Whole Wheat Raisin Apple Bread Recipes

APPLE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and lightly coat an 8x4-inch loaf pan with baking spray. Set aside.
• Spread the walnuts in a single layer on an ungreased baking sheet. Place in the oven and bake until toasted and fragrant, about 8 to 12 minutes, stirring once throughout. DO NOT WALK AWAY during the last few minutes and set a timer. Nuts love to burn the very moment you stop watching. Transfer to a cutting board. Once cool enough to handle, roughly chop and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the white whole wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the applesauce, canola oil, milk, sugar, egg, and vanilla until smooth.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, then add the wet ingredient all at once. Mix in by hand just until combined. The batter will look very thick and stiff.
• Fold in the apples and walnuts. It will be hard to do because the batter is so thick. Use a rubber spatula and smush and push it around gently but firmly as needed. Distribute the apples and walnuts as evenly as you can.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. With the back of a rubber spatula, press and smooth the top so it is mostly flat. For the cinnamon sugar topping, stir the cinnamon and coarse sugar together in a small bowl. Sprinkle evenly over the top of the batter.
• Bake for 25 minutes, loosely tent with foil, then bake for 20 additional minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean without any wet batter clinging to it.* Place on a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy warm or at room temperature.

WHOLE-WHEAT CINNAMON-RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• Make the dough.
• Measure out 1 1/4 cups very warm water and check the temperature; it should be 120 degrees F to 130 degrees F. Combine both flours, the dry milk, egg, canola oil, honey, salt, yeast and warm water in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook. Mix 3 minutes on the lowest setting, then increase to the next highest setting and mix 5 more minutes. The dough should be soft and sticky.
• Let it rise.
• Transfer the dough to a large bowl coated with cooking spray. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature until the dough has nearly doubled in size, about 1 hour, 30 minutes.
• Soak the raisins.
• Dry raisins will rob moisture from the bread, so soak them first in boiling water until plump, about 30 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
• Fold the dough.
• Transfer the dough to a floured work surface. Picture it as a loose square. Lift up one side of the dough and fold about one-third of it across; press down on the dough with spread fingers to remove any air bubbles. Repeat with the remaining 3 sides of the dough.
• Add the filling.
• Mist two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans with cooking spray. Divide the dough in half; roll out each half into an 8-inch square. Brush each square with canola oil, then sprinkle with the cinnamon (it's high in antioxidants!), brown sugar and raisins.
• Form the loaves.
• Roll up each square of dough into a tight cylinder; place seam-side down in the prepared pans. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature until the dough fills the pans and springs back when touched, about 1 hour, 30 minutes.
• Bake the bread.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Brush the loaves with canola oil and bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the pans and transfer to a rack to cool completely.

WHOLE WHEAT RAISIN APPLE BREAD

Steps:

• Soften yeast in ½ c warm water.
• Mix egg, milk, honey, and ½ tsp salt.
• Add yeast, raisins, and apples.
• In large bowl mix whole wheat flour and 1 ½ c white flour.
• Add milk mixture.
• Mix well.
• Stir in cracked wheat.
• Knead in remaining flour.
• Let raise till double in bulk.
• Punch down.
• Shape into loaves.
• Let raise till double.
• Bake at 375° for 30 minutes.
• Cover with foil after first 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

WHOLE WHEAT RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• Soak raisins beforehand in some warm water.
• In a large bowl, combine all the white flour, sugar, undissolved yeast, salt, and cinnamon.
• In another bowl, mix warm water and canola oil.
• Gradually add warm water mixture to flour mixture.
• Beat together, then stir in raisins and whole wheat flour. Stir until mixture is consistent.
• Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Cover; let rest 10 minutes.
• Divide into 3 balls and place in loaf pan. Cover; let rise in warm, place until doubled in size, about 1 to 1.5 hours.
• Bake at 350F for 30 to 35 minutes or until done.
• Remove from pans; cool on wire rack. Brush with melted butter.

WHOLE WHEAT APPLE-NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the bottom and 1 inch up the side of a 1-1/2-quart casserole; set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir together whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda.
• Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine eggs, applesauce, yogurt, brown sugar, and oil.
• Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture.
• Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy).
• Fold in nuts and raisins and spoon batter into the prepared casserole. Sprinkle with wheat germ.
• Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cover loosely with foil during the last 15 minutes to prevent overbrowning.
• Cool in casserole on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove bread from casserole.
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• If desired, wrap and store overnight before slicing (bread will be slightly moister the second day).
• Makes 12 servings.

EASY CINNAMON APPLE RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Take peeled and chopped apples and place them in a micowave safe bowl.
• Add water to the apples and microwave for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes.
• Combine apples and all remaining ingriendients and mix thoroughly.
• Pour mixture into a greased loaf pan.
• Bake for 1 hr to 1 hr 15 minutes.
• When done let sit for 15 mins before removing from pan and placing on a wire rack.
• Enjoy!

APPLE RAISIN HONEY WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl combine whole wheat flower, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and sugar.
• In a separate bowl combine the dark brown sugar, Egg whites, butter, honey, and milk.
• With a mixer combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients on medium low speed for 15 seconds then add the apple pieces and raisins and mix on same speed for additional 25 seconds. Batter should be lumpy with apples and raisins but moist looking. Spray a large loaf pan with non stick baking spray before putting batter in oven at 350 for 50 minutes knife should come out clean when inserted in center of loaf to know its done. Enjoy!