I have a thing for breads with fruits in them. I think they make the best sandwiches! I made this one recently and really enjoyed it. The added spice and zest gave it a great flavour and oat bread always has great texture.
This recipe comes from Dan Lepard, the great British baker, so the recipe is in metric. Hope you have a scale (if you’re a bread baker, you probably do).
Cranberry Oatmeal Bread
Summary: This is a great bread for cranberry lovers. Lovely toasted.
Ingredients
- 75g rolled oats, plus more for the crust
- 175g dried cranberries
- 450g strong white flour
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon or mixed spice
- finely grated zest of a mandarin, clementine or orange
- 50g unsalted butter
- 1 tsp instant dry yeast
- oil for kneading
Instructions
- Place the oats and cranberries in a bowl with 375ml of boiling water. Let stand for 15 – 20 minutes until the mixture is warm.
- In another bowl, spoon the flour, salt, spice and zest. Rub in the butter, add the yeast then add the cranberry mixture and mix well. Let stand 10 minutes then oil a patch of worktop and your hands, then knead the dough on it for 10 seconds then let rest for 10 minutes. Repeat the knead sequence twice more at 10 minute intervals then cover the dough and leave 30 minutes.
- Pat the dough into rectangle and roll up tightly. Squeeze the dough seam-side down into a large deep 19cm long loaf tin, or place on a baking tray, lined with non-stick surface or parchment paper. Leave an hour until risen by half. Heat the oven to 425°F. Brush the loaf top with water, press on a handful of oats, cut a slit down the middle and bake for 50 minutes. It will scorch on the top but that’s typical for fruit bread.
- Source: Dan Lepard
Number of servings (yield): 1
Wonderful Jen, looking forward to seeing these recipes.
Thanks so much.
Hi Pat, Yes, I’m still baking all our bread just a little lax in the blogging it department. I have a backlog of recipes I’ve tried and loved so I promise to take some time in the next few weeks to add them here.
Hi Jen,
Just wondering if you were still baking bread in Ontario and if you were going to blog again soon. Miss you.
Pat