Vegan Toasted Oat Fruit Bread
Ingredients
Ingredients
470 g Montana Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Mix or Waffle Pancake Mix ** best to weigh the mix, but you can use 3 3/4 cups NOT packed or tamped down
½ tsp (2g) sugar - for proofing yeast - not needed for bread machine method
2 ¼ tsp (7g) yeast
260 g (10 oz) warm water (at sea level - **see WATER notes below)
¼ cup (56 g) vegetable, olive, or coconut oil
¼ cup (150 g) unsweetened applesauce
¼ cup (50 g) sugar or sweetener of your choice
1 cup dried fruit - cranberries and blueberries work well
Directions
Oven Method:
Dissolve 1/2 tsp sugar in 4 oz of the warm water and mix in the yeast. Let it proof until bubbly.
Add All Purpose Baking Mix to your mixing bowl.
Turn stand mixer on low and slowly add the yeast mixture. Add oil, applesauce, and sugar. Mix thoroughly.
Add remaining warm water. Mix on the highest speed for 6 1/2 minutes.
Fold in dried fruit.
Pour the batter into a greased 9"X5" bread pan, leveling with a spatula. Cover with plastic wrap and towel. Let rest/rise for 40 minutes. Preheat oven to 350⁰ F.
Bake in oven for 60 minutes (maybe add foil tent after 10 minutes if desired).
When baking is finished, remove loaf from pan and cool on wire rack.
Bread Machine Method:
Whisk applesauce, water, oil and sugar in a bowl (or the bread machine pan).
Add All Purpose Baking Mix and dried fruit to the pan and place it in the bread machine.
Sprinkle yeast on top of other ingredients.
Program bread machine for 20 minute mix cycle, 40 minute single rise cycle, and 60 minute bake cycle. Turn the bread machine on.
During the mix cycle, use a rubber spatula to be sure that no dried mix remains on the sides or in the corners of the pan. At the beginning of the rise/rest cycle, remove the mixing paddle and smooth dough.
This recipe makes a 1 1/2 lb loaf of bread.
**Water**
add 15 g (1/2 oz) water for every 2500 feet elevation (we use 300-320 g of water at 4000-5000 ft). If your bread doesn't rise properly, it may have needed more water. If it falls or sinks in on the sides after it is baked, it had too much water.