Bran Nut Bread Recipes

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine 1 cup water and milk; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in the cereal, butter, molasses, sugar and salt. Cool to lukewarm. Heat remaining water to 110°-115°; pour into a large bowl. Sprinkle with yeast; stir until dissolved. Add cereal mixture and whole wheat flour; beat well. Add enough all-purpose flour to make a stiff dough. Turn out onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch the dough down. Shape into two loaves and place in greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Bake at 400° for 25-30 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a muffin pan or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar together until fluffy. Add bananas, milk, vanilla and eggs; mix well. Stir in flour, bran, baking powder, soda and salt; blend just until moistened. Stir in walnuts. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool in the cups for 5 minutes, then remove muffins and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select the Dough setting, and Start.
• After the dough has risen once, remove it from the machine. Knead it a few times, and then shape into a loaf. Place in a greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Allow to rise until doubled in bulk.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 40 minutes, or until done.
• Alternatively, choose the Basic or White Bread setting, and Start.

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place the first eight ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. , Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed)., Just before the final kneading (your machine may audibly signal this), add the raisins.

Steps:

• To make buttermilk if fresh is not available, combine 1 tbsp (15 ml) of white vinegar with milk.
• Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
• In a large bowl, stir together bran, both flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, beat together buttermilk, brown sugar, butter, eggs, bananas, orange juice and peel.
• Fold into dry ingredients just until moistened.
• Stir in raisins and walnuts and spoon batter into a buttered 9"x 5" (23 x 13 cm) loaf pan.
• Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• For the adventurous:Add dried cranberries instead of raisins.

Steps:

• 1. Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt. Set aside.2. In large mixing bowl, combine KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN cereal and milk. Let stand about 2 minutes or until cereal softens. Add eggs and shortening. Beat well. Stir in nuts. Add flour mixture, stirring only until combined. Spread evenly in 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.3. Bake at 350°F about 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan. Cool completely on wire rack before slicing. VARIATIONS:BRAN BANANA BREAD: Substitute 1 1/2 cups mashed, ripe bananas (about 3) for the 1 1/2 cup milk.CHERRY-TOPPED BREAD: Finely chop contents of one 10 ounce jar maraschino cherries, drained. Stir 2 tablespoons of the cherries into batter with nuts. For topping, combine remaining cherries with 1 tablespoon melted margarine or butter, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup chopped nuts. Sprinkle over batter before baking.SPICY APPLESAUCE BREAD: Stir 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg into flour mixture. Stubstitute 1 1/2 cup applesauce for the 1 1/3 cup milk.SAVORY CARAWAY-ONION BREAD: Omit nuts and decrease sugar to 1/4 cup. Add 2 teaspoons caraway seeds to flour mixture. Cook 1/2 cup finely chopped onions in 2 tablespoons margarine or butter until tender. Stir into cereal-milk mixture.BACK-TO-BASICS BREAD: Substitute 3/4 cup whole wheat flour and 1 cup all-purpose flour for the 2 cups all-purpose flour. Substitute 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar for the 1/2 cup granulated sugar.RAISIN-RICK BREAD: Stir 1/2 cup seedless raisins into batter with nuts.