Outback Bread's one I've wanted to make for a long time now. I even featured it on Five Friday Finds many moons ago. Yet I've never actually gotten around to making it. Sure, making a yeast bread's more time consuming than a quick bread, but this bread's worth it! I started off with this recipe from Frida loves Bread. You know when somebody loves bread, they'll know all the tricks of the trade, so to speak. I just made a few minor modifications. First, I made a half recipe. Since I didn't have any caramel color, I used molasses instead. I figured several other recipes used molasses and it'd provide some color as well. However, since I used molasses instead of caramel color, the bread turned out a lighter color. Not a huge deal to me. If you want a darker loaf, you could use caramel color or some food coloring. I also left out the vital wheat gluten since I didn't have any available and didn't want to get a whole package just to use a tablespoon. After doing some online research, it doesn't seem like a huge deal either way. If you've got some around, maybe you could do a comparison. :)
Have you ever used vital wheat gluten? Did you notice any significant differences?
Outback Bread
by CJ HuangPrep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Yield: 1 loaf
Materials:
| Mass | Weight | Volume | Number | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 tablespoons | butter | ||||
| 1 tablespoon | cocoa powder | ||||
| 1.25 cups | water | ||||
| 473 grams | 3.5 cups | flour | I used half whole wheat and half white. | ||
| 1/4 cup | honey | ||||
| 1 tablespoon | molasses | ||||
| 1 tablespoon | yeast | ||||
| corn meal | optional |
Methods:
 |
1. Gather all materials. |
 |
2. Combine molasses, water, and honey. |
 |
3. Cut butter into wheat flour. |
 |
4. Combine molasses mixture with wheat flour mixture, adding in yeast and cocoa powder. |
 |
5. Mix until well blended, adding in white flour until dough sticks together. |
 |
6. Form into a loaf and roll in corn meal. |
 |
7. Place in loaf pan. |
 |
8. Cover and allow to rise until doubled. |
 |
9. Bake at 350F approximately 30 minutes. |
This sounds really good I love the combination of wheat and honey in breads! Stopping by from Try a New Recipe party.
ReplyDeleteWe really liked this bread too. :) Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of Outback Bread, but it sure does look and sound delicious!
ReplyDeleteI would love if you could stop by and share on my weekly recipe linky, Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen. I am always looking for new recipes to Pin and to try with my children.
Have a great day!
It's definitely delicious! It's the bread they serve at the Outback Steakhouse. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking up to Tasty Tuesdays last week. As one of the co-hosts, I will be featuring your recipe on Tasty Tuesdays tomorrow on my site, Detours in Life. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feature! Hope you enjoy this bread, and I'll try to stop by. :)
ReplyDeleteI just love homemade bread. Thanks for sharing with "Try a New Recipe Tuesday." I look forward to seeing what you will link up this week.
ReplyDeleteThis bread's one of our favorite yeast breads. Definitely worth a try. :)
ReplyDeleteThis bread looks delicious, CJ! :) Can't wait to try it! Thanks for sharing with us at Tasty Tuesdays; I'm featuring you today!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feature! Hope you enjoy it. :)
ReplyDeleteNever put food coloring in your food, and in your bread...that is just not right. If you want color add ground flax seed or add real brown sugar to the yeast.... that has molasses in it. I make all of our bread, sometime everyday. Do not add fake ingredients...they are chemicals.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your concern! :) However, I like to leave it up to the reader whether they want to use food colorings or not. I personally didn't add any food colorings, but this is a "copycat" recipe, and to get the dark color, you may need to use food color. For those who would like some coloring without using artificial food color, your recommendations of ground flax seed or brown sugar sound like good options! :)
ReplyDelete