Whole Grain Pear Cranberry Walnut Bread Recipes

WHOLE GRAIN CRANBERRY WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Mix the flours, salt, yeast, maple syrup and water in a large bowl. Stir to combine then use your hands to mix and form a sticky dough (see note). Don't overwork the dough - just enough to incorporate all the flour
• Add dried cranberries and walnuts working in carefully with your hands until evenly distributed throughout the dough
• Brush a large bowl with olive oil and add dough (make sure the bowl is large in size as the bread will rise quite a bit). Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let it rest at room temperature overnight, or for at least 8 hours
• After resting, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and form it into a round loaf. Place the dough in the lightly greased pan or a pan lined with parchment paper, smooth side up. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise at room temperature for approximately 2 more hours
• Preheat the oven to 450°F. Before placing the bread into the oven, brush lightly with water all over the top.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until it is deep brown in color, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center registers about 205°F
• Remove the bread from the oven, turn out onto a rack, and cool before slicing.

CRANBERRY WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Place all of the ingredients (except the cranberries and the walnuts) in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select Light Crust and Sweet Cycle and press Start.
• If your machine has a Fruit setting, add the cranberries and walnuts at the signal, or around 5 minutes before the kneading cycle has finished.

PEAR-WALNUT-CRANBERRY QUICK BREAD WITH VANILLA BEAN GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly brush one 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan or three 6-by-3-by-2-inch mini loaf pans with melted butter and set aside.
• Combine the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Add the cranberries and walnuts and toss together. Set aside.
• Whisk together the melted butter, yogurt, vanilla extract, eggs and grated zest if using in a small bowl. Stir in the shredded pears. Fold this mixture into the flour mixture until just incorporated.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan(s). Tap the bottom on a hard surface a few times and smooth the top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes for the regular and 35 to 40 minutes for the minis. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 30 minutes, then turn the bread out and let cool completely on the rack.
• Whisk together the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla bean seeds in a small bowl.
• Pour the glaze over the bread and allow to set at room temperature, 15 to 20 minutes. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

GINGER PEAR BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, drizzle pears with lemon juice; set aside., In another large bowl, combine the flours, sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger and cinnamon. In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in pear mixture., Transfer to two 8x4-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with remaining brown sugar. Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

CRANBERRY NUT WHOLE WHEAT YEAST BREAD

Steps:

• Place white whole wheat flour, water, agave syrup, oil, flax seeds, vital wheat gluten, yeast, and salt in a bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Run "dough" cycle. Add cranberries, hazelnuts, almonds, and pistachios during the second kneading cycle.
• Grease an 8x4-inch loaf pan. Remove dough from the machine. Punch down gently and form into a loaf. Place in the pan. Cover and let rise until almost doubled, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven until top of the loaf is golden brown, about 40 minutes.

WHOLE-GRAIN PEAR CRANBERRY WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans. Line with parchment paper, butter the parchment and set aside.
• Beat butter and the sugars in a stand mixer with paddle attachment and mix on medium speed until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating between each addition. Add oil and vanilla and stir to combine.
• Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Mix half the dry ingredients into butter mixture and stir together. Stir in remaining dry ingredients with a spatula, along with cranberries, pear, walnuts and sesame seeds; stir until batter is evenly moistened.
• Divide batter between the prepared pans. Bake until bread springs back when lightly touched, and a toothpick inserted into center comes out dry, with some crumbs, about 50 minutes. Cool on a rack at least 15 minutes or until completely cool. Remove from pans; slice each loaf into 10 pieces and serve warm or at room temperature.