Making bread is normally very therapeutic and easy. Besides, you can decide what you want in it. I have in the past posted other bread recipes in this blog and most of you who follow me on Instagram have tried them and loved them. This time round am sharing a whole wheat bread filled with raisins since am all about quality healthy ingredients in our day today cooking and baking.
Other bread recipes on the blog include:
- Homemade Milk Bread (with instant yeast)
- Homemade Milk Bread (with dry yeast)
- Homemade Vegan Bread
- Gluten Free Bread
- Simple Butternut Whole Wheat Chapati
- Whole Wheat Chapatis
- Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Preparation & baking
First begin by measuring all your ingredients.
In a large mixing bowl, add in the whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, 2/3 of the rolled oats, yeast and granulated sweetener whisk together till well combined. Add in the raisins, flaxseed, sesame seeds and sea salt and combine. In another small mixing bowl, whisk in the milk and the cooking oil or melted butter. Make a well at the center of the bowl containing the dry ingredients and pour in the milk mixture. Knead till the dough comes together for about 10minutes. (You can use a stand mixer for this if you have one).
Grease a bowl with a little oil and place the dough inside shaped like a ball. Cover with a plastic wrap and a wet towel then allow to rise until it doubles in size, for about 1.5 to 2 hours in a warm place.
After the dough has risen, punch it down to remove the air. Flatten it to the size of your baking tin then roll into a log. Place the rolled dough into an oiled baking tin. Press it down with your palm to spread and cover the entire pan. Cover with an oiled cling film then a dump kitchen towel. Allow it to rise again until it’s puffy for about 1 hour to 1.5 hours.
Once puffy again, remove the kitchen towel & the cling film then using a pastry brush, brush the egg wash on top then sprinkle the remaining oats on top.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180°c for 40 to 45 minutes. Let it cool for about 30 minutes, slice and serve.
Whole Wheat Raisins Bread (with instant yeast)
Ingredients
- 160 g whole wheat flour
- 240 g all purpose flour
- ½ cup rolled oats
- 1 ½ tsp instant yeast
- ½ tbsp granulated sweetener*
- ¼ cup raisins
- 2 tbsp flaxseeds
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 cup warm milk**
- 3 tbsp cooking oil/ melted butter
- 1 Egg for egg wash
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add in the whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, 2/3 of the rolled oats, yeast and granulated sweetener whisk together till well combined. Add in the raisins, flaxseed, sesame seeds and sea salt and combine.
- In another small mixing bowl, whisk in the milk and the cooking oil or melted butter.
- Make a well at the center of the bowl containing the dry ingredients and pour in the milk mixture. Knead till the dough comes together for about 10minutes. (You can use a stand mixer for this if you have one).
- Grease a bowl with a little oil and place the dough inside shaped like a ball. Cover with a plastic wrap and a wet towel then allow to rise until it doubles in size, for about 1.5 to 2 hours in a warm place.
- After the dough has risen, punch it down to remove the air. Flatten it to the size of your baking tin then roll into a log. Place the rolled dough into an oiled baking tin. Press it down with your palm to spread and cover the entire pan. Cover with an oiled cling film then a dump kitchen towel. Allow it to rise again until it’s puffy for about 1 hour to 1.5 hours.
- Once puffy again, remove the kitchen towel & the cling film then using a pastry brush, brush the egg wash on top then sprinkle the remaining oats on top.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180°c for 40 to 45 minutes.
- Let it cool for about 30 minutes, slice and serve.
Notes
Note
* In most cases I use monkfruit sweetener as my choice of healthy sweetener which is diabetics friendly, sugar free, non GMO, low calorie, keto approved, vegan friendly, acts as anti-inflammatory among other health benefits. Incase you don’t have it on hand, you can use equal measure of regular sugar.
**Incase you are on a dairy free diet, feel free to use any plant milk you desire or even water. Make sure it is equal amounts.
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