Bran Cake Bread
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
-
1 Loaf
ingredients
- 1 cup unprocessed wheat bran (not the cereal type)
- 1 1⁄2 cups reduced-fat milk
- 1⁄3 cup mild molasses
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (generous tablespoons)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄3 cup dried cranberries or 1/3 cup raisins
- 1⁄3 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil (generous tablespoons)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a 9×5 inch metal loaf pan with flour-added cooking spray or grease and flour.
- Combine bran, milk and molasses in a medium bowl and let sit for about 10 minutes to soften bran.
- Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together in a large mixing bowl.
- Stir in the toasted nuts and dried fruit.
- Add the egg, vanilla and oil to the bran mixture.
- Stir well, then dump the bran mixture into the flour mixture and stir gently to combine.
- Pour into pan and bake on center rack for about 50 minutes.
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I'm a Systems Director by trade, but I love to cook and don't get much chance (only on weekends) I love the 60's comfort food that I grew up on, but with today's health-conciousness, it's hard to find such recipes. I love recipezaar for this!