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A delightful honey wheat bread with a crunchy outside and a soft and sweet inside.

Morsels of Life - Outback Bread - A delightful honey wheat bread with a crunchy outside and a soft and sweet inside.

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?


Morsels of Life - Outback Bread - A delightful honey wheat bread with a crunchy outside and a soft and sweet inside.

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A delightful honey wheat bread with a crunchy outside and a soft and sweet inside.

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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:

Morsels of Life - Outback Bread Step 1 - Gather all materials. 1. Gather all materials.
Morsels of Life - Outback Bread Step 2 - Combine molasses, water, and honey. 2. Combine molasses, water, and honey.
Morsels of Life - Outback Bread Step 3 - Cut butter into wheat flour. 3. Cut butter into wheat flour.
Morsels of Life - Outback Bread Step 4 - Combine molasses mixture with wheat flour mixture, adding in yeast and cocoa powder. 4. Combine molasses mixture with wheat flour mixture, adding in yeast and cocoa powder.
Morsels of Life - Outback Bread Step 5 - Mix until well blended, adding in white flour until dough sticks together. 5. Mix until well blended, adding in white flour until dough sticks together.
Morsels of Life - Outback Bread Step 6 - Form into a loaf and roll in corn meal. 6. Form into a loaf and roll in corn meal.
Morsels of Life - Outback Bread Step 7 - Place in loaf pan. 7. Place in loaf pan.
Morsels of Life - Outback Bread Step 8 - Cover and allow to rise until doubled. 8. Cover and allow to rise until doubled.
Morsels of Life - Outback Bread Step 9 - Bake at 350F approximately 30 minutes. 9. Bake at 350F approximately 30 minutes.

12 comments:

  1. Easy Life Meal & Party PlanningFebruary 18, 2014

    This sounds really good I love the combination of wheat and honey in breads! Stopping by from Try a New Recipe party.

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  2. CJ HuangFebruary 18, 2014

    We really liked this bread too. :) Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. kewkewFebruary 22, 2014

    I have never heard of Outback Bread, but it sure does look and sound delicious!
    I 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!

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  4. CJ HuangFebruary 22, 2014

    It's definitely delicious! It's the bread they serve at the Outback Steakhouse. :)

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  5. AleciaFebruary 24, 2014

    Thank 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!

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  6. CJ HuangFebruary 24, 2014

    Thanks for the feature! Hope you enjoy this bread, and I'll try to stop by. :)

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  7. LisaFebruary 24, 2014

    I 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.

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  8. CJ HuangFebruary 24, 2014

    This bread's one of our favorite yeast breads. Definitely worth a try. :)

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  9. AnyonitaFebruary 25, 2014

    This bread looks delicious, CJ! :) Can't wait to try it! Thanks for sharing with us at Tasty Tuesdays; I'm featuring you today!

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  10. CJ HuangFebruary 25, 2014

    Thanks for the feature! Hope you enjoy it. :)

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  11. GinneeMarch 03, 2014

    Never 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.

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  12. CJ HuangMarch 03, 2014

    Thanks 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! :)

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