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Autumn Harvest Bread Loaf
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Autumn Harvest Bread Loaf

4 hServes 10Nutri-Score C€
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what you need

Ingredients

10 people
  • bread flourGrains500 g
  • water (warm)Beverages375 ml
  • yeastPantry7 g
  • saltSpices10 g
  • honeyPantry15 ml
  • dates (pitted and chopped)Produce80 g
  • dried cranberriesProduce80 g
  • pecans (roughly chopped)Nuts & seeds80 g
  • mixed seedsNuts & seeds40 g

per serving

Nutrition

249kcal

Carbs
43 g
Proteins
7 g
Fat
6 g
Adapt tools

what you’ll use

Tools

  • Mixing bowl
  • Dutch oven
  • proofing basket
  • Kitchen scale

step by step

Method

  1. Mix the dough

    • Combine the bread flour, warm water, yeast, salt and honey in a bowl.
    • Mix until a rough dough forms.
    Step 1
  2. Rest the dough

    • Cover and leave the dough to rest.
    Step 2
  3. Stretch and fold

    • Give the dough 3 to 4 rounds of stretch and folds, spacing them every 30 minutes.
    Step 3
  4. Bulk rise

    • Leave the dough to rise until puffy.
    Step 4
  5. Add the mix-ins and shape

    • Gently knead the dates, cranberries, pecans and seeds into the dough.
    • Shape the dough into a round.
    Step 5
  6. Proof in the basket

    • Place the dough seam-side up in a floured proofing basket.
    • Leave it to proof.
    Step 6
  7. Bake

    • Preheat the oven to 210 °C with the Dutch oven inside.
    • Carefully transfer the dough to the hot Dutch oven and score the top.
    • Bake with the lid on, then remove the lid and bake until beautifully golden and crusty.
    Step 7
  8. Cool and slice

    • Let the loaf cool completely on a rack before slicing.
    Step 8