Rustic Cranberry Walnut Bread...

Rustic Cranberry Walnut Bread

Well,  I have been waiting for the time to make Rustic Bread in my Le Creuset Dutch Oven and today was the day!  Last night after dinner I was looking for easy recipes to make bread in my dutch oven with ingredients I had in the house and I found one with minimal ingredients and it was super easy.  Our local grocery store sells cranberry walnut bread and it is one of my favorites and now I can make it with minimal ingredients and time....a win win for me and my family!

Ingredients

3 cups flour ( I use King Arthur)

1 teaspoon dry active yeast
1 and 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground salt

1/2 cup dried cranberries

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1 and 1/2 cup luke warm water

Directions

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.  Add the luke warm water and mix well.  Cover with plastic wrap ( I also added a towel on top).  Let proof 12-18 hours.  Turn dough onto parchment paper, it will be sticky.  Preheat oven and cast iron dutch oven to 450 degrees.  Once preheated drop your parchment and dough into the dutch oven (don't burn yourselve:).  Bake for 30 minutes covered, this gives your crust the chewy crunch.  Remove lid and bake for an additional 20 minutes.  Cool and enjoy!

My kids loved this bread.  We ate it toasted and I plan on serving it with goat cheese and honey for breakfast. You could even add sanding sugar to the top before you bake.

Thanks to A Mindfull Mom for the great recipe.  I plan on using this bread base to make Rustic Garlic Rosemary Bread later this week!

Hope your week is off to a great start!

Tiffany

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