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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Bread => Topic started by: achookwoman on April 29, 2012, 10:20:39 am
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Walnut, Apricot and raisin bread.
This is really worth making if you want a fruit loaf. The balance of fruit and nut is perfect. The walnut oil is essential, which probably means that a lot of bakers will not make this loaf. I made a free form loaf, which doesn't look great , but the crust is exceptional. However , next time I make this loaf, probably tomorrow, I will bake it in a tin. Just to see the difference.
Makes 1 large loaf.
500g bread flour
250g. warm water
30g honey
40 mls of walnut oil
17g salt, OR 1 teaspoon of salt if using bread mix, (as I did)
3 teaspoons dried yeast
120g, each of walnuts, dried apricots and raisins.
Place Apricots in TMX bowl and Turbo to chop into large pieces about the size of an almond Add walnuts and press Turbo button for a short burst.
Set aside with raisins.
Into TMX bowl add flour,water , yeast, salt, honey and oil/
Knead for 4 mins.
Add fruit and nut mix and knead for 30 seconds.
Set aside in warm place to double.
Tip onto silmat and knead in by hand, the fruit that has not been incorporated.
Roll into a sausage shape and place into a lined tin or form into a free form loaf on an oven tray. Spray with water and allow to rise to near double again.
Slash top.
Bake at 200 0. for 25/30 mins or until cooked. Digital thermometer should read 200 0 F.
Cool on wire rack. Try not to cut it until cool. ( I cut while still hot, delicious)
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It does sound and look nice Chookie. Waiting now for your picture of one cooked in a tin. Another oil to add to my pantry, I've never had so many different oils in my life ;D
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Judy, if you buy Walnut oil, keep it in the fridge. Buy the smallest bottle you can, although I have another recipe for Walnut oil and it is nice in a salad.
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The pear and walnut salad uses walnut oil too. Now another way to use it. Thanks Chookie.
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This looks lovely cookie. What did you have it with - I'm thinking it would be nice with cheese?
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Wonder, we ate 1/2 the loaf with very good butter and it was beautiful, but with cheese would also be great. I am just now making another loaf, in the tin this time. It is to take as a hostess gift for tomorrow lunch.
Cookie, yes it is an excellent way to use it.
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is walnut oil available in the supermarkets chookie? This sounds lovely ... especially for winter when I am really partial to fruit bread for breakfast ;) ;)
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faffa, walnut oil best found in health food shops. we h ad this for dinner tonight, toasted. Lovely. now my fav. Fruit bread and 1 slice seems to be enough.
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Can you believe I have bought walnut oil in Cairns ?? Delish.
G ert
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Well Gert if you can get it surely I have a hope lol :D :D
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Thank you so much for the recipe, Chookie.
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Thank you so much for the recipe, Chookie.
Cecilia , hope you like it.
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I plkan to make this now or tomorrow. I decided I had to have walnut oil as I now have 2 recipes to use it in. I searched everywhere and eventually found it in Kitchen Warehouse Cannington. $15.99 I was thrilled as I imagine it will be lovely in this bread.
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I made this today and it is the best ever fruit loaf I have ever tasted. It is full of fruit and the flavour is ..........just perfect. I can see all my walnut oil being used to make this.
Thank you Chookie.
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I made this today and it is the best ever fruit loaf I have ever tasted. It is full of fruit and the flavour is ..........just perfect. I can see all my walnut oil being used to make this.
Thank you Chookie.
Cookie, glad you like it. I have made it several times now and it also freezes well.
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made this last night Chookie and OMG YUM!!
I made it with spelt flour ... still getting used to working with spelt so not a perfect loaf ... but it will come, just like my bread is nothing like it used to be as well :D
if the youngest DS likes it then I have no hope of it lasting more than a couple of days in this house. Promptly sliced and froze the rest of it today so I didn't eat it all in one day :o :o
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Kathryn, So glad you like a it. it is our fav. At the moment.
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Just wondering if Macadamia oil could be used in place of the walnut oil? I've never tried walnut oil but I'm guessing its 'essential' for it's flavour?
Maybe I'll just give it a go anyway with the Macadamia oil and report back :)
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It will be just as nice.
