Spiced pear, date, nut, oat and whole wheat bread by gloriam
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Pears; whirled to death into mush in the Cuisinart, (ok ok, I pureed 4 pears) |
| 1 | tablespoon | Oil; (what I had was cold expelled extra virgin olive oil) |
| 1 | tablespoon | Honey |
| 4 | cups | Whole wheat flour |
| ½ | cup | Oats |
| 2 | teaspoons | Vital wheat gluten |
| 3 | teaspoons | Yeast |
| 1 | teaspoon | Lemon zest |
| 2 | teaspoons | Cinnamon |
| 2 | teaspoons | Nutmeg |
| ½ | cup | Chopped dates |
| 2 | ounces | Bag chopped walnuts |
Directions
My dates were whole with the pit in them, so i chopped them in the Cuisinart. ( And, yes, I did take out the pits first!!) What i did was to sprinkle them with the cinnamon and nutmeg so they woldn't all stick together on the blade. I figured they were dusted enough and I put them on the very top of the flour. I am just not one to wait for the beep. So in about 4:10 hours, i should know if this worked or not. I am aiming for a 2 lb loaf since my machine can handle that size. This was predicated on the need to either use the pears or watch 'em rot before I got them all eaten.
hence making a virtue of a necessity.
Posted to Bread-bakers Digest by Gloriamarie Amalfitano <gma@...> on Apr 19, 1998