Granola Bread

By jjadin

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups white bread flour
• 3/4 cup whole wheat bread flour
• 1 1/4 cups unsweetened granola
• 3 tbsp nonfat dry milk
• 1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
• 1 cup lukewarm water
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 tbsp honey
• 1/3 cup chopped plumped dried apricots

Details

Servings 1

Preparation

Step 1

sift both types of flour and the salt together into a bowl and tip in the bran form the sifter. Stir in the granola, milk, yeast. Make a well in the center and pour in the lukewarm water, oil, and honey. Stir well with a wooden spoon until the dough begins to come together, then knead with your hands until it leaves the side of the bowl. Turn out onto a lightly floured counter and knead well for 5 minutes. Knead in the apricots and continue to knead for 5 minutes more, until the dough is smooth and elastic.

Brush a bowl with oil. Shape the dough into a ball, put it in the bowl, and put in a plastic bag or cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume.

Brush a cookie sheet with oil. Turn out the dough onto a floured surface and punch down. With lightly floured hands, shape the dough into a round and place on the prepared cookie sheet. Cut a cross in the top of the loaf. Put the cookie sheet into a plastic bag or cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place for 30-40 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 400F. Bake the loaf for 30-35 minutes until golden brown and hollow sounding. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.