Oat Bran Date Bread Food

OAT BRAN BREAD

Steps:

• Warm water/ milk to lukewarm temperature.
• Melt shortening.
• Warm mixer bowl with warm water.
• Dissolve yeast in a little water.
• Add water/milk and shortening.
• Add salt and sugar.
• Add flour and bran.
• Stir all ingredients for 30 sec.
• Mix on Speed 2 for 2 minutes or until elastic.
• Dough should be moist. If it looks dry add water as needed but not more than 1/4 cup.
• Place dough in greased bowl and cover.Allow dough to double in size (approx 1 hour).
• Punch down and form into a loaf, allow to rise for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease large loaf pan.
• Bake for 40 minutes.
• I used a Kitchen Aid Mixer to mix this dough so if using a different mixer you may need to use different settings.

OATMEAL DATE BREAD

Steps:

• Bring milk almost to a simmer. Place oatmeal and dates in a large mixing bowl and add milk. Set aside to cool to room temperature. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. When oat mixture is cool, beat in egg. Stir in dry ingredients, mixing well.
• Pour batter into a buttered 9x5 inch loaf pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until the top is crusty and golden. Cool before slicing.

DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Grease an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 inch loaf pan.
• Put the dates, walnuts, baking soda, salt and shortening in a bowl. Pour the boiling water over and stir. Let the mixture stand for 15 minutes.
• Using a fork, beat the eggs and sugar together in a bowl. Add the flours and stir; the batter will be too stiff to mix well. Add the date mixture and mix briskly until the batter is well blended. Spoon into the loaf pan and bake 40 to 50 minutes. Check the loaf often; it is done when a few moist crumbs cling to a straw inserted in the middle of the loaf. The bread will continue to bake after it is removed from the oven. Do not overbake, or the loaf will be dry.
• When the loaf is done, slide a knife around the edges of the pan and turn the loaf onto a rack to cool completely. This bread freezes well.

OAT BRAN DATE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
• Spray 9x5x3 inch loaf pan with pan spray.
• Mix oat bran, dates,dry milk, molasses, hot water, butter and egg substitute in large bowl; Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Spread into prepared pan, bake 30-40 minutes; until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 5 minutes, loosen sides; remove from pan let cool completely before slicing.

MOLASSES-OAT BRAN BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast and a pinch of sugar in warm water. Set aside to rest for about 5 minutes.
• Mix butter or margarine and molasses into yeast. Add 1 cup oat bran, 2 cups flour, and salt. Stir, and add flour as needed to make dough stick together. When dough forms a ball, turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for 8 to 10 minutes, adding flour as needed to make a slightly sticky and moist dough. Place in a buttered bowl, and turn to coat the surface. Cover with a damp cloth, and let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Punch down, and form into two round or oval loaves. Place on a greased baking sheet, and allow to rise 1 hour, or until loaves have doubled in size. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon oat bran on top of the loaves.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 35 to 45 minutes, or until the tops are a nice dark brown and the bottoms of the loaves sound hollow when tapped.

OAT BRAN BREAD

Steps:

