Soft and Sweet Walnut Bread. Great recipe for Soft and Sweet Walnut Bread. I really liked the sweet, soft, and moist walnut bread from a bakery when I was in college. Most walnut bread is hard with a lean taste, but I really miss the bread from that bakery, and I think I have come close to the taste.
This recipe is so easy and can be made by hands, without a mixer. The banana bread is crazy moist, sweet, loaded with bananas and walnut! What makes this the best banana nut bread is a "special" ingredient – apple cider vinegar. You can cook Soft and Sweet Walnut Bread using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Soft and Sweet Walnut Bread
- It’s 210 grams of Strong flour.
- You need 40 grams of Cake flour.
- It’s 30 grams of Unsalted butter.
- It’s 30 grams of Brown sugar.
- It’s 1 tsp of Maple syrup (or honey).
- It’s 4 grams of Salt.
- It’s 160 grams of Water.
- You need 12 grams of Yeast for panettone.
- Prepare 1 of (When using dry yeast).
- You need 50 grams of Walnuts.
- Prepare 1 of Beaten egg.
- It’s 1 of Walnuts for decoration.
The apple cider vinegar is what gives the banana nut bread a soft and moist texture. It also provides a slight tartness of flavor. You could also substitute the apple cider vinegar for sour cream or yogurt and the results will come out the same. Top slices with lots of orange marmalade and butter.
Soft and Sweet Walnut Bread step by step
- Roast the walnuts at 160°C for 7~8 minutes to make them fragrant..
- Add all of the ingredients from the bread flour to the panetonne yeast (or dry yeast) into the bread case, and start it on the dough making course. Add in the walnuts at the mixing call..
- Once the dough is finished, divide into 6 equal portions, release the gas, and roll them up. Cover with a well-wrung out rag, and let sit for 10~15 minutes..
- Cut 5 notches into the dough with a scraper, and lightly press down from the top. Line them up on a pan, and ferment for the second time. Cutting the notches deeply will give a prettier finish..
- Brush the surface with beaten egg, lightly press the decorative walnuts into the center, and bake at 180°C for 15 minutes..
I have a borderline-unhealthy obsession with just-baked, warm-from-the-oven homemade bread. As in, I end up eating waaaaay too much of it in one sitting. This super soft and light bread is made with fresh milk and honey for the perfect tender sweet crumb. It makes excellent sandwich bread, French toast, and croutons…if it lasts that long. Just like all my other sourdough recipes this special sourdough milk bread goes through a long, slow fermentation that helps to break down hard to digest.
