{"id":341,"date":"2010-06-19T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=341"},"modified":"2016-04-30T12:28:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T12:28:51","slug":"sweet-raisin-n-seed-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/06\/sweet-raisin-n-seed-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Raisin n’ Seed Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have never been lucky when baking breads with yeast and whole meal flour.\u00a0 I just don’t get it right, or perhaps those two ingredients are hard to become friends in general. I don’t know. I actually gave up on it.<\/p>\n

Therefore, for quite some time, I had planned to bake a sweet soda bread with whole wheat flour. As these breads have to be eaten as as fresh as possible, actually even warm straight out of the oven, I found the perfect occasion when a friend announced she would come over with her kids the same afternoon.
\nThe base of this bread is that of a typical Irish soda bread. I sweetened the dough with a little agave syrup and threw in some raisins to make it a coffee-cake-style bread. Just without the butter that distinguishes bread from cake. It was delicious plain as long as it was still warm, a little later some butter on big chunks just torn off the the bread were as good.
\nI have realized that I like the rustic kinds of breads and cakes, the outdoor and kids friendly no-fuss on-the-go stuff. This one was 100% my kind of style, naturally sweetened with dried fruit and agave. The seeds can easily be substituted by chopped nuts of your choice.<\/p>\n

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SWEET RAISIN N’ SEED BREAD<\/b><\/div>\n
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(Print Recipe<\/a><\/div>\n
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1 cup raisins<\/div>\n
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2 cups whole wheat flour<\/div>\n
1 teaspoon baking soda<\/div>\n
1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/div>\n
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1 cup buttermilk<\/div>\n
1\/4 cup agave syrup<\/div>\n
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5 tablespoons toasted mixed seeds, divided<\/div>\n
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Serves 8-10<\/div>\n

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\nPreheat oven to 180C. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/p>\n

In a small bowl, pour boiling water over the raisins and let sit for 10 minutes, until raisins have plumped up. In a big bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda. Mix well. Stir in 4 tablespoons of toasted mixed seeds. In another bowl, combine agave syrup and buttermilk.
\nCombine wet ingredients with dry ingredients. Knead the dough a few times.
\nDrain the raisins, then fold them into to the dough. Knead in until evenly spread. Form the dough into a round log, cutting a deep cross into the middle. Sprinkle the remaining seeds over the log. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Let cool on wire rack. Serve as fresh as possible.<\/p>\n

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I have never been lucky when baking breads with yeast and whole meal flour.\u00a0 I just don’t get it right, or perhaps those two ingredients are hard to become friends in general. 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