Cranberry Orange Wheat Bread (Like Great Harvest), Breadmaker

Submitted by hotdishmama

"I've been experimenting with my breadmaker and this is the most fabulous loaf of bread I've ever made in it, so I shall post it quickly before I forget what I put in it! It tastes very similar to Great Harvest's Cranberry Orange bread, which they only offer around the holidays. Now I can have it all year! Yay! This makes a one-pound loaf, perfect for my Zoji mini. NOTE: If you absolutely can't find the pomegranate molasses (I found some at Whole Foods), you can substitute honey."

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 40mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 1 loaf
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup orange juice
• 3⁄8 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
• 1 cup whole wheat flour, fresh ground
• 1 cup bread flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons vital wheat gluten
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
• 1 tablespoon orange zest (zest from one orange)

directions

1. Add ingredients to breadmaker pan in the order listed. I always mix the flour together with the salt and gluten before adding, and then make a well for the yeast in the center of the flour. My "mix-in" setting doesn't mix very well, so I just dumped the cranberries and orange zest on the top and it mixed in beautifully on the regular setting.
2. Bake on the regular setting, light crust.

Reviews

[andypandy]

A really nice loaf of Bread..! I did make an error and added the juice of 1 whole orange which was 1/2 a cup instead of the quarter cup, but I continued to make as directed and just added equal amounts of whole wheat flour and all purpose flour, as needed to make the proper dough. I was also out of the extra gluten so left that out. I did bake in the oven at 375 degrees for 25 minutes in a loaf pan. It came out nice tender crust and fluffy. <br/> <br/>My first quarter slice when cooled I ate with butter to get the taste, then I made a tuna salad sandwich with another slice. I cant wait to have a turkey sandwich with this bread also. Wonderful bread, well worth making recipe #86849 the day before. Everyone should give this a try.

 

[Noor.Khalid]

Congratulations--you nailed it! After trying Great Harvest's version I was really happy to have an opportunity to make this delicious bread on my own and this recipe did not disappoint. Since I was out of whole wheat flour I added a few tablespoons of wheat germ to the white flour as a substitute. No need for me to go to Great Harvest anymore as the bread came out perfectly! Thanks so much for posting this fantastic recipe. :)

 

[adopt a greyhound]

Oh my Goodness! Wonderful bread. I used it for French Toast and the following days just toast.<br/>DH loves it and is still raving.