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Honey and Walnut Bread

10 January 2012 by Dominic Franks

…after my recent funk I woke up this morning with the urge to bake but I wanted something nice and safe to get me back into the kitchen… I opened the cupboards for some inspiration and a bag of walnuts fell out and scattered everywhere giving me a sign to use it as an ingredient and also a not so subtle nudge to have a tidy up…

… I decided to go for a walnut and honey loaf which i’ve based on Dan Lepards Easy White Bread from his brilliant Short and Sweet book… he does have a separate recipe for honey and walnut bread but I didn’t have all the required ingredients and anyway, I know this bread works well for me and I reasoned that it was the kind of recipe I could add to without compromising the texture… and boy was I right… i’ve ended up with a glorious loaf that is just the right side of sweet without making it a tea-time treat (sorry girls) and nutty enough to satisfy my cravings for texture…

Honey and Walnut Bread
400g strong white flour
1 teaspoon fast action yeast
1 teaspoon fine salt
250ml warm water
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp runny honey
2 tbsp crushed walnuts
oil for kneading
– put the four, yeast and salt in a bowl, add the olive oil, honey and nuts, pour in the warm water and stir everything together into a sticky, shaggy mess, cover the bowl with a cloth and leave it for 10 minutes
– lightly oil your work surface, turn the bowl over and empty the dough onto the surface and very gently knead the dough 8 times (that’s 8 classic ‘stretch then heel of hand then quarter turn… repeat…) then cover and leave for 10 minutes.
– repeat this gentle ‘knead and leave’ technique 3 times
– then after the last gentle knead return the dough to the bowl, cover with a cloth and leave it to rise for 45 minutes or until doubled in size.
– pre-heat the oven to 200C fan
– sprinkle your work surface with flour, turn the dough onto the surface and pat it down into an oval shape.  Roll it up tightly and lay it seam down onto a floured baking tray.  Let is rest again for a further 45 minutes.
– brush the top of the dough with beaten egg, sprinkle with crushed walnuts and bake for 35-40 minutes.
eat and of course enjoy!

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  1. manu says

    10 January 2012 at 3:06 pm

    Hi Dom, I love walnut bread, with honey sounds delicious!
    Have a great afternoon

  2. Mark Willis says

    10 January 2012 at 3:08 pm

    Might it even be good to eat with cheese, I wonder?? 🙂

  3. Gary says

    10 January 2012 at 3:11 pm

    could murder a slice of that, toasted with lots of butter. Yum

  4. Hannah says

    10 January 2012 at 3:51 pm

    That looks gorgeous, especially with the walnuts on top as well!

  5. Karen S Booth says

    10 January 2012 at 6:29 pm

    We, Kate and I, will hold out for a tea time treat, in the meantime, make sure some of that bread is around for my visit next week! LOOKS fab darlink, I have a love of all things nutty…..
    Karen

  6. MissCakeBaker says

    10 January 2012 at 7:47 pm

    Love walnut loaf! Could eat this right now, toasted with lots of butter. Back on the carbs?!

  7. A Trifle Rushed says

    10 January 2012 at 9:07 pm

    Honey and walnuts, scrumptious!

  8. Ruth Ellis says

    10 January 2012 at 9:14 pm

    Yum! I love slightly sweet bread with slightly salty butter – this looks like an ideal candidate for that treatment. Delicious. And your post has given me a jab in the ribs to tidy out my baking cupboard soon – it's a chaotic disgrace!

  9. C says

    10 January 2012 at 9:41 pm

    Sounds like a great pairing – the chunks of nut must be really good in there. I imagine it's great with a chunk of good cheese!

  10. Magnolia Verandah says

    10 January 2012 at 10:26 pm

    As my borrowed bread maker machine has been reclaimed by my daughter I am off to make this straight away!

  11. From Beyond My Kitchen Window says

    11 January 2012 at 12:23 am

    You make the best bread Dom. Walnuts in bread is delicious. Toasted with butter and some cinnamon sugar. See that's my problem not a lot of self control with bread!

  12. Nicoletta says

    11 January 2012 at 1:26 am

    Amazing this loaf!!!!! Well done Dom!!!!! I love bread (really???? do I???) but I never tried with walnuts…I'll have to try this recipe!

  13. bellini says

    11 January 2012 at 4:46 am

    Inspiration strikes us at any given moment Dom, and will even fall in our lap.

  14. Katy Salter @ Pinch of Salt says

    11 January 2012 at 9:58 am

    I love it – healthy enough to have for breakfast, cakey enough to enjoy for tea (with lots of salted butter). Happy New Year x

  15. Choclette says

    11 January 2012 at 8:03 pm

    Finding a bread that works for you and then playing with it sounds a more than reasonable thing to do, especially when you come up with a bread as delicious as this looks. Glad your funk is over.

  16. Jacqueline says

    11 January 2012 at 9:21 pm

    Oh yum, that looks good. You know when something falls out of the cupboard at me, I don't think it is fate, I just curse and get annoyed. Maybe that is my mistake.

  17. Baking Addict says

    11 January 2012 at 11:30 pm

    this looks great! Love the way you got the inspiration 🙂

  18. Susan Lindquist says

    12 January 2012 at 1:06 am

    I love that you are confident enough at bread baking to play with the bread recipes! And I'm with Gary … toasted with a good slab of soft butter, this bread would send me over the moon! Funk? What funk?

  19. Jenn says

    12 January 2012 at 12:39 pm

    Oh, Dom, that bread looks incredible! I bet the smell while it was baking was heavenly!!

  20. Brownieville Girl says

    15 January 2012 at 7:40 am

    I got his book for Christmas, I have only read through the sweet chapters so far. This sounds do good that I'm off to get my teeth into the bread chapter!!!

  21. Janice says

    15 January 2012 at 5:16 pm

    How did I miss this? Looks fab and you know walnuts are brilliant for lowering your cholesterol and honey is good for you too, so it really is a super healthy loaf.

  22. Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

    17 January 2012 at 10:55 am

    I'd love to try a walnut and honey loaf, I must try adapting this for the breadmaker as I'm too much of a wuss to knead stuff myself!!!

    Happy New Year xx

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