• Day 1: Firstly make the Soaker. Mix first 7 ingredients together (whole wheat flour, oat bran, flaxseeds,salt and water - excluding the additional tbsp whole wheat flour) in a bowl for about 1 minute until all of the flour is hydrated and the ingredients form a ball of dough.
• Cover loosely with plastic wrap and leave at room temperature for 12 - 24 hours. (If it will be more than 24 hours, place the soaker in the refrigerator; it will be good for up to 3 days. Remove it 2 hours before mixing the final dough to take the chill off.).
• Now make the Biga. Mix the next 3 ingredients together (whole wheat flour, yeast, water) in a bowl to form a ball of dough. Using wet hands, knead the dough in a bowl for 2 minutes to be sure the ingredients are evenly distributed and the flour is fully hydrated. The dough should feel tacky. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes, then knead again with wet hands for 1 minute. The dough will become smoother but still be tacky.
• Transfer the dough to a clean bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap and refigerate for at least 8 hours and up to 3 days.
• About 2 hours before mixing the final dough, remove the Biga from the refigerator to take off the chill. It will have risen slightly but need not have risen significantly in order to use in the final dough.
• Day 2: Chop the Soaker & Biga dough into 12 pieces each. Combine the Soaker & Biga pieces in a bowl with all the other ingredients except the extra flour and stir vigorously with a mixing spoon or knead with wet hands for about 2 minutes, until all of the ingredients are evenly integrated and distributed into the dough. The dough should be soft and slightly sticky; if not add more flour or water as needed. If using a mixer put the pre-dough pieces all all the other ingredients except the extra flour into the mixer with the dough hook attachment an mix on slow speed for 1 minute to bring the ingredients together into a ball. Then mix on medium-low speed for 2 - 3 minutes, until the pre-doughs become cohesive and assimilated into each other. Add more flour or water as needed until the dough is soft and slightly stickly.
• Dust a work surface. Knead by hand for 3 - 4 minutes. Form dough into a ball and let it rest for 5 minutes while preparing a clean and lightly oiled bowl.
• Resume kneading the dough for 1 minute to strenghten the gluten and make any final flour or water adjustments. Form the dough into a ball and place in the prepared bowl, rolling to coat with flour. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature for 45 - 60 minutes until it is 1 1/2 times its original size.
• Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and form it into a loaf pan. Lightly brush or spray with oil. Leave to rise again for 45 - 60 minutes until 1 1/2 times original size.
• Pre-heat oven to 220 degrees Celsius When dough is ready to bake, place it in the oven along with a steam pan holding 1 cup of boiling water. Lower temperature to 180 degrees C and bake for 20 minutes. Rotate the loaf 180 degrees and continue baking for another 20 - 30 minutes until the loaf is a rich brown colour on all sides, sounds hollow when thumped on the bottom.
• Transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool for at least 1 hour before serving.

DATE BRAN CAKE

Steps:

• Place bran, water, egg, molasses and veggie oil in a small bowl. Mix lightly and let stand at room temperature for 30 to 45 minutes. (This timing is very important.)
• Place flour, brown sugar, salt, baking powder, soda and dates in a mixer bowl and mix at low speed for about 1/2 minute to blend well.
• Add the bran mixture and mix at medium speed to blend well. Do not overmix.
• Spread evenly in a well greased 8 inch square pan and bake at 375 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes or until the cake is firm in the centre and draws away from the sides of the pan.
• Cool the cake to room temperature and cut 3 x 4 into 12 equal portions.
• Use 1 square per serving.
• food exchange per serving- 1 bread and 1 fat.
• low sodium diets- omit salt.
• use low sodium baking powder.
• low cholesterol diets- omit egg.
• use 1/4 cup liquid egg substitute.

BANANA DATE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, beat together the oil and sugar.
• Add the egg and mix well.
• In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In another bowl, combine the bananas, water and vanilla extract.
• Add banana mixture to the oil and sugar mixture alternately with the flour mixture, combining well after each addition.
• Stir in dates and nuts (if desired).
• Turn mixture into a greased and floured 9" x 5" loaf pan.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes then remove from pan and let cool on wire rack before slicing.

OAT BRAN BREAKFAST BREAD

Steps:

• Use nonstick cooking spray to coat a 10 inch glass pie pan. Preheat oven to 375.
• In a large bowl, stir together the oat bran, flours, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
• In a small sauce pan, warm the honey and butter over low heat until the butter melts.
• Beat the eggs lightly in a mixing bowl. Blend in the water, oil, hone/butter mixture and lemon extract. Add the liquid ingredients and stir just until blended. Bake in prepared pan for 25 minutes.

BRAN DATE BREAD

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Dust dates with 1 T flour mixture, then add to the bowl.
• Then add the brown sugar, all bran, and grated lemon peel.
• Combine 3/4 cu buttermilk, 2 beaten eggs, 1/4 cup vegetable oil.
• Add all once to flour mixture with the sourdough starter, stirring until well moistened.
• Pour into greased or waxpaper lined loaf pan about 9 x 5-inches.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
• Allow to stand 10 minutes in pan and then remove from pan and cool until cold.
• Wrap in plastic wrap or foil and place in Refrigerator.
• Use cream cheese or home made butter on this bread for an out of this world taste.

ALL-BRAN DATE BREAD

Steps:

• 1. In large mixing bowl, pour boiling water over dates, shortening and KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN cereal. Let stand until cooled to room temperature. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well.2. Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt. Add to cereal mixture with nuts, 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 55 minutes or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.

OAT BRAN BREAD

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.

OAT-BRAN BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Add oil, sugar, molasses, salt, wheat germ, bran and remaining warm water; mix well. Add oats, whole wheat flour and 2 cups all-purpose flour; beat until smooth. Add enough remaining all-purpose flour to form a soft dough. Turn 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 dough down and shape into four loaves. Place in a greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.