Gert
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Although I love walnut oil, Maca.oil would be fine as Gert suggests. I bought some maca. oil in Batemans Bay recently and find the flavor not as strong as the walnut oil. Have been using it in salads. I have a beautiful recipe for walnut oil folded into bread. Will make again , convert and post when i have a moment.
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Thanks Ladies. I have a loaf just started on it's 2nd rise, looks good :)
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YUM
All that needs to be said!
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You have summed it up in that one word. It is our favourite fruit loaf now.
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You have summed it up in that one word. It is our favourite fruit loaf now.
Mine too.
luel. glad you like it. ;D
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I've had to cut it up and freeze it so I don't keep going back for 'just one more little piece'!
It reminds me of the dutch fruit loaf my mum used to buy from somewhere that I loooved
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luel, i know the Dutch fruit loaf that you like, and yes it is similar. But isn't it great to be able to make it yourself. ;D
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Just found this recipe and going to make one for my mum this afternoon. I have a small bottle of walnut oil that came in a gift pack at Christmas. Hope it has a long shelf life as no use by date on the bottle.
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Just found this recipe and going to make one for my mum this afternoon. I have a small bottle of walnut oil that came in a gift pack at Christmas. Hope it has a long shelf life as no use by date on the bottle.
Should be OK if un opened. Keep in fridge after opening. Hope your Mum enjoys the loaf. ;D
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Yum this is so good, even fussy DS went back for seconds definitely a keeper :D
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Yum this is so good, even fussy DS went back for seconds definitely a keeper :D
Thermo 18, so glad you like it. ;D
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This was delicious and my mum loved it. Not much left for her to take home though as we all went back for more. :D Will be making this one regularly. Great recipe and thank you :)
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MF, so glad Mum liked it. I also make it often as it is very nice toasted.
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:'( :'( :'( :'( just went to make another loaf to discover that DH has used up all the walnuts!!!! :'( :'( :'( :'(
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I'm just about to make another loaf and I couldn't find the recipe. I've put it somewhere for safe keeping. :P :P So I'm about to put it on evernote again. I thought I might use dates instead of apricots this time.
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Faffa, that happens to me all the time. I have a midnight mouse (aka dh) who snacks at midnight on nuts. Tends to eat the whole packet..no matter the size of the packet. I am constantly trying to find new hiding places.
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Girls, I think Haze nuts or Pecans would be OK.
Cookie, let us know how the dates go. This little mouse tends to eat the apricots. ;D
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It's really cold here today so is still on the second rising. The only difference I can see so far is that the dates have made the dough a bit brownish, as though it has spices in it. That doesn't worry me though. Will let you know how it tastes later.
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Just made this for the firs time. It was wonderful and well worth the $20 and trip to two delis to eventually get the walnut oil. I have one of those pans that makes eight mini loaves, I think I may try it in that next time.. I think I will freeze the rest before I eat any more, maybe a slice toasted in the morning...
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We all loved the date version, in fact we tucked into it a little too much and didn't have much left for later. I think it is a little sweeter with the dates. I might try cranberries next time.
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Just made this for the firs time. It was wonderful and well worth the $20 and trip to two delis to eventually get the walnut oil. I have one of those pans that makes eight mini loaves, I think I may try it in that next time.. I think I will freeze the rest before I eat any more, maybe a slice toasted in the morning...
Grayhoundmum, I often uses a little Walnut oil in my bread
We all loved the date version, in fact we tucked into it a little too much and didn't have much left for later. I think it is a little sweeter with the dates. I might try cranberries next time.
Cookie , will try the dates. Would you replace thw apricots or raisins with the cranberries?
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I thought I would replace the apricots. Thinking about it, apricots and cranberries could be interesting too.
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I think I will give it a go with dates or cranberries, it's not sweet enough for me with the apricots. thanks for the tips.
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I have this rising at the moment... But only had one satchet of yeast left (2 teaspoon instead of 3) - so hopefully it rises... and only plain flour rather than bakers flour... Oops! Hope it works!
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Hi Kulsha. I don't use the sachet yeast as I buy it by the kilo so I only used two tsp. it's quite a heavy bread and mine didn't rise much. Hope it turns out well for you. It is also yummy next day toasted.
