Let me tell you about this raisin pecan loaf that I baked from my book, New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day (Breadin5). I made our big batch of the Master Recipe using Platinum Yeast from Red Star Yeast, then pulled off a piece of dough, rolled in some raisins and pecans using a French Rolling Pin from JK Adams, let it rest and scored the top with a super sharp Bread Knife from Shun Cutlery just before I baked it in an Emile Henry Cloche. Two days later I took out another piece of dough and rolled in olives and sharp VT cheddar. Five days later I grabbed yet another bit of dough, put it in a proofing basket and baked it as a pure and simple boule. If you have a bucket of dough on hand, you’ll have the base for all of these fantastic loaves.
Raisin Pecan Bread
Find the full recipe below. Want to know more about the equipment I use? My Amazon shop has it all.
Using a rolling pin, roll the dough to a 1/2″ thick rectangle. Spread the raisins and pecans over the dough, roll it into a log, fold the log into a ball, then knead the dough a bit to distribute the raisins and pecans throughout the dough. Place the ball of dough on a piece of parchment, cover with a large bowl or plastic and let rise for about 90 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 500°F with the cloche in the oven. More on baking in a Cloche here. Sprinkle a bit of flour on the dough, score the bread with the knife and place in the preheated cloche.
Bake for 20 minutes, remove the cover of the cloche, turn down the oven to 450°F and continue baking for another 15 minutes or until deeply browned. Allow to cool completely before serving.
Slice and add butter!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs Master Dough from Breadin5
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup pecans
Instructions
- Using a rolling pin, roll the dough to a 1/2" thick rectangle. Spread the raisins and pecans over the dough, roll it into a log, fold the log into a ball, then knead the dough a bit to distribute the raisins and pecans throughout the dough. Place the ball of dough on a piece of parchment, cover with a large bowl or plastic and let rise for about 90 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 500°F with the cloche in the oven. More on baking in a Cloche here. Sprinkle a bit of flour on the dough, score the bread with the knife and place in the preheated cloche.
- Bake for 20 minutes, remove the cover of the cloche, turn down the oven to 450°F and continue baking for another 15 minutes or until deeply browned. Allow to cool completely (at least 1 hour) before serving.
**This post was sponsored by Emile Henry, Shun Cutlery, Red Star Yeast and JK Adams, but all the words and feelings are mine!
This recipe looks amazing, I love making my own bread and have gotten better over the years but have never made one like this. I will be making soon!
Amazing! I love all your recipes!
I can’t wait to try this!
Thank you for sharing these great recipes. I look forward to trying them…and to be entered for the great giveaways!
Your recipes are so easy to follow, and I have really enjoyed doing many of your bakes! I’d love to win some of your favorite tools 🙂
This bread looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it!
WOW this is gorgeous! I’ve been rocking with the Dutch oven breads lately – can’t wait to try the cloche someday!
Happy Birthday! I love making bread and this cloche would make things so much easier!
Thank you for your amazing content! You are so appreciated ❤️ I would love to win this giveaway ✨✨
Love your books and posts! You make the complicated look doable!
You make such baking so beautiful! I love baking for my boys and now grandbabies, too!! Thank you for all the great inspiration
Would love to win! I love making homemade bread and these tools look amazing!
Looks so good! Can’t wait to make it
I would love to be able to win! You are amazing!
I love your recipes….you are SO talented! Would love to learn to bake more bread without being intimidated of the process! The video of you killing it on the mechanical pig was a bonus! Hysterical. Thank you!!!
Love all your recipes and videos. Would love to win this! A very happy birthday Zoë!
Gorgeous! Love your tutorial videos & the great accompanying music. I made your GF Boule last weekend & it was fantastic! Trying this one today! Thanks Zoe!
Happy Birthday Zoe! Keep baking! ❤️
I love to make bread similar to this in my cast iron dutch oven, but wow, I really love the piece you’re baking in!! I’ve mastered the rustic boule (I’m pretty sure is a no-fail recipe). I want to learn more about using a proofing basket and shaping and scoring. Thanks for your beautiful content and this great giveaway!
This would be a dream for my bread baking adventures Love your five minutes a day method, it’s one that got me started on baking bread for my family in the first place! Eight years and counting, but countless loaves of fresh bread slathered in butter or jam or any number of delicious spreads. ❤️
This is such a gorgeous loaf of bread! I need to get on your level
This is a perfect bread for me to make!! I love the cloche!!!
This bread looks amazing. Raisin bread is a holiday tradition in my family.
Beautiful! Love the cloche too.
Happy belated birthday! This bread looks TDF. Your breadin5 book is on my Christmas list, would love to win these goodies!!
Thank you for the inspiration! My daughter loves to make bread and the Cloche would be the perfect gift for her. And I may have to get one for me as well ;)!