Recipe: Apple-Cinnamon Granola Bread (yeast bread using whole wheat flour and applesauce)

APPLE-CINNAMON GRANOLA BREAD
"A delicious high-fiber bread with a rustic crust, and a soft, chewy crumb. Applesauce and granola are mixed right in with the dough!"


2 1/2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour, divided use
1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
3/4 cup granola
2 tablespoons sugar
1 envelope Fleischmann's RapidRise Yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup applesauce
2 tablespoons butter or margarine

In a large bowl, combine 1 cup all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, granola, sugar, undissolved yeast, salt, and ground cinnamon; set aside.

Heat water, milk, applesauce, and butter until very warm (120 to 130 degrees F). Gradually add to dry ingredients. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed of electric mixer, scraping bowl occasionally.

Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes. Cover; let rest 10 minutes.

Roll dough to 12x8-inch rectangle. Beginning at short end, roll up tightly as for jelly roll. Pinch seam and ends to seal. Place, seam side down, in greased 9x5-inch loaf pan. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.

Bake at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes or until done. Remove from pan; cool on wire rack.

Makes 1 (9x5-inch) loaf
Photo credit: Publications International, Ltd.
Source: Fleishmann's Yeast