Walnutty Wholemeal Bread

Updated 26 February 2024 Published 15 August 2012 33 Comments

Walnutty Wholemeal Bread is a delicious nutty loaf that’s great with sweet or savoury toppings! So easy even a child can make this loaf!

When we decided to have homemade soup for dinner the other night my husband suggested I also made some homemade bread.

Hence I decided it was time to introduce my daughter to bread making as this is something children can do with little or no intervention. I was just going to rely on the recipe on the pack of Strong Wholemeal Flour but it was for a Cranberry Loaf so we set about googling for a recipe and hit upon the Doves Farm Traditional Wholemeal Bread recipe.

Between myself and my daughter, we decided on a few changes and came up with I have to say the best Walnutty wholemeal bread I’ve ever tasted.

We could barely wait for it to cool before we’d slathered it in homemade strawberry jam and it went equally well with the soup with a wedge of cheddar cheese.

I was recently sent the cutest 1 lb Traditional Loaf Tin from the Great British Bakeware range from George Wilkinson and decided this recipe would be a good test for it.

The tin oozes quality from its sturdiness and weight and I love the way George Wilkinson is embossed on the base. The surface is coated with GlideX, the ultimate performing non-stick. I was very impressed with its heat conduction properties as the whole loaf had a lovely crusty texture.

I read in a Delia bread recipe that you should put your loaf back in the oven for 10 minutes after baking to crisp it up all around. Well, this certainly wasn’t necessary with this little tin!

The whole range comes with a 15-year guarantee and to clean all that’s needed is a simple rinse. My other tins are too embarrassed to come out of their cupboard now because they know the bar has just been raised!

My only negative was that because the loaf tin had such good heat conduction I managed to burn my finger pushing the empty tin out of the way.

A lesser tin would have lost its heat sooner and would not have burnt me! I know for future reference now, so a warning for other newbies!

So you start with all the dry ingredients to which you add the warm water.

Mix by hand and when still lumpy add the walnut oil.

Carry on mixing until you form a dough.

Now add the walnuts and knead into the dough to distribute evenly.

Put the dough to rise until it doubles in size (about and hour).

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface.

Knead for a few minutes and put in tin/tins or shape into a loaf on an oiled baking tray. Make a slit/s in top and dust with flour before putting it to rise for another 25 minutes.

Put your loaves in a preheated oven.

Check the loaves are baked by knocking the bottom which should sound hollow.

Cool the loaves on a wire rack. (You don’t have to do this outdoors!)

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I do hope you make this loaf and do check out these bread recipes for more inspiration:

I’m sure you’ll love this Walnutty Loaf so do leave a comment and rating when you try it! You can also share your pictures with me by tagging @FabFood4All on Instagram or any social media!

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