummy! I would so love to try this out!
No need to toast the walnuts? I assume any other dried fruits and nuts could be substituted- would any adjustments need to be made?
I can’t wait to try this bread. The pan is beautiful, too!
I have used the ABin5 book for several recipes and have your pizza book, too. The Emile Henry loaf pan looks very interesting! I’ll have to check it out soon.
I really want to make some of the recipes in this book.
My family loves your bread! I love the method. This pan looks incredible. Your book is at the top of my Christmas list! Thank you for making great ideas so simple.
The bread baker is a great looking piece. I like that this recipe avoids enrichment with butter, milk, or oil.