Brown Bread Recipe With Walnuts and Dates
This brown bread is delicious with a thick layer of butter, a drizzle of honey, and a hot cup of coffee or tea served alongside. It’s very hearty, and won’t leave you with a mid-morning or afternoon slump.
Date Walnut Brown Bread
A hearty brown bread, lightly spiced, with dates and walnuts.
Ingredients
- 1½ teaspoons yeast
- ¾ cup warm water
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon molasses
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup oil
- ½ teaspoon gluten
- ¼ cup ground flax seed
- 2¼ - 2¾ cups ground hard red winter wheat (whole wheat bread flour)
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ cup dates, finely chopped (about 6 whole)
- ¼ cup walnuts, finely chopped
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ cup rolled oats, to top bread, if desired
- additional whole wheat flour for pastry mat, as needed
Instructions
- With an electric mixer using a dough hook, or with a large wooden spoon, combine water, honey, molasses, and yeast to proof.
- Add remaining ingredients, except the dates, nuts, and oats.
- Mix well, using a dough hook 3-5 minutes, or knead by hand same amount of time on a floured surface. Dough will appear wet, but should be smooth to the touch.
- Allow to rise until double in a greased and covered bowl.
- Roll out to 9x13 size on floured surface, and sprinkle with cinnamon, dates, and pecans.
- Roll up beginning with narrow end and place in a greased bread pan. Sprinkle with oats and press into dough.
- Let rise until double.
- Bake tented with aluminum foil (may line with parchment paper if desired), 40 minutes. Remove tent and brown 5 minutes.
- Cool.
- Slice thinly and slather with butter and honey.
