9 Walnut Bread

rating: NA
url: https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/walnut-bread-recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups (340g) warm water
  
• 1 tablespoon (11g) active dry yeast
  
• 1/2 cup (170g) honey
  
• 1/4 cup (50g) walnut or olive oil
  
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  
• 6 cups (723g, approx.) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
  
• 2 cups (227g) walnut pieces, toasted until lightly browned

Instructions

• Dissolve the yeast in the water. Add 1/2 cup (60g) of all-purpose flour and let sit for 10 minutes to give the yeast a chance to get going. This is a comment
  
• Stir in the honey, oil, and salt.
  
• Add the flour, a cup at a time, until the dough has formed a shaggy mass.
  
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured counter. Knead the dough, adding flour as necessary, to form a smooth and satiny ball.
  
• Put the dough into a bowl and drizzle with a tablespoon of oil; turn the dough to coat it with the oil.
  
• Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a damp towel. Let the dough rise until it is puffy, about 1 1/2 hours.
  
• Gently deflate the dough and knead in the walnuts.
  
• Divide the dough in half and form each half into a ball. Place on a baking sheet that has been lined with parchment or greased and sprinkled with cornmeal or semolina flour.
  
• Cover the loaves with damp towels and let rise until swollen. This will take 30-45 minutes.
  
• Preheat the oven to 350°F; the loaves will burn if the oven is too hot.
  
• Sprinkle flour on top of the loaves, and use a serrated knife to slash a cross in the top of each loaf about 1" deep.
  
• Bake the loaves for 35-45 minutes, until they are well browned and sound hollow when thumped on the bottom; their internal temperature will measure 190°F on an instant-read thermometer.
  
• Put the loaves on a rack to cool, and let sit for at least 20 minutes before cutting.

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