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5 Tasty Ingredients to Add to Your Classic Bread Recipe
5 Tasty Ingredients to Add to Your Classic Bread Recipe
5 Tasty Ingredients to Add to Your Classic Bread Recipe
Have you ever made a delicious loaf of bread right at home? While making bread at home might seem like a challenging task, it's not as hard as you think. In fact, once you master the bread-making process, it can be quite easy. From making a big loaf of sourdough to baking a French baguette, there are so many ways that you can turn your recipe into the perfect bread for you.Don't believe us? Here are a few reasons we love making bread at home.
At-Home Bread Making Benefits
It's Quick
While the rising and baking part of bread-making might be a bit time-consuming, the time it takes to mix the dough and shape it is quick. In fact, most of bread-making is downtime! Take this No-Knead Artisan Bread Recipe, for example! In just minutes, you can mix a classic bread doughno kneading required. Just mix the dough and let it sit overnight (or for at least 10 hours), then let rest and bake! Sure, you'll have to plan ahead, but you don't have to stand by the oven while it rises. In fact, we love making this mix in the mornings before work and enjoying freshly baked bread with dinner!
You Can Ensure Great Quality
When making bread at home, you get to choose the ingredients for your bread! By using high-quality bread mixes like our 10 Grain Bread Mix, you can ensure that your homemade bread is delicious and great for you!
Homemade Bread Smells Amazing
Baking homemade bread makes your house smell amazing, which in turn puts you in a wonderful mood! If you're searching for a great smelling bread recipe to boost your house's mood this summer, try making this Whole Wheat Monkey Bread.
Ingredients to Add to Your Classic Bread Recipe
There's something magical about homemade bread that can't be beaten. If you recently mastered a classic bread recipe and are looking for ways to boost the flavor a bit more, we have just the solution. Adding tasty and healthy ingredients to your classic bread recipe will boost the dish's flavor and increase its nutritional value. Keep scrolling to discover five delicious ingredients for bread that we love adding to our favorite recipes.
Blueberries
Eating blueberries as a regular part of a healthy diet can work wonders for your health. An excellent source of several vitamins and minerals, blueberries are a true superfood. Not only can blueberries help improve your vitamin intake, but they may also strengthen your immunity. Sweet and delicious, blueberries are one of our favorite ingredients to add to our bread recipes.Whether you're looking to change up your weekly loaf of bread or want to create a sweet, dessert-like treat, blueberries are a quick and straightforward way to upgrade a classic bread recipe.Looking for a way that you can add berries to your next loaf of bread? Use this Blueberry Bread Recipe to make a loaf that is appropriate for any time and occasion. Blueberry bread is the perfect end-of-summer treat. Made with fresh blueberries and our Unbleached White All-Purpose Flour, this bread tastes delicious when enjoyed straight from the oven, toasted or sliced and served with coffee or tea.Like other fruit-filled bread, this bread is a great snack and can even be served as a dessert. Or, you can turn this blueberry bread into a sweet breakfast and use it to create a delicious french toast recipe! The many ways you can enjoy this bread are endless.
Bananas
Looking to include more fruit into your diet? It's easy! Simply sneak sweet fruits like bananas into your favorite bread recipe. Banana is a fruit that can be turned into just about anything. Pies, cakes, puddings and even popsicles all feature bananas as one of the main ingredients. While bananas may be sweet in flavor and taste great when served up as a dessert, they're also incredible for you!If you're wondering what about bananas benefits your health, we're here to clear things up. Continue reading to discover why we believe bananas should be the next ingredient you add to your favorite bread recipe.
Benefits of Bananas
High in Fiber
Bananas are loaded with soluble and insoluble fiber, which will leave you feeling full and energized after your meal.
Great For Digestion
Bananas are the perfect blend of sweet and sour. The taste of bananas works to stimulate your digestion process and keep it running as it should.
Overflowing With Nutrients
Bananas are full of nutrients. Jam-packed with essential vitamins and minerals like potassium, calcium, manganese, magnesium and iron, bananas help contribute to the proper functioning of the body and keep you healthy.Ready to start baking with bananas? Start by making this simple Banana Bread Recipe. For an extra sweet loaf, use overripe bananas. It's the perfect way to clear out your fruit bowl and create a delicious dessert at the same time. If you have extra banana leftover when you're done, use it to decorate the top of the bread.
Olives
It's no secret that olives are fantastic for you. Turned into cooking oil, or eaten whole, an olive is a tiny fruit packed with nutrition. A heart-healthy snack, olives can help improve your circulation and come with some pretty amazing anti-inflammatory benefits.Now when we talk about adding olives to your next homemade loaf of bread, you might be wondering which variety to add. In this No-Knead Artisan Olive Bread, we use both green and black olives for a distinct buttery, salty and slightly fruity variation of our favorite artisan bread.Though green olives and black olives each hold different tastes, the only real difference between the two is ripeness. Green olives are olives that are harvested before they ripen, whereas black olives are those which are harvested once they're fully ripe. However, even if an olive is fully mature, it's not edible until it has been cured in salt, brine or water. That curing process is where the olives receive most of their flavor. The mixture of kalamata and green olives, used in this recipe makes it the ideal bread to serve alongside a bowl of soup, or enjoyed as a savory snack!
Yams
Though yams are one of the most loved root vegetables around, they're probably not the first you'd think of when choosing bread ingredients. Depending on how you eat them, yams can be a healthier option than sweet potatoes. High in fiber and low in carbs, yams are so sweet that they can turn nearly anything into a dessert-like dish. Plus, their versatile flavor makes them easily paired with several different spices ranging from cinnamon to coriander. A yams nutritional value and flavor profile, make them a sweet way to sneak veggies into your next bread recipes. Whether you choose to pair your yam-infused dough with savory spices like oregano or create a delicious bread by mixing in cinnamon and a dash of honey, we're confident that you'll love the outcome.Looking for an easy way to work yams into your next homemade bread? Try making this Herbed Yam Bread. Delicious yam puree and fresh herbs are adding to this bread to make it next-level delicious. Serve it alongside a tasty dinner, or turn it into a flavor-packed sandwich!
Honey
It's no secret that honey is delicious. Bread that is made with honey has a fantastic flavor. Plus, because honey is sweetener, it's a great way to naturally sweeten your bread without table sugar. While honey tastes great, that's not all it's good for. When added to bread dough, honey helps protest the loaf's moisture, helping you create light and airy bread that is baked to perfection!If you're searching for a bread recipe that is a dish on its own, then we recommend trying this Honeyed Cheddar Apple Bread. A winning combo of apples and cheddar cheese are used to create a sweet and savory loaf of bread. It's the perfect accompaniment to coffee or tea, or when eaten on its own as a snack. Once you pick up a piece of this bread, there's no putting it down.Baking homemade bread is "loaves" of fun! It's fun to mix it, knead it and even more fun to take a delicious loaf out of the oven and say, "I made that." The next time you're searching for a tasty ingredient to add to your favorite recipe, try one on this list. From sweet fruit loaves of bread to savory yam-infused loaves, each bread on this list will leave anyone who tries it running back for seconds. From our bread-making family to yours, happy baking!Have an ingredient that you think is a must when baking homemade bread? We'd love to hear what it is. Let us know in the comments below!