Greek Bread

Mille® 's Note:

Very Greek and extremely bready. If you like bread and you like Greek things, this is for you. Maybe.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs 25 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 1.0 loaf

• 1 tablespoon dry yeast
• 2 fluid ounces water
• 1⁄3; cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 2 fluid ounces milk
• 2 fluid ounces vegetable oil
• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup raisins
• ¼ cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

1. Dissolve the yeast in the water.
2. Mix the sugar, cardamom, salt, egg, milk and oil in a bowl.
3. Add the yeast, both types of flour, raisins and nuts.
4. Mix well.
5. Add enough flour to make soft dough.
6. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic.
7. Shape into a round loaf.
8. Put the dough into a lightly greased 8" round cake pan.
9. Cover with a damp towel and let rise in a warm place until it has doubled in size (usually about 1 hour or so).
10. Bake in a 350°F oven for 40 minutes.

Reviews

[mianbao]

Very good. I did increase the walnuts and raisins a bit. The bread itself is hard to describe. I want to say "light", but not light in the way that white bread is light. Anyway, not heavy, very nicely textured. This is definitely not sweet. Best toasted with a little jam, perhaps. I might slightly decrease the cardamom next time, but will be making this instead of raisin bread made with white bread dough.

[fluffernutter]

Very like brioche, with a warm cardamom flavor that's fantastic with coffee. Once it begins to stale, it's delicious toasted. Like all your recipes, this one is so good that I'm convinced you're a professional!