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Thanks greyhoundmum. The next lot of yeast I buy won't be satchets... And will try toast tomorrow too.
Well, the bread itself turned out well except the fruit nut mix didn't get evenly mixed through, it's kinda grouped into a clump. Maybe I need to add it earlier in the kneading process or maybe the plain flour made the dough harder to mix it through as I couldn't manage to knead it in. Definitely will give it another go soon as the flavour combination was still beautiful, thanks Chookie.
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I usually give mine a good knead by hand before I put it in the tin. It sort of needs it to spread the fruit and nuts.
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I usually give mine a good knead by hand before I put it in the tin. It sort of needs it to spread the fruit and nuts.
Cookie is right as usual. So much fruit needs to be kneaded in.
With this much fruit and nuts, it really needs all the yeast to lift the dough,( like with Hot X buns). Also much better with bread flour.
Kulsha, yours does look good.
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Thank you, I'm glad it didn't turn out that bad considering...it was the first time I used my new bread tin and just starting to venture into bread baking. I can't wait to try it again with bread flour and the extra teaspoon of yeast next time. 2 slices toasted this morning was a lovely breakfast, and filling too!
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Kushan, if you poke the fruit in before the second rise it won't burn. Glad you like it .
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Made this for the first time today and it worked well thanks Chookie. I made it in my new large, wide bread tin as my other tin was being used at the same time. My loaf was therefore more wide than high so next time I will make sure I use the standard bread tin.
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It looks yum JUdy. Isn't it annoying when you need 2 bread tins of the same size at the same time?
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Judy, these both look good. With that large tin you need to cook a big loaf. I have been thinking of putting 2 loaves in, with a piece of foil in between.
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So 2 of your no-fuss dough would fit in that big tin Chookie?
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I haven't tried it, but I think it would make 2 tall loaves. Would you have difficulty cutting these? Or you could make 1 1/2 mix. This would be perfect. The tin is an odd size, but such a beautiful tin to bake in.
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Yes I am hopeless with cutting tall loaves Chookie as this photo will prove. I am only 1/4 of the way through the loaf :-))
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I am a bit like you Judy. DH uses the electric knife and slices our bread.
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I made another loaf of this today. We really love it. We slice it and freeze it. Today I used walnuts, craisins, golden sultanas, dried blueberries, dried cherries and some chopped dried paw paw.
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I am so glad to see someone else slices their bread the same way as me.
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:D :D The higher the loaf, the worse I get troupie.
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Cookie, I also sometimes add a pinch of spice mix. I like this bread toasted for breakfast.
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I have done that a couple of times Chookie. Usually cinnamon and nutmeg.
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Cookie, I keep a small container of the French Four spice mix, ground in TMX. I add a couple of pinches to lots of dishes.
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I've got neither walnut or macadamia oil in my pantry Chookie, could I use sunflower oil?
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Judy, any oil will work but Walnut has a lovely flavour.
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Probably should wait until I can find some then Chookie.
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Judy, the walnut oil is also lovely in white or grain bread.
Also make a nice salad dressing.
I have a delicious recipe for a small loaf which uses walnut oil. I have only made it once as Ral and I ate the whole loaf for afternoon tea. Maybe time to make it again. ,!
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It must be wonderful then Chookie. My Walnut Oil gets tossed in here and there too. So much so that when I make your Fruit Loaf I always need to check that I have enough left.
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This looks and sounds delicious Chookie. I was also curious about your blog and had a quick look. The recipes on your blog look great!
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MEP, the recipes on my Blog are the ones I want to keep. The Blog was set up as a way to store mostly TMX recipes.
Help your self.
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Thanks Chookie. I'm intrigued about blogging. Lots of bloggers here in the US.
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Mep, I follow a few Bloggers in the US. They are a lot more sophisticated than I am.
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I think we are both following The Woks of Life Chookie. Have you made their Inside Out Hong Kong-style Coconut a Buns? It's divine. One of my favorites. The milk bread dough is so soft and tender.
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I think we are both following The Woks of Life Chookie. Have you made their Inside Out Hong Kong-style Coconut a Buns? It's divine. One of my favorites. The milk bread dough is so soft and tender.
Their recipes are just great. Must try that recipe, thanks.