Cranberry Pecan Spiced Bread

Start this spicy whole wheat yeast bread with lots of warm spices, dried cranberries and chopped pecans in your bread machine. When done, shape it and bake it! This recipe is fun to play with! Change the spices, nuts and dried fruit according to your preference. Tastes great as a sandwich bread, toasted, warm with butter or French toast!

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 271 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons salt
• ¼ cup packed brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ½ cup chopped dried cranberries
• 4 cups whole wheat bread flour
• 1 ½ cups water (80 degrees F (27 degrees C))
• 3 tablespoons powdered milk
• ½ cup very finely chopped pecans
• 2 ½ teaspoons yeast

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Place water, olive oil, brown sugar, salt, powdered milk, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, pecans, flour, yeast, and cranberries in a bread machine in the order listed. Run "dough" cycle. Check dough halfway through kneading cycle to ensure it has a tacky consistency.

Step 3

Grease a loaf pan. Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface. Shape into a loaf; place in the loaf pan. Cover loosely with a towel or waxed paper and let rise in warm place until doubled, 30 to 45 minutes.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack to cool.