This Orange Cranberry Whole Wheat Bread is really special. In addition to being really delicious, it makes the house smell amazing the whole time it is cooking!
Whole Wheat Bread for the bread machine.
Fall makes everything special. The leaves change, the holiday season comes around, and the food evolves to something fantastic! If you have not tried our White Whole Wheat Bread for the bread maker – it will change your mind about the ease of making fresh bread. And it will change your mind about whole wheat bread in general. White whole wheat flour gives the bread a crusty outside and a soft, tender inside – perfect for butter or jam – all with the ease that comes from using a bread maker.
Orange Cranberry Whole Wheat Bread takes this wonderful bread one step further… a little sweet, a little like fall, a little like breakfast. Don’t forget the butter and jam! That part still works just as well!
Orange Cranberry Whole Wheat Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup warm water
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, warmed to liquid
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1-2 oranges for zesting I like 2 oranges!!
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries, organic
- 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped (optional)
- 2 tsp active dry yeast
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to your bread maker in the order required for your machine and follow bread machines directions for baking. Include the zest from 1 or 2 oranges in with your flour! (I put wet ingredients in first, then dry, and yeast last - some machines require the opposite order so read your instruction manual. My machine has a compartment for fruit and nuts and adds them at the right time. But most machines require that you stop the machine for additions. So read your manual so you know when to add those things.)
How do you make this bread if you don’t have a bread maker?
Thank you so much for bringing this amazing recipe to the Wonderful Wed. Blog Hop. I would love a slice aka loaf right now! I featured you on my fb page to show you off. Hope to see you next week at the hop. Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow
I truly love bread and this sounds amazing and good for you. Thank you so much for linking up to Wonderful Wednesday blog hop. I pinned a couple of times for later.
Blessings,
Diane Roark
Oh my goodness…will you please send me a loaf today?
This looks outrageously delicious.
Just pinned it and am sharing it as one of the great posts of today’s 100th blog hop!
I almost never make breads, but I certainly love to eat them! Your recipe looks wonderful! Pinning!
I only make them often because I have a bread machine. I love it so much sometimes I just pour myself some coffee and stare at it as it kneads my bread for me. 🙂 One day, I am going to find someone who knows how to make bread by hand and spend some time learning. It seems like an art form as much as it does a skill in the kitchen.
Wow, love adding dried fruits and nuts in breads. This looks delicious!
Azu, we love it too. I have made cranberry and walnut bread for a long time – but the orange in this made it my favorite!!