Cranberry Pecan Yeast Bread Recipe
Dried cranberries and toasted chopped pecans make this yeast bread loaf great with turkey or chicken salad sandwiches. Also great to toast , it is a medium textured bread and can be frozen. Perfect for gift giving. The recipe has non-fat dry milk in the batter instead of typical buttermilk.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35-45 minutes
- Total Time: 0 hours
- Yield: 1 loaf 1x
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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1 –1/3 cup water ( 120-130 degrees)
3 tablespoons butter, softened
2 packages Rapid Rise Yeast
2–1/2-3 cups all purpose flour, divided
1/4 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons non- fat dry milk
2 teaspoons salt
3/4 up dried cranberries or dried cherries
3/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
Instructions
- In glass measuring cup microwave water and butter to 120-130 degrees.
- In large bowl, combine 1 cup flour, sugar, dry milk, undissolved yeast and salt.
- Add warm water to flour mixture and with electric mixer dough hook attachment beat on medium speed 2 minutes.
- Gradually add remaining flour , dried cranberries and pecans to make a soft dough. Be light handed with the flour, the dough should be somewhat sticky.
- Lightly add flour to your counter ( bench) and knead the dough about 8 -10 minutes.
- Roll dough into a rectangle, 12 x 6 ( width of bread loaf pan), tightly roll jelly roll style.
- If any cranberries remain on the top of the loaf, remove and insert on the bottom of loaf ( they will burn during baking if exposed).
- Place bread roll seam side down in lightly greased loaf pan.
- Cover and let rise until double in size about 45-50 minutes.
- Bake in preheated oven at 375 degrees 35-40 minutes or until done.
- Add aluminum foil tent over the top of loaf if it begins to over brown.
- Remove from pan and completely cool before slicing.
- Baked bread can be frozen.
Notes
- Measure flour using dry measuring cups, spoon flour into cup and level off with knife, do not pack the flour.
- Toast pecans for best flavor.
- Can plump up cranberries by soaking in warm water for 20 minutes before adding to dough.
- Recipe inspired by Breaking Bread- 9/99.
Find it online: https://lizbushong.com/cranberry-pecan-yeast-bread-recipe/
