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.
I have three of your books! I would love to win this baker and package! I will most definitely be making THIS recipe! Thanks!
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Thank you
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cant’ wait to try the bread, love all your recipes. The baker looks fabulous
My sister has gone GF and this would be a great pkg for her. With your GF ABin5 book, of course
Cannot wait to try your bread! Just discovered your website and would love to have one of your cookbooks!
I have the first edition of the Artesan Bread in five minutes a day and we LOVE the bread! I have a La Cloche and love how easy it is to make great bread in it. I would love to win this giveaway for the latest edition of the book or the baker!
I love baking bread with Red Star Yeast!
I love all my Emile products! I would also love to make any of the recipes from your book- I love artisan bread but hate having to plan 48hrs in advance whenever I start cravin that crisp chewy crust!
Would love to try this out in my new kitchen.
Have all your books…love them and love making your breads….I want this bread loaf baker!! Love the red!
What a cool baker! The walnuts raisin bread sounds terrific too – I’ll have to try it in the regular loaf pan for now 🙂
Love homemade bread & would love to add this bread baker to my kitchen collection.
I love your method, your books full of great and easy recipies but EH’s baking dish with bring the art of bread making on the higher level
That bread looks amazing, I’d love to have one of those loaf pans
Love your books, the bread from these recipes and great bread pans!
Just recently started making my own bread. There is nothing better than hot fresh bread!
I’ve read all three books and really enjoyed them. However, I did not try mixing the dough until I watched the YouTube videos posted by Jeff and Zoe. I just finished my second batches of dough. It is really convenient to have a bucket of dough ready to go in the refrigerator. I cannot wait to try this recipe. Thank you!
This bread baking book is making me drool. I’m glad there is a gluten free option also.
I am been looking at the Emile Henry bread baker. I want to start making my own bread.
Would love to win!
This is the neatest bread pan I have ever seen. I have a fetish for something ‘different’. My son made bread and loved to try new recipes. He passed away of a heart attack in the spring. He would have liked this FB page, too. The bread looks wonderful. I might try it myself. I bake bread now and then. My husband does’nt eat it so if I make a loaf, I eat it all by myself.
I can imagine all kinds of fun with this pan! Remember the twisted Nutella bread recipe you shared a few months ago? That one might necessitate greasing and flowering the lid, too, of this Émile Henri pan. Bread flecked with sharp Cheddar cheese would be interesting with this pan, too.
Would love a new book and baker!
This looks lovely!
I need this pan. It will keep the nosy puppy at bay, but more importantly the nosy husband. Bread does not last long in this house!
Oooo shiny red baking thing must be mine!
What a wonderful gift from Santa to me! Cannot wait to fill the house with the familiar smell of bread baking from my childhood…oh what yummy goodness awaits!
I would love to expand my bread repertoire with the baker. I always make a good loaf of bread with your recipes!
I would love to try this ! Love red !
I would LOVE to try out one of these pans! They look amazing!
I used a loaf pan placed inside a Dutch oven with a lid and had the wonderful crusty result as you with the baker.
The covered baker looks divine! What a nice treat for some lucky baker!! Looking forward to trying this recipe.
Bread looks yummy, but is it yummier with the baker?
I’ve wanted this book so long!!
The bread sounds delicious, the loaf pan looks and sounds interesting and I’ve made great bread ever since taking your course at the Landscape Arboretum. Pick me! Pick me!
My husband bought me Artisan Bread in 5 minutes a day 5 years ago. I absolutely love it. I would love to try my favorite recipes in the bread maker!
That’s truly an ingenious bread baking vessel. I’d love baking loaves in it. I have a sassafras baking cloche that turns out wonderfully crusted boules, so I can attest to the great effect a clay baker can have on a sourdough bread crust.
I have been a fan for several years and make your bread weekly. This one sounds delicious and the pan looks a read plus addition to my bread making.
Thanks for all you do for home bread makers.
I love making bread from your book 5-minutes a day. However, I have not found the perfect container to bake it in. Winning this give away would be a dream come true for me. Thank you for this opportunity.
Had delicious bread at a friend’s house recently and when I asked for the recipe, she sent me your way. I baked my first 4 loaves this past weekend and 4 more are in the oven now. I love the low time commitment!
That loaf pam would make such an excellent gift…especially if you bake in it for them! Love the colors. Thanks 🙂
I’ve lived nearly 50 years with a man who will love this bread! The pan intrigues me and I’d love to give it a go.
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I love trying new ways to create the steamy atmosphere for a great crust! Would love to try this new baker out!
Would love an opportunity to try this bread pan! Love baking with your recipes! So much that I have begun to teach my goddaughter how to bake with your recipes!
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I have all of your books and would LOVE to win the Emile Henry baker!! I have baked my way through ABin5 pretty much cover to cover 🙂
Oh Wowza!! That looks delicious and will be a perfect addition to my Christmas dinner table. Thanks!
It looks like a beautiful baker and the pictures show how well it works!
OMG how wonderful ….Id love to win this wonderful gift. I have been working more with yeast
I would love to win the package. I am a “beginner” at bread making and I would enjoy “creating and discovering” with this beautiful set. Thank you and continue sharing your knowledge – you have inspired many! Kimbra!
Beautiful – would be fun to work with